Karneeswaran Kumaresh, Head - Customer Service & Support

Karneeswaran Kumaresh

Head - Customer Service & Support

Messer Cutting Systems India Ltd

Location
India - Coimbatore
Education
Master's degree, Operations Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Management ( PGDM )
Experience
15 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months

Head - Customer Service & Support at Messer Cutting Systems India Ltd
  • India - Coimbatore
  • My current job since April 2023

• Products: Thermal Cutting Machines, Gas Manufacturer
• Team Size handled - 44 (7 Direct Reporting and 37 second level reporting)
• KPIs - Service Speed (Response Time 4 Hrs & 24Hrs TAT), Service Quality (Repeat, Cancellation, Call Audit & Analysis, CDI, Escalation). Warranty Cost reduction, Value kaizen and Continuous Improvement, Installation Management and Quality, Training and Development, Retention (60% Retention on overall asset population, CRI), Freezing yearly budget and monitor the usage, Customer Survey and Satisfaction Management. Key Achievements: Developed and implemented customer feedback system, resulting in a 27% increase in customer retention and a 13% increase in upsell opportunities. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement a proactive customer service strategy, resulting in a 15% increase in customer loyalty and repeat business. Streamlined and automated customer service processes, resulting in a 23% reduction in operational costs and increased scalability. Developed and monitored customer service metrics, resulting in a 14% improvement in first call resolution and a 5% increase in overall customer satisfaction. Led a team in managing a high volume of customer inquiries, achieving a 90% customer satisfaction rating and exceeding departmental goals by 15%.

Zonal Manager - South at Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd.
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2021 to March 2023

Key Customers - Railway power cars, Industrial OEMs, PG, Govt. Sectors
• Driving various KPIs including Service Speed (Response Time 4 Hrs. & 24Hrs TAT), Service Quality ( Repeat, Cancellation, Call Audit & Analysis, CDI, Escalation), Revenue (Primary Spares Sales 100Crs, Secondary Spares Sale 120Crs & AMC 12000 Per Annum), Vendor Management (Service vendor profit, ROE, Cost per call, Manpower Mapping w.r.t call load and PINCODE, Re structuring), Service Load ( 18000 Per Month with 40% post Warranty, Labor per call Audit, Fake closure Audit) Retention (60% Retention on overall asset population, CRI) Steering service operations of South India and Andaman Key Achievements:
• Improved NPS score, CSAT by achieving low machine downtime & CES by effective Installation planning.
• Turning insights into marketing and product development needs are either directly tackled by this team, or influence future product roadmaps of other parts of the organization.
• Achieved 29% of customer retention on AMC and 44% of retention over Post Warranty customized packaged services.
• Achieved Spares sales (Secondary) and reached 129Crs in Fy223 by achieving 21% of re captured noncustomers.
• Maintained team connection by conduct service training, quarterly review and celebrations on each achievement.
• Recommending updates and expansions to technology, equipment, and policies that may improve customer service and retention.
• Managing end-to-end workshop / service operations including resource planning & management and support for equipment troubleshooting, deployment, installation, commissioning & servicing
• Performing preventive & breakdown maintenance repair and overhauling of DG sets; performed MTTR for all repair/service activities.
• Conducting inspections; troubleshot issues using electronic tool with the help of KOEL in site & in-power software
• Introduced and applied effective PINCODE and population wise Manpower mapping to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity of 2. 1 job per day
• Acquired over 100 Service Engineers through direct on campus recruitment and taken initiatives to train them as per companys requirements and also participated in designing an online evaluation of Engineers.
• Initiated Extended Warranty for Industrial Engines (BSIII and above) and improved Industrial retention of 17% in FY212
• Conferred as best Zonal Manager for Best overall performance twice and 1 time for best vendor management with 90% profit centers

Regional Service Manager at Microtek Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2019 to April 2021

Products Handled - Batteries, UPS, Solar Applications & Home Electrical Team Size - 12 Direct Subordinates, 28 Second Level Subordinates, 565 3rd Level Subordinates Customer Base handled - 1, 29, 000 (Sale date to 5 years active customers Key Achievements:
• Proved as a successful Manager with effective team building during Pandemic - COVID period with 0 Attrition.
• Continuously improved Service parameters and reduced machine downtime by effective Installation and on time Preventive visits.
• Succeeded in continuous improvement of many projects like Manpower Mapping, Auto Call allocation, Revenue Generation, Critical Issues Resolution, Restructuring and Team

Branch Manager - Service at Luminous
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2017 to April 2019

· Imparted training to employees on proper procedures and strategies to improve productivity. (Per day productivity)
· Slashed Overhead cost by 29% by reducing Inventory value and Introduced BPR System in all Branches based on the consumption.
· Initiated per call revenue and improved service revenue almost 36% in 1 year.
Conferred as Best Manager 5 times, best Branch / state in Service quality and revenue 6 times.

Sr Service Engineer at Amalgamations Ltd (AMCO Batteries)
  • India - Hyderabad
  • July 2011 to September 2015
Service Advisor at Honda (Capital HONDA)
  • India - Chennai
  • June 2007 to June 2011

Education

Master's degree, Operations Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Management ( PGDM )
  • at Symbiosis University
  • July 2012
Bachelor's degree, Automobile Engineeering, Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Technology
  • at Anna University Anna University
  • May 2007

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Specialties & Skills

Dealer Management
Service Operations
Installation Management
Customer Satisfaction Analysis
Warranty Administration
Sales force
Microsodt Teams and JIRA
Trouble Shooting and Analysis (8D, FRACAS, RAMS)
BATTERIES
COMMISSIONING
CUSTOMER RETENTION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS
INSTALLATION
MAPPING
PLANNING
RESOURCE PLANNING
Team building
Leadership
Agile Management

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker
Telugu
Native Speaker
Hindi
Intermediate
German
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Simplilearn (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024
AI Tools (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2024