Benjamin Koshy, Customer service representative

Benjamin Koshy

Customer service representative

Dnata, Airport operations

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing and Operations
Experience
9 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 2 Months

Customer service representative at Dnata, Airport operations
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2018

Key responsibility areas:
- Coordinating with all internal and external departments such as GHA, other airlines and various authorities at the airport.
- Make public address announcements as required.
- Assist colleagues in other areas of the airport to ensure that wheelchairs, strollers and gate-checked bags (cleared through security) are made available for loading upon departure and delivery to passengers upon arrival.
- Always maintain the highest standards of safety and security.
- Other duties as assigned.

Recruitment Consultant at Huxley Associates
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2018 to June 2018

Key responsibility areas:
- Handled recruitment requirements of clients who were leading System Integrators, IT consultancy firms and part of The Big Four.
- Managed recruitment services for vertical markets like Cyber-security, Data Analytics and SAP.
- Managed end-to-end recruitment process in the cycle.
- Well-versed with sourcing platforms:
o LinkedIn Recruiter
o Bayt
o Gulf Talent
o Database (Salesforce)
- Referral calls, headhunting, and networking.
- Part of the LinkedIn Global initiative in 23+ countries with experience in heading the initiative for the MENA region with training and strategies.
- Restructured recruiting approach within the organization.
- Learned operational and back-office administrative processes relating to On-boarding procedure for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Qatar.
- Completed Salesforce training (with certification).
- End-to-end recruitment cycle for contractual positions.
- Clear track of prior successful placements within the industry.

Marketing & Sales Executive at Systematic HR and Management Consultancy FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2016 to December 2017

- Administrating daily operations, plan company activities and execute administrative responsibilities.
- Create, review and implement business procedures.
- Planning and strategy making through market research, historical data, past work experiences and market knowledge.
- Prepare financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
- Coordinate organization\'s financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency by optimal allocation of budget.
- Determining and setting prices and credit terms, based on forecasts of customer demand.
- Continuous creation, retention and maintenance of customers and clients relationship.

Client Engagement Manager at Zomato
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2015 to December 2015

- Assessed and identified restaurant KPIs to provide strategic solutions and educated them on boosting their business.
- Build and maintained professional rapport as part of company strategy.
- Handled 60+ exclusive restaurants in upmarket regions.
- Worked with a team of around 50, which included VP and Associate VP in boosting company sales and securing a feasible programme which assured the visibility of the product.
- Acquire and engage with the relevant audience (clients/partners) to market Zomato’s products
- Assist the content team to ensure accuracy of restaurant information
- Responsible for tagging of assets, coordinating trouble shoot of devices and assignment of deployment leads
- Constructing excel sheets as trackers to monitor inventory

Intern in Human Resource Advisory at KPMG
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2014 to February 2015

Team member on a large public sector engagement with a Key Federal Authority in the UAE to assess current state of organization structure through performance based competency evaluation. Supporting team members on a large job realignment and organizational restructuring engagement which involved:
• Discussions with employees at various levels of management, which was necessary in preparation of new Job Descriptions and further evaluation processes.
• Assisted in creating competency frameworks for every division.

Intern in Strategy and Economic Advisory: at KPMG
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to November 2014

• Data Analysis: Applying statistical or logical techniques to evaluate and illustrate data.
• Market Assessments: Analysis of market trends, assessing the competition, and conducting market studies. Prepared trend analysis, feasibility studies and Project credentials report:
• Minutes of Meeting: Project credentials report; Summary reports.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing and Operations
  • at Manipal Institute of Technology
  • July 2018
Bachelor's degree, Human Resource Management
  • at M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce
  • December 2013
High school or equivalent, Economics
  • at The Indian High School
  • May 2008

• Senior School Certificate Examination The Indian High School, Dubai

Specialties & Skills

Team Management
Microsoft Office
Marketing
Microsoft Excel
Job Adverts
Networking
Talents Acquisition
Resourcing
Headhunting
Database management

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Kannada
Beginner
Malayalam
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

IATA Foundation Preparatory Course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2014

Hobbies

  • Football
    Played for the School Football Team. Champions of Under-19 Inter-School held in Dubai.
  • Dance
    Greatest Accomplishments would be : 1. Winning Runners-up in an Indian TV show "Nach Baliye 3", Dubai. 2. Overall Campus Star organised by Aircel and RadioMirchi, India. 3. Best Dancer, Echo Fest, Dubai