Pankaj Pal

Operations Associate

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India9 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Reduced customer support costs by up to 40%
  • Built customer support teams from scratch
  • Implemented AI-driven solutions for enhanced CX
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Customer Experience Leader specializing in BPO and EdTech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Customer Support ManagementProcess OptimizationProcess AutomationCustomer ExperienceOperations ManagementCustomer Experience StrategyOperational EfficiencyQuality AssurancePerformance ManagementTeam Leadership

Other Skills

US StocksLeadershipCall Center AdministrationCustomer Service ManagementProblem SolvingTeam ManagementBusiness StrategyAnalytical SkillsProcess ExcellenceQuality & TrainingDriving PerformanceFeedback & CoachingCustomer InsightOutsourcingTraining

About

I help transform large outsourced or in-house Customer Support teams into lean and highly efficient functions by leveraging AI, LLMs, and proactive dashboards — reducing costs by up to 40% while enhancing customer experience. - Good understanding of customer experience & customer support operations management - Hired & built the entire customer support team from scratch - Preparing reports for the leadership team - Contact center management - Customer Journey Mapping - NPS champion. Knows implementation of customer service strategy to improve NPS & C-SAT - Complaints & Escalation Management - Getting insights out of very complex journeys - Reducing customer effort by identifying opportunities for automation/BOT/FAQs - Excellent vendor management, hence driving efficiency and reducing the cost of operations Call to Action Let’s connect to explore opportunities in enhancing customer support operations and driving exceptional customer experiences. If you’re seeking a leader who can deliver impactful solutions, build strong teams, and foster lasting customer relationships, feel free to reach out!

Experience

Indmoney

Assistant Manager (US Stocks - HOD GIFT City Operations)

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Hybrid

  • Transition Leadership: Successfully led the transition of customer support operations from an outsourced vendor to an in-house model, ensuring a seamless shift with minimal disruption to customer experience.
  • Team Building & Development: Spearheaded the hiring, onboarding, and development of a customer support team from scratch. Designed a competency-based structure, assigning tickets by expertise to improve efficiency and ownership.
  • Process Optimization: Revisited and streamlined SOPs to enhance turnaround time (TAT), resolution accuracy, and other key performance metrics.
  • Early Risk Identification: Proactively identified bugs and collaborated with the product team for timely fixes, reducing customer impact and improving overall experience.
  • CX Innovation: Introduced a call-back feature that enabled instant customer engagement upon ticket creation, helping achieve KRAs such as resolution within 2 hours and improved first-time resolution (FTR).
  • Automation & Self-Service: Currently driving the implementation of a BOT-first approach, ensuring customers go through an AI-driven support layer before reaching agents. This is expected to improve efficiency, reduce ticket load, and enhance customer experience.
  • Proactive Monitoring: Implemented real-time dashboards to track issues, enabling the team to connect with customers proactively and prevent escalations.
US StocksLeadershipCustomer Support ManagementProcess Optimization

Pepperfry

Assistant Manager - Customer Support

Sep 2024Mar 2025 · 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India · On-site

  • Managed entire operations of the customer support of 60 executives across three teams: First Line
  • along with Case Management, Studio Support, and Escalations.
  • Ensured timely and accurate resolution of tickets within SLA standards.
  • Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance customer experience and
  • operational efficiency.
  • Delivered monthly and weekly reports to the leadership team, providing insights on team
  • performance and key metrics.
  • Identified trends contributing to refund increases and provided detailed analysis on high-refund
  • SKUs to leadership.
  • Ensured timely resolution of escalated cases, maintaining high customer satisfaction.
  • Monitored social media feedback and maintained app ratings (Play Store & App Store) above 4
  • stars, ensuring positive customer interactions.
  • Evaluated and implemented automation strategies (e.g., BOTs, FAQs) to shift customer queries to
  • self-help channels, enhancing operational efficiency.
Call Center AdministrationCustomer Support ManagementOperations Management

Viacom18 media private limited

Assistant Manager - Customer Response Management, Digital Ventures (JioCinema)

Jul 2023Sep 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Steered the helm of customer support under the guidance of the Director, delivering top-tier experiences across diverse channels (Email, Chat & Voice).
  • Responsible for the smooth functioning of the entire customer support team by ensuring that best customer experience is delivered to Jio Cinema users.
  • Collaborated intimately with Sprinklr, our CRM partner, to sculpt a state-of-the-art CRM tailored exclusively for our stellar customer support team.
  • Prepared Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to harmonize and streamline customer support operations.
  • Using historical data to provide valuable insights to product, engineering, and other unit. Prepared weekly and monthly reports spotlighting the support team's impact.
  • Conducted harmonious collaborations with multifarious stakeholders, including the content and engineering teams, to obliterate operational hiccups.
  • Created a chatbot presence on our app and website, enabling seamless omnichannel support.
  • Ensured that intricate product and pricing updates reached the contact center, guaranteeing customers received accurate information.
  • Identifying issues at the very initial stage so that they can be fixed and the impact is minimal
Call Center AdministrationCustomer Support ManagementOperations Management

Lead school

2 roles

Operations Excellence Manager - Customer Support

Promoted

Jan 2021Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Reported directly to the Head of Customer Experience, spearheading the development and execution of customer experience strategies aligned with the founders' vision.
  • Led onboarding project for new school partners, optimizing their journey by identifying and addressing obstacles. This initiative significantly reduced dropout rates, leading to increased revenue.
  • Oversaw the governance and operations of the outsourced contact center & inhouse teams ensuring smooth functionality.
  • Led initiatives to address escalations and complaints more effectively.
  • Dedicated efforts to boost Customer Satisfaction (C-SAT) scores across all support channels.
  • Proactively drove operational efficiency through automation initiatives.
  • Established processes for accurate and real-time transmission of updates from the head office to the contact center.
Customer Service ManagementOperations ManagementCustomer Experience StrategyOperational Efficiency

Operations Manager - Customer Support

Jan 2020Dec 2020 · 11 mos

  • Responsible for the performance of the entire outsourced customer support team. Ensuring that vendor delivers as per expectations.
  • Hiring & Training the customer support executive
  • Ensured the consistent delivery of exceptional customer experiences across a spectrum of support channels, including email, contact center, chat, WhatsApp, CRM, and BOT.
  • Collaborated extensively with various stakeholders to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks, ensuring a friction-free operation.
  • Provided invaluable insights to the leadership team by analyzing reports from diverse audits, such as calls, chat interactions, complaint assessments, BOT transactions, and C-SAT data, highlighting what's effective and what needs improvement.
Customer Service ManagementProblem SolvingCustomer Support ManagementOperational Efficiency

Tech mahindra business services

2 roles

Quality leader

Promoted

Apr 2019Jan 2020 · 9 mos

  • Led a team of 4 Quality Coaches overseeing 100+ FTE advisors, ensuring consistent achievement
  • of KPIs, high-quality standards, and exceptional customer satisfaction..
  • Produced comprehensive reports including quality assessments, Net Promoter Score (NPS) data,
  • and more for our UK-based partner.
  • Collaborated closely with operations to devise monthly action plans for KPI improvement. Regularly
  • published weekly RAG (Red-Amber-Green) status reports, pinpointing performance outliers..
  • Successfully drove NPS initiatives, aligning results with client expectations (Three UK) by
  • implementing targeted improvements.
  • Conducted RCA for client NPS outcomes, identifying reasons for both achieving and not achieving
  • NPS targets, enabling data-driven decision-making.
  • Implemented strategic performance management to ensure TQ and BQ objectives were consistently
  • achieved.
Customer Service ManagementLeadershipQuality AssurancePerformance Management

Quality Coach

Apr 2016Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Proficiently managed various processes, including Sales, Retention, Collections, Fraud Ops, Credit
  • Referral, and Chat.
  • Collaborated closely with operations to drive commercial targets while prioritizing customer
  • experience, resulting in consistently high Net Promoter Scores (NPS).
  • Identified key performance indicators, delivered feedback and coaching to team members, fostering
  • skill development and enhanced productivity.
  • Utilized historical data analysis to forecast trends and formulate ongoing strategies to boost sales
  • and operational efficiency.
  • Conducted training needs analysis and delivered comprehensive overview training during the On the-
  • Job Training (OJT) phase, ensuring team members were well-equipped.
Team ManagementCustomer Service ManagementTeam LeadershipCustomer Experience

Education

Mumbai University Mumbai

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Bombay Cambridge school

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