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Arti Sharma

@artisharma

Visionary leader with expertise in customer experience and service management.

Zimbabwe
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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a role where I can leverage my expertise in customer experience and service management to drive operational excellence and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

I am a visionary leader with over 15 years of experience in delivering exceptional customer experiences across luxury retail, public sector, and enterprise technology environments. My expertise lies in transforming service delivery models and harnessing data and AI insights to resolve experience gaps. I have a proven track record of reducing customer churn and elevating NPS and CSAT scores while embedding a customer-centric culture across all organizational layers.

Throughout my career, I have influenced strategic decisions at the C-suite level and built strong, empathetic service cultures that scale. At Chalhoub, as an IT Service Manager, I pioneered operational enhancements that propelled efficiency gains by 60%. I orchestrated a seamless transition to FreshService, revolutionizing the IT service management landscape and driving operational excellence. My commitment to continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement has consistently resulted in impactful business outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

IT Service Manager

Chalhoub

Jun 2022 - Present (3 years 1 month)

Pioneered operational enhancements through comprehensive assessments, introducing innovative methodologies and tools that propelled efficiency gains by 60%. Orchestrated a seamless transition to FreshService, revolutionizing the IT service management landscape and driving a paradigm shift towards operational excellence.

UG

IT Service Manager

UK Government

Jan 2022 - Apr 2022 (3 months)

Strategized and coordinated global service operations schedules, ensuring seamless task completion, and fostering flexibility in assignments to accommodate variations. Supported employee development initiatives, overseeing training, coaching, and performance management efforts to fortify organizational resilience and capability.

MA

IT Service Manager

Ministry of Defence (British Army)

Oct 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Cultivated and maintained robust partnerships with stakeholders, executives, and operational personnel, facilitating strategic planning and execution to drive operational advancements and enhance overall satisfaction and effectiveness. Directed all IT operational requirements and training initiatives for internal personnel, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and fostering a culture

ET

Client Solutions Manager

Ember Group for Travelport

Jun 2019 - Nov 2019 (5 months)

Interim assignment to plan and conduct a feasibility assessment for a prospective client concerning establishing a Service desk across EMEA. Administering stakeholder needs assessment, business case, and outline project plan. Ensured ISO compliance by engaging and coordinating with external audits.

EP

IT Service Desk Manager

Euromoney Investor Plc.

Oct 2018 - Jun 2019 (8 months)

Co-led the planning and delivery of a new global IT service desk solution. Steered a cross-function team of eighteen members, including three team leads globally (UK, USA & Asia Pacific) to plan, test, train and execute the roll out of the new solution.

BE

IT Service Manager

Burberry EMEIA

Nov 2016 - Mar 2018 (1 year 4 months)

Played a pivotal role in managing client relationships with various business units on the Burberry contract. Managed end-user desktop support teams across EMEA. Managed customers' expectations and escalations in coordination with onsite management.

AN

Relationship Manager

Azzurri Communication for NHS

Jun 2016 - Nov 2016 (5 months)

Aided as an accountable escalation point (third line) for both internal and external customers. Led, coordinated, and drove the delivery of practical infrastructure projects and technologies to the business using a mixture of in-house and third-party resources.

TL

Relationship Manager

Transport for London

Nov 2014 - Feb 2016 (1 year 3 months)

Steered successful client implementation onto a new enterprise platform while managing the tight timeline and limited resources. Continuously measured customer success through defining, implementing, and management of infrastructure key performance indicators, service level agreements, and critical success factor.

XE

IT Service Team Lead

Xerox

Nov 2013 - Nov 2014 (1 year)

Instrumentally designed the data migration strategy and led the delivery into production; assured that service levels are achieved in line with contracts and that customers' expectations are met or exceeded. Built services relationship with customers and conduct service reviews for key customers.

SC

IT Service Team Lead

Selfridges & Co

Jun 2012 - May 2013 (11 months)

Established a strategy to improve the onsite customer journey, increasing conversion rate. Optimized digital trading, working closely with the buying team; built vendor relationships, organize and chair project review meetings.

CP

IT Service Support Team Lead

Capgemini for PWC

Oct 2011 - Jun 2012 (8 months)

Functioned as a central point of contact for enterprise-class IT service support, outage notifications, and information dissemination. Developed and implemented process for maintaining service catalogue at the service desk level 1.

HA

IT Service Desk Team Lead

Harrods

Jan 2008 - Oct 2011 (3 years 9 months)

Networked efficiently with staff at all levels (especially senior), provided clear and concise progress updates. Consistently improved SLA KPIs based on former benchmarks.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Portsmouth logoUP

University of Portsmouth

Course, Computer Animation

Completed a course in Computer Animation at the University of Portsmouth. This program focused on the principles and techniques of computer-generated imagery and animation.

Richmond upon Thames College logoRC

Richmond upon Thames College

AVCE, Information & Communication Technology

Studied Information & Communication Technology at Richmond upon Thames College. This advanced vocational course provided a comprehensive understanding of IT systems and communication technologies.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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