Serun Kumar, Operations Team Lead

Serun Kumar

Operations Team Lead

Ford Motor Company

Location
India
Education
Master's degree, International Business
Experience
12 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 9 Months

Operations Team Lead at Ford Motor Company
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since July 2018

• Manage a team of professionals to deliver efficient and effective services to internal clients
• Oversee transactional processes such as employee data management, benefits administration, Position
management, employee engagement and payroll.
• Point of contact for all escalation for clients.
• Root cause analysis (RCA) for TGW (Things gone wrong) to offer solutions while collaborating with
stakeholders to improve processes
• Develop and deploy Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and automation initiatives resulting in
increased efficiency, accuracy and cost reduction.
• Monitor & report on key performance indicators (KPI), identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, coaching, and training to support team members in meeting
performance expectations.
• Maintain compliance with policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, teamwork and continuous improvement within the shared service
team.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners to provide comprehensive HR support to employees.
• Identify new Customer Experience (CX) initiatives & Drive comprehensive CX awareness campaign
for Employees.
• Oversee the gathering of customer feedback and coordinate the process through all customer journey
touchpoints and CXM channels.
• Collaborated and execute continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process efficiency and
elevate service excellence.
Achievements:
• Created interactive dashboards using Power BI that provided real-time visibility into key
metrics for people leaders, replacing the previous monthly metrics presented in charts by
employees.
• Automated the payroll input process of monthly reward benefit using Alteryx, resulting in
significant cost savings and improved data accuracy.
• Effectively executed the implementation of new jobs from China and US market without any
major TGW.
• Streamlined product code management.
• Developed & launched global SharePoint for managing roster inputs.

Associate Managed Services - at Teravault Datacentre Solutions Pvt
  • India - Chennai
  • July 2015 to May 2018

• Developing strong relationships with hiring managers, HR business partners, and other key
stakeholders to understand their talent needs and priorities
• Collaborating with HR and hiring managers to facilitate a seamless onboarding experience for
new hires.
• Responding to employee inquiries related to HR policies, procedures, benefits, and other HRrelated matters
• Assist new recruits complete training successfully
• Send ERO with backup detail to HR and finance team for approval as per DOA.
• Check invoice and approve Electronics release order (ERO) in QAD.
• Co-ordinate with vendor for Blanket Order Renewal.
• Co-ordinate with HR department for Quantity Amendment.
• Process payment to vendors in accordance with the agreed-upon terms.

Technical Engineer at Amellon Technologies
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2010 to October 2014

• Conducted a customer needs analysis and delivered training sessions to trainees in order to
achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Created user guides and troubleshooting technical manuals to customers with product usage.
• Monitored project progress and created work plans to facilitate timely project completion.
• Solicited and received feedback from customers to improve product/service quality.
• Facilitated onboarding process for new employees and smooth integration into the team.
• Managed and mentored the technical team to maximize their potential and improve team
performance.
• Oversaw vendor management and timely payouts to vendors.
• Executed customer retention strategies and cross-sold/upsold products and services to meet
sales targets.

Education

Master's degree, International Business
  • at Loyola college
  • April 2021
Bachelor's degree, Electronics And Communication Engineering
  • at Misrimal Navajee Munoth Jain Engineering College
  • May 2010

Specialties & Skills

Human Resources
Learning Management
Vendor Management
Operation Management
Customer Relationship Management
MANAGEMENT
ONBOARDING
ALTERYX
CUSTOMER RETENTION
AUTOMATION
BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COLLABORATION
POWER BI
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker