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Accomplishments
Certification
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BusinessAnalyst
Anil Patro

Anil Patro

Dubai,UAE

Summary

Accomplished Business Operations Leader with over 15 years of experience in Banking & Real Estate. Have worked extensively with brands like Bank of America, DAMAC Properties, Nakheel Properties & District One. Awarded with Bank of America's Global Recognition Platinum Award (2010) & DAMAC Top Manager - Agent Operations of the Year (2023). Proven record of spearheading projects to increase operational efficiency and improve collaboration among interdepartmental teams. Motivated to excel in fast paced and dynamic environments to achieve productive & profitable outcomes.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head of Agent Operations

DAMAC Properties
Dubai, UAE
09.2022 - Current
  • Leading High-Performance team of 10 members
  • Empowered Operation team through cross training functionalities to achieve optimum results.
  • Elevated daily Agent operations to consistently meet Operational KPIs and SLAs.
  • Driven Sales revenue through creating new Retention team, leading to increased frequency of Agents Sale by 40%
  • Responsible for creating Annual Business Strategy for Agents Department
  • Overseeing operational activities including Budgeting, Manpower Planning, Forecasting, Target Setting, Performance Management & Reporting
  • Drafting Policies & Procedures to support Business Development Team in achieving their KPI targets
  • Responsible for Automation, Digitization, Process Improvements and System Enhancements aiming to remove bottlenecks & non in order to optimize day to day Business Operations
  • Analyzed operations data to identify process gaps and successfully implement change.
  • Liaising with internal Heads of various departments to calibrate and review Agreed Vs Actual SLA metrics
  • Providing support to Sales Heads with reports, analytics & insights on their respective teams performance through Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly Sales Reviews
  • Monitored and reviewed operational performance, aiding improved business strategy to maximize productivity.
  • Actively dedicate time towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Senior Inventory Analyst

Nakheel Properties
Dubai, UAE
05.2021 - 08.2022

• Responsible for Inventory Management in system in liaison with Business Planning team.

• Have conducted End to End testing of Booking Portal to ensure Booking Form & SPA contains accurate unit details prior to new launches

• Assisted Development Team in Pricing Exercise by providing historical sales details.

• Coordinated with IT and Sales Operations team to resolve issues related to Booking Forms & SPA.

• Managed Cancelled/ Terminated units by reviewing Price/ DLD/ Payment Plan and releasing it back to Inventory.

• Was responsible for generating hourly Sales updates for Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) during launch

  • Prepared Daily Inventory, Sales reports and YTD Sales Dashboard for Senior Management with 100% accuracy.

Head of Lead Management

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City, District One
Dubai, UAE
12.2019 - 05.2021

Project Lead for Salesforce CRM Project

  • Initiated Salesforce Project in District One to cut across manual work and streamline departments into one platform.
  • Managed requirement gathering from departments across Organization in close coordination with IT team,
  • Performed Market Analysis on CRM systems. Competitors Analysis. Technical Feasibility Study. SWOT Analysis, Cost-benefit Analysis and presented to Management for decision-making.
  • Shortlisted Vendors. Preparing Project Timelines & setting up Milestones. Preparing Data Migration Plan
  • Customized development and modules for Broker Management, Lead Management, Marketing, Sales and Tele-sales.
  • Presentation weekly updates to Board Members on Project Progress.

Leads Management: Setup of Lead Management Team process map on Lead flow (Lead Generation to Conversion)

  • Setting up lead allocation mechanism (Tele Calling team/ Sales Team) and Implementation of Turn Around Time (TAT) for processing leads. Prepare Service Level Agreements with Digital Marketing/ Tele Calling/ Sales Team.
  • Regular Root Cause Analysis of Dis-qualified Leads on Bucket level. Introduce Nurturing Queue for qualified prospects. Continuous Process improvements on new and existing process (Web forms/ Acknowledgement email/ Enhancing customer experience, etc.). MIS reports & Analysis on Lead Status/ Lead Allocation/ Lead Quality.

Tele-calling Process: Setup of Tele calling team to service leads

  • Created SOP, policies, action plans and Business Continuity to ensure process is complying. (Data Protection/ Availability)
  • Implemented new Dialer for team to contact leads and update status based on call outcome
  • Provide regular trainings with related to product/ launches/ new offers & promotions. Conduct regular Process Knowledge Tests to ensure Tele-callers are up to date. Set up KPI’s for Tele calling team (Number of Calls/ Average Handling Time/ Adherence to Checklist) Optimize efficiency by conducting call calibration once in 15 days to ensure team is on same page.
  • Set up audit process to audit calls and provide appropriate feedback.

Digital Marketing Strategy: Identifying potential Markets and Channels for Digital Marketing Campaigns

  • Created customized campaigns to target specific clientele. Worked closely with Marketing team to optimize digital channels for maximum lead generation
  • Recommend management on digital spends based on extensive research and analysis of campaign effectiveness/ demographics/ lead quality/ advertisements/ etc.
  • Introduced Facebook Lookalike campaign to acquire new prospects, using existing leads database. Work towards enhancing Outbound Channels (Email/ SMS/ Texts/ We-Chat/ etc.). Continuous Process improvements on new and existing marketing strategy
  • Built up mechanism to tag sale based on source (Digital/ Stands/ Broker) to Lead.

Strategy Analyst

DAMAC Properties
Dubai, UAE
10.2017 - 11.2019
  • Responsible for providing Strategic Insights to top management on Pricing analysis, Sales analysis, Monthly sales forecast, Products portfolio analysis & Resource Utilization.
  • Prepare root cause analysis, variance analysis Development – (Agents), Lead Management & Digital Marketing.
  • Designed and implemented performance dashboards providing holistic insights into Agents Vs Direct performance, Top performing Agents, Geographies, Nationalities, Products, Typology & Ticket Size.
  • Responsible for optimizing sales from Business Development team by strategizing new incentive policies for top performing agents and setting up of weekly target for Business Development Managers.

MIS & Due Diligence Analyst

United Arab Bank
Sharjah, UAE
02.2016 - 09.2017
  • Conduct enhanced Due Diligence on vendors/debtors (new or existing), proposed under Trade Finance & Supply Chain facilities. Make decisions in approving/ rejecting vendors/ debtors.
  • To undertake specific exercises (ad-hoc investigations/ Forensic reviews) as stipulated by business/credit. Proactively identify opportunities of Process improvements in relation to Trade Finance & Supply Chain products and facilities and contribute to product development process in unison with Product managers.

MIS Portfolio Analyst

Union National Bank
Abu Dhabi, UAE
05.2013 - 01.2016
  • Preparation of Retail & SME loans Portfolio and analyzing data. Monthly preparation of credit analytics pack - Portfolio Review.
  • Worked with Business Intelligence team to monitor portfolio’s performance and report to portfolio managers.
  • Preparation of Manpower report, Cost allocation report and Incentive calculation report for Retail Banking Group.

Team Developer

Bank of America
Hyderabad, India
05.2007 - 03.2013
  • Led teams to achieve goals using process re-engineering techniques. Designed proposed solution including process, technology and policy changes. Managed 2 new migrations with 26 associates (Training, Processing, Feedbacks and Reporting). Completed trainings - Six Sigma, Lean, Information Protection, Risk and Compliance.
  • Cross trained and led 4 teams (30 associates) on different sub process (Recovery, Claim Initiation, Chargebacks and Re-presentment). Process governance reviews in line with Risk Management framework.
  • Partnered with operations business units and technology to assess and streamline processes in order to mitigate

Risk, reduce cost and improve efficiency.

Education

MBA - Finance

Manipal University
India
2010

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Berhampur University
India
2007

Skills

  • Effective Communication
  • Change management
  • Operational planning
  • Continuous Process Improvement (CPI)
  • Strategic decision making
  • Conflict management
  • Workflow optimization
  • Business process re-engineering
  • Policies and procedures implementation
  • Coaching & Feedback

Languages

English
Fluent

Accomplishments

  • Implemented automation process, streamlining work and increasing efficiency and reducing Turn Around Time of the Agent Operations team by 80%
  • Collaborated with Business Transformation team in development of Agents APP and Process for Individual Agents
  • Automated the MIS reports into Power BI Dashboards to provide the teams and Management a real time updates on the Sales Performance
  • Digitized more than 6 processes in DAMAC Agents Team along with SLS'A with different stakeholders. This has resulted in reduction of the TAT by 50% and fading out the manual excel sheets.

Certification

Six Sigma - Bank of America

Business Analytics - Harvard Business School


Timeline

Head of Agent Operations

DAMAC Properties
09.2022 - Current

Senior Inventory Analyst

Nakheel Properties
05.2021 - 08.2022

Head of Lead Management

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City, District One
12.2019 - 05.2021

Strategy Analyst

DAMAC Properties
10.2017 - 11.2019

MIS & Due Diligence Analyst

United Arab Bank
02.2016 - 09.2017

MIS Portfolio Analyst

Union National Bank
05.2013 - 01.2016

Team Developer

Bank of America
05.2007 - 03.2013

MBA - Finance

Manipal University

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Berhampur University

Six Sigma - Bank of America

Business Analytics - Harvard Business School


Anil Patro