Kedar Patil

Experience

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  Vindiata Consulting Pvt Ltd

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Market Research Intern

  • Established Dynamic pricing mechanism for a fortune 500 company in Pune Region• Conducted initial exploration of clients and competitors at retail outlets• Performed Geographical survey to demonstrate client's market power• Performed traffic flow study to estimate captured v/s floating customer volumes

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  KPIT

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Summer Intern - International Automotive Market Research & Analysis

  • Performed Automotive Market Research & Analysis, International Market Research & Deep Dive Analysis of various geographies• Competitive Intelligence, did assessment of new technologies and highlighted USP's• Did product marketing, supported in events and customer surveys• Conducted market surveys, market sizing and database generation

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  Henry Harvard India Education Inc

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2015

  Business Development Intern

  • Work directly with Sales & Marketing Team Leaders• Impart preliminary education & knowledge on all learning solutions offered by Henry Harvard• Actual market dynamics and trend awareness• Work on internet (surf on search engines, exploit social media platforms, use Google forms)• Use/build connects in respective institutions in order to promote Henry Harvard's learning solutions• Opportunity to network with national & international staff as well as local & national firms having relationship with Henry Harvard• Cultivate competency in program management, problem solving, inter group communication & coordination Show less

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  Bajaj Finserv

  May 2016 - now

  • Heading the Product Team for Professional Loans Business• Working closely with the Business Head & Group Business Head for strategy execution in line with Annual Operating Plan (AOP) & Long-Range Strategy (LRS) priorities for the business• Launching new segments within the business (Unsecured loans to Doctor, CA, Lawyer; Secured Loan to Professionals & Self Employed)• Managing the Doctor World section on Bajaj Finserv App by integrating various loan journeys, engagement tools within the app for the segment• Driving product launches & develop product pricing and positioning strategies to build awareness & understanding• Co-ordination & Execution with different internal cross functional & external stakeholders• Driving Product team & keeping them motivated to deliver key results• Management of Sales function for the business centrally• Working on various Product Integrations, Developments required for the business Show less • Co-ordination & Execution on the development of products in partnership with cross-functional teams including COE, Business Intelligence, Risk, Underwriting, IT, Marketing to unite teams towards a common goal of making required enhancements live.• Driving product launches & develop product pricing and positioning strategies to build awareness & understanding.• Driving adoption of product features & building stickiness with both key internal and external partners.• Evaluating promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.• Driving various Inbound Channels & devising new strategies to deliver target business volumes.• Defining KPIs for Sales team in line with budget & Drive business KPIs across all platforms and initiatives through the year.• Driving & tracking all important metrics of the business pertaining to various strategic initiatives with PMO & Capabilities Team.• Taking responsibility for entire back-end processes of business & managing operational support to sales teams.• Productivity management at Sales Manager & PSF level.• Handling P&L & other financial statements and Cost management for the business.• Lead responsibility for the performance, motivation & development of the overall Product Management team by creating a strong & compliant culture to drive results.• Building Customer journeys on company app and various capability & reward integrations on the app.• Drive change management initiatives for the business. Show less • Maintaining P&L statement, Salary Register & Dashboard for the business• Reconciliation of Sales Promotion, Off Role & On-role Salary Cost & Call Centre lines• Suggest required changes in allocation of costs in various lines every month• Identify suitable actionable to maintain P&L items in line with budget & re-forecast• Preparing monthly Financial Review deck & Sales Performance within time• Ensure design & implementation of promotional contests to drive business from time to time• Providing timely Incentive inputs of provisions & estimates every month for On-Role & Off-Role to respective stakeholders including Finance, HR & Staffing team• Drive Engineer business for the company through taking various initiatives like Call centre management, managing Sales team, re-designing Risk policies, Prospect data acquisition Show less • End to end development of new capabilities from proof of concept to delivery and testing of developments by liaising with IT to drive Consumer Durable Business under POS Reinvent Project• Understanding of current processes and propose refinement from time to time• Strategic Partnership with OEMs under POS Reinvent Project• Travel to OEMs for time to time feedback on validation process• Grow coverage of asset validation in CD, DPF lines of businesses & create a sound roll back process for asset validation with major brands & liaison with OEM & IT team for integration build, testing and roll out • Manage escalations from Sales, OEMs & Dealers with respect to asset validation process & dealer management• Taking new initiatives to market, which would require training and monitoring of matrices to measure success of initiatives Show less

  • Head of Product Management (Senior Product Lead)

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Product Team Lead

    Jul 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Cluster Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Senior Unit Manager

    Dec 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Deputy Product Manager

    May 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Management Trainee

    May 2016 - Nov 2016