RMS SPOC at Infiniti Retail Ltd.
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Croma - Lead - Brand Partnerships & Spares Management (5-17 yrs)
Service Authorizations
- Pitch and tie up with National and international brands to manage their service delivery
- Demo & installation
- Manufacturer warranty
- Out of warranty
- Dead on arrival
- Spares management
- Define all performance metrics benchmarks
- Build processes to track and monitor performance metrics
- Commercials to be documented with incentive structures
- Billing process
- API monitoring for efficient data flows
- Claims from brands for faulty spares, Manufacturer warranty calls, etc
- Spares consumption and claims under manufacturer warranty
- Incentive claims for all types of KPIs
- Partnerships and engagement to include legal documentation with updates as required
- Detail all compliance parameters and ensure our service centres are aligned
- Annual and quarterly planning of sales and service claims forecasting
- Integrate with Service delivery team for capacity planning
- Service delivery performance management
- Integrate Brands with our own service delivery network and systems (CRM and APIs as required)
- Ensure all processes are as per user journeys defined for the services in compliance to brands protocols
- Exception handling for brands unique standards and processes of service delivery
- Define & agree upon TATs & SLAs with brands
- Engage with internal service delivery team for building smooth operations
Service delivery performance tracking
- Ensure all performance parameters are imbibed into the service delivery teams dashboard for routine tracking and monitoring
- Manage all exceptions
- Manage rewards and penalties our service delivery performance as per defined norms
- Ensure mystery audits and spot audits are facilitated and inputs are incorporated into process for ongoing improvement plans
- Manage relationship for smooth day to day operations
Service efficiency & tracking with service delivery team
- Define key metrics for efficiency and performance management
- Ensure no breach of SLAs and TATs
- Build processes to improve on TATs and SLAs on an ongoing basis
Service improvement
- On going road map with brands for training and skill development for building efficiency
- Review and identify areas of improvement / enhancement and develop plans to fulfil the same
- Develop a systemic approach to development for the team for imbibing latest in tech and product features
Service experience management
- Monitor delivered customer and service experience by partner
- Define Key metrics including their KRAs and KPIs
- Track NPS / CSAT and build plans / processes to ensure ongoing improvement
- Work towards Zero escalations as a design principle
- Daily / Weekly / Monthly reviews with relevant teams of partner for ensuring performance and experience is uncompromised
- Engage with Service delivery team at national and regional levels to ensure their feedback and areas of improvement
- Highlight key areas of improvement and develop plans to manage and track the same.
- Ensure compliance to internal & external (including brand) audit controls.
- Define inbound call centre claim journey & its tech requirement for faster TAT.
- Quarterly reviews with brands to ensure service capacity planning region/city wise basis the number of projected claims basis sales planning and out of warranty calls.
- Identify key technical requirements which will impact service operation & engage with concerned team on its timely delivery.
Spare parts and inventory management
- Brand alliances to include spares
- If authorisation for services is not possible, Spare parts alliance to be done with concerned brands
- Forecasting of spares
- Stocking plans for each warehouse, Hub and service centre to be detailed
- Return of defective spares with credit notes as applicable
- Time sensitive spares to be tracked and norms of returns to be ensured
- Set up base stock levels with buffer stocks provisions to ensure all spares are available as required
- Analyse spares consumption by category and brand to refine the base stock models on a quarterly basis
- Initiate opportunity buy as and when it is viable
- Clearly identify generic spares and ensure supply and stocking alliances for the same in the most cost efficient manner
- Ensure all spares and consumables (related to devices) are from compliant and reliable vendors
- Deliver a margin on spares as per annual budgets
- Ensure storage norms are adhered to for the spares at each inventory holding node
- Develop a team for spares management including the stores officer at service centre and ensure 100% systemic, process and statutory compliances
Desired Candidate:
- 15+ years of experience of working in Services (CDIT brands / Service organizations like OnsiteGo, One Assist, Zopper etc), LFR service product team.
- Past experience of Service delivery alliances and brand partnerships in CDIT industry is mandatory.
Competencies required
- Good inter personal skills
- Strong communication skills
- Team player / leader
Area of exposure:
- Brand and Service partner alliance development
- Business Planning with P&L focus
- Team management
- Business development
Candidate must be having 60% in all the academics.
Education - Postgraduate / MBA is preferred
Language - Able to speak good Hindi & English.
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