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Yogesh Pandit

Yogesh Pandit

Dubai

Summary

Passionate Techno Functional Analyst bringing 16 years of experience working with the aviation industry. Proven leadership and success in strategizing the technical roadmap specializing in CRM systems .


Skilled in Salesforce Sales, Service and Community Cloud, implementing data-driven deliveries resulting in improved customer experience, seamless Sales Engagement and Sales Support.


Influential communicator with the ability to enhance customer/user experience and liaise with multiple stakeholders in driving continuous improvements for value creation. Research oriented with vision for optimizing business processes for cost and productivity factor. Work

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Effectiveness Manager

Emirates Airlines
03.2017 - Current
  • Drove strategic direction of Salesforce CRM platform, optimizing business processes across Sales, Service, and Community clouds.
  • Conceptualized and executed implementation of automated processes resulting in 40% more time saving in Sales functions.
  • Led collaborative sessions with Emirates IT to streamline PI planning, Sprint planning, and technical solution reviews, resulting in a substantial 15% boost in software engineering team productivity.
  • Fostered close partnerships with Salesforce vendors to effectively manage product releases, licenses, and cost management.
  • Oversee change control processes, diligently track schedules and manage cost performance.
  • Manage Salesforce administration, addressing technical debts and spearheading implementation of innovative features.
  • Cultivate strong relationships with senior stakeholders to guide strategic business decisions, technology implementations, and enhance sales pipelines and customer interactions.
  • Managed Travel Agents and Corporate portal on Salesforce Community, providing B2B partners with real-time access to Emirates products, policies, and automating critical airline ticketing and booking functions.
  • Identify and document business processes, mapping current (as-is) and future (to-be) states, and propose optimized transitions to drive tangible value.
  • Deliver comprehensive dashboards and insightful data analytics within Salesforce to empower informed decision-making.
  • Facilitated execution of strategic roadmaps, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across teams.

Senior Technical Lead

Emirates Airlines
01.2013 - 02.2017
  • Responsible for departmental study of consolidating all the applications used by Emirates commercial.
  • Project Planning coordinator between EK IT, Engineering and Vendors.
  • Database designing.
  • Mentoring and training junior and new staff.
  • Arranging & chairing weekly team meetings focusing on targets & achievements.
  • Liaising with senior business analysts and multiple business units to facilitate system readiness.
  • Provide architecture changes to reduce infrastructure and overhead costs.

Support Team Lead

Emirates Airlines
01.2009 - 01.2013

• Headed a team overseeing 14 applications catering to a global user base of approximately 1000 individuals.
• Oversaw Incident and Capacity management, ensuring swift resolution of issues and optimal resource allocation.
• Directed configuration management procedures, ensuring rigorous quality checks prior to Application Go-live.
• Led monthly causal analysis sessions and collaborated with fellow support leads to establish best practices.
• Guided and mentored the team in fostering customer satisfaction through effective communication and timely issue resolution.
• Drove improvements in support processes, ensuring service calls were resolved within specified service level agreements.
• Implemented streamlined processes and provided comprehensive system training, resulting in a notable reduction in resolution time.

Senior Software Engineer

Emirates Airlines
01.2005 - 03.2009
  • Onenetwork is a CRM tool implemented for all Emirates Sales offices using Pivotal CRM.
  • Part of the core development and enhancement team.
  • Evaluated requirements and initial mock-ups; made technical recommendations that supported optimal construction, maintenance and performance.
  • Liaising with vendor for onsite customization.
  • Created sophisticated, scalable and efficient solutions.
  • Leveraged the latest developments in Internet technologies.

Analyst/Programmer

Mtech Computers, Goldshield India Pvt ltd
03.2004 - 12.2005
  • Responsible for system study of Advanced Mail Order (AMO), proprietary software of Mtech Computers catering to the mail order industry.
  • Managing, maintaining, developing and deploying applications in response to business needs.
  • Assisted team members with module redesign and architecture.


Web developer/Programmer

Bright Feathers Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2000 - 02.2004


  • Performed the full spectrum of Web-related tasks, including rapid prototyping, design and layout, graphics creation and optimization, server-side programming (primarily ASP), SQLServer databases,testing, training, hosting, security, traffic generation and ongoing updates.

Education

MBA -

University of Bradford, United Kingdom
2010

Advanced Postgraduate Diploma - Software Technology

National Center For Software Technology, Mumbai
2001

Bachelor of Engineering - Computers

University of Pune
1997

Skills

    Product/Project Management:

  • Agile methodologies
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Project planning
  • Rollout/Support
  • Operations Transition
  • Technical Skills:

  • Salesforce Service cloud
  • Salesforce Sales cloud
  • Salesforce Community cloud
  • Microstrategy
  • PowerBI
  • Value-Added Leadership:

  • Team Building & Mentoring
  • Client Relationship management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Vendor Management

Timeline

Sales Effectiveness Manager

Emirates Airlines
03.2017 - Current

Senior Technical Lead

Emirates Airlines
01.2013 - 02.2017

Support Team Lead

Emirates Airlines
01.2009 - 01.2013

Senior Software Engineer

Emirates Airlines
01.2005 - 03.2009

Analyst/Programmer

Mtech Computers, Goldshield India Pvt ltd
03.2004 - 12.2005

Web developer/Programmer

Bright Feathers Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2000 - 02.2004

MBA -

University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Advanced Postgraduate Diploma - Software Technology

National Center For Software Technology, Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering - Computers

University of Pune
Yogesh Pandit