Dipen Desai

Dipen Desai

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Results-Driven Assistant Store Manager at The Home Depot Canada | Driving Business growth, Delivering Exceptional Customer Service and Building High-Performance Teams

  • Education

    • ICAI

      2007 - 2012
      C.A. Inter Auditing and Accounts

      Activities and Societies: Member of Students council of western India region of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. I was trusted to lead and be a part of teams were we organised and also actively participated in following activities:-* During my membership in Students council, several projects were undertaken for intellectual nourishment of students like Elocution,Quiz,Debate and Paper presentation.* Social activities were also facilitated by student council in form of Blood Donation,helping the downtrodden and other value adding social activities.* Industrial tours and educational… Show more I was trusted to lead and be a part of teams were we organised and also actively participated in following activities:-* During my membership in Students council, several projects were undertaken for intellectual nourishment of students like Elocution,Quiz,Debate and Paper presentation.* Social activities were also facilitated by student council in form of Blood Donation,helping the downtrodden and other value adding social activities.* Industrial tours and educational tours.* National convention Show less

    • Naran lala college of commerce and Management

      2007 - 2010
      Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Accounts and Auditing First Class

      Activities and Societies: General Secretary and part of sports team of college. * I was trusted by the organisation and students to lead the students and represent all the departments of student.* During my role as General Secretary, organised Educational, Sports, cultural and philanthropic activities which helped me and students in attaining personal development and become a skillful asset for company and country at large.* I had represented Weight lifting,Volley ball, and Kabaddi during my presence as team mate in sports team.

    • Vidya kunj

      1992 - 2007
      Schooling Business/Commerce, General Distinction

      Activities and Societies: Class representative,sports team and cultural team *During my school education the seed of leadership skill was sown as I was selected as class representative.* The role was helping the students in their grievances,developing amiable environment in class and helping teacher in conducting class more efficiently.*Cultural team helped me in becoming more friendly and understanding people by role playing.

    • Centennial College

      2016 - 2016
      Post Graduate Diploma Accounting and Finance

      The program helps in developing a profound understanding of concepts in the areas of financial management, financial accounting, Auditing & Taxation. It helps to enhance your managerial skills for planning and implementing strategic financial goals for the organisation

    • Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education

      2010 - 2012
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance
  • Experience

    • H.N.Desai & Associates

      Feb 2008 - Dec 2014

      Responsibilities & Achievements• Identified and restricted financial leakages, by undertaking diligent audit of internal control systems and initiating checkpoints that mitigate risk• Enabled companies to save 15 percent of their funds on working capital, cash flow and budgets using financial planning strategies• Successfully handled audit of Banks assisted them in reducing their retail NPA by 5 percentage• Analyzed the financial statements, which facilitated support to organizations in notifying their critical areas of financial performance• Bestowed with client-centric roles, which included their portfolio management along with their routine business operations• Organized the operations of financial and accounting department of companies, firms and trust by developing policies which benefited clients to adhere with the statue and mentor their staff on business operations Show less

      • Operations Manager

        Aug 2011 - Dec 2014
      • Audit Assistant

        Feb 2008 - Aug 2011
    • NJ India Invest Pvt Ltd

      Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
      Senior Executive Operations

      Responsibilities & Achievements• Managed the operational flow between insurance companies and company’s branches across the country, ensured smooth functioning that fulfills the strategic goals of an organization• Enhanced the process pertaining to uploading policy copy & renewal notices and reduced the turnaround time by 60 percent & 75 percent respectively• Pioneered processes and MIS module for head office, customer care and 95 branches across India for NJ Insurance Brokers which resulted in broadening their understanding of MIS reports and avoid repeated process breaches• Actively worked with IT team to design, develop and implement systems solutions to simplify and automate processes• Created and analyzed MIS for effective decision making and developing future plans• Mentored team members and branch personnel for process observations and industry updates, which helped the stakeholders to avoid any breach of compliance and improved efficiencies Show less

    • The Home Depot Canada

      Aug 2018 - now

      • Partnered with management and vendors to develop strategies and tactics to fulfill in-store and online/BOPIS customer product demands by analyzing the market trends• Ensured best and safe shopping experience for the customer by rigorously observing COVID standards, strategically merchandising stocks and ensured on-hands accuracy• Mentored and developed store associates to enhance individual contribution towards store objectives by providing formal and informal job-performance-based feedback.• Drove productivity on the sales floor through efficient scheduling for watering and recovery Show less

      • Assistant Store Manager

        Sept 2020 - now
      • Department Supervisor for Seasonal dept.

        Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
      • Speciality Department Supervisor

        Aug 2018 - Mar 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Verified International Academic Qualifications

      World Education Services (WES)
      Jul 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Dipen Desai
      Orange award Home Depot Canada May 1, 2020 For continued excellent performance and ability to contribute in critical times
    • Awarded to Dipen Desai
      Best employee of the Month Home Depot January 1, 2018 It is an award given by Senior management to an employee who had performed exceptionally well in all aspects of the role and company's vision.
    • Awarded to Dipen Desai
      Best Team player of the year Home Depot December 1, 2017 It is an award which is presented to an employee who is voted the most by employees of companies along with the management for exhibiting exceptional team spirit through out the year.
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      Homer award ( Grievance Management) Manager Nov 2017 It is awarded to only those exceptional candidate's who can always be relied upon by management for soliciting permanent solutions of all critical situations of high end consumer grievances based upon exceptional grievance management skills of the candidate.
    • Awarded to Dipen Desai
      Homer award ( Creating Shareholder value) Manager Oct 2017 Its awarded to those employee who helped department and company at large to attain exceptional profitability, turnaround department position, and sustainable rise in client base
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      Inter College Debate Champion Naran lala college of commerce and Management Dec 2009 Many team from different parts of South Gujarat were present and competition was organised to debate on topic suggested by Jury. Our team was awarded 1st position the best team among all team present.
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      Best essay writer United Nations Jan 2009 I was awarded 1st price in essay writing competition held at college.
    • Awarded to Dipen Desai
      Best Reader Sayaji Vaibhav Library Oct 2002 An initiative to make students read books other than academics and visit library on regular terms was undertaken by Sayaji Vaibhav library and more than 10,000 students participated in it. The initiative was so grand to set a record of most number of books read by students of District. I stood 3rd position as best reader by providing presentation on books I read.