Shashi Puthran

Associate Vice President COE-WFM Digitide Solutions

Thane, Maharashtra, India

About

Accomplished Leader with international experience in BPO industry, involving both start up and growth organization. Result oriented, decisive leader with proven success in WFM & Operational excellence. o 20 years of progressively responsible experience managing a diverse range of functional business areas, specializing in Operations and WFM o Core insight into WFM expertise – dealing with forecasting, staffing/scheduling, MIS and RTQM on field experience o MS-Office wizard with tremendous exposure to MS-Excel and working on Macros along with MS-Word / Power-point o Planning and implementing systems / changes for enhancing the satisfaction levels of the clients OPERATIONS o Service Delivery Agreement o Process Transition o Client Relationship Management o Customer Service, Sales ( Voice & Non-Voice) o Email, Chat and Back Office Support WORK FORCE MANAGEMENT o Forecasting, Staffing & Scheduling o MIS Reporting o Real-Time Queue Management o MS-Office and Macros

Experience

  • Associate Vice President WFM-MIS at Digitide
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Conneqt Business Solutions Limited (Full-time · 9 yrs 8 mos)
    • Asst. Vice President - COE WFM & MIS
      Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • General Manager
      Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr

    • Sr. Manager - WFM
      Dec 2016 - Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

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  • Project Consultant at HS
    May 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Manager WFM at Lester Infoservices.
    Jun 2014 - Apr 2015 · 11 mos

    o Collecting, analyzing and reporting historical center and agent performance statistics. o Collection and analysis and reporting of historical agent performance statistics o Manage short-term and long-term forecast for staff plan and leading monthly staff plan meeting with Senior Management. o Working with HR, Recruiting and Training to coordinate the hiring and training of new starter agents. o Working with training and operations to coordinate multi-skill training for existing agents. o Participation and playing a key role in Weekly/Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews and ensuring increase in numbers across key metrics in client scorecard quarter on quarter. o Supported on RFP & RFI (Request for Proposal & Request for Information) for new business ventures. o Liaised for Business Contingency Planning with BCP Team, IT and Facilityenable smooth transition. o Monitoring, handling & managing tools on a regular basis and suggesting improvements. o Recognizing and recommending operational and support improvements. o Managing 12 WFM personnel’s to cater Offshore centre. o Preparation of Shift Schedules & Staff tallies as per Business Requirements based on Client o Projections on inbound arrival pattern as agreed with Supplier, also Schedule Adherence / Compliance. o Planning Manpower utilization, Seat Utilization, Resource Utilization, Seat plan and Ramp plans according to marketing forecast. o Working closely with Transport Help Desk to sync operation shifts in line with logistics and work towards ceiling utilization. o Preparing Annual Performance data base of all the agents across different clients for annual appraisal. MIS and Ad hoc reporting [Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annually] o Handle RTQM to ensure an adept and effective orientation towards the achievement of Target Service Level, Chat/email/correspondence handling, Occupancy and Utilization metrics. o Real Time Skill group changes, based on email/chat flow across multiple Line of Business

  • Group Manager - WFM Utilities at WNS Global Services
    Jan 2007 - Feb 2014 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    KEY FUNCTIONS • WFM Operations o Collecting, analyzing and reporting historical center and agent performance statistics. o Collection and analysis and reporting of historical agent performance statistics o Manage short-term and long-term forecast for staff plan and leading monthly staff plan meeting with Senior Management. o Working with HR, Recruiting and Training to coordinate the hiring and training of new starter agents. o Working with training and operations to coordinate multi-skill training for existing agents. o Participation and playing a key role in Weekly/Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews and ensuring increase in numbers across key metrics in client scorecard quarter on quarter. o Supported on RFP & RFI (Request for Proposal & Request for Information) for new business ventures. o Monitoring, handling & managing multiple client provided tools on a regular basis and suggesting improvements. o Recognizing and recommending operational and support improvements. o Managing 30 WFM personnel’s to cater both Offshore and Client centers. o Staffing and Scheduling o Attending Flash Calls, Staffing, Training and Conference Calls with client o Planning Manpower utilization, Seat Utilization, Resource Utilization, Seat plan and Ramp plans according to Client forecast. Utilization of available resources and deriving desired output with minimum resources o MIS Reporting o Produce intra-day reports including service level metrics, volume and staffing variance reports, and post-mortem analysis. o Preparing Annual Performance data base of all the agents across different clients for annual appraisal. MIS and Ad hoc reporting [Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annually]. o Produce Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Annually agent/queue/channel wise numbers along with supporting commentary