Customer Success & Sales Leader
9+ years building and scaling high-performance customer support & sales operations at Kohler and Amazon. Driving data-led strategy, stakeholder success, and revenue growth from Pune, India.
Pune, India · Available Globally
Prathmesh Awalkar is a customer success and sales professional who has spent over nine years building operations that actually work — not just on paper, but in practice. He joined Kohler's India Technical Center in 2021 and built the Studio Kohler support and sales team from zero, hiring talent, writing the SOPs, defining KPIs, and driving the team to consistent year-over-year excellence.
Before Kohler, he spent five years at Amazon Development Center in Pune, managing a 30+ associate team, pioneering an ML-based support tool scaled to 5,000+ agents, and delivering measurable cost savings through data-led Kaizen initiatives.
His edge is the intersection of operational discipline, sales acumen, and people leadership — the rare combination that turns a service function into a growth engine.
Across Kohler and Amazon, every initiative is measured. Here's the scorecard.
Kohler India Technical Center (ITC) ·
Kohler India
Pune, India
Founded Studio Kohler's support & sales team at ITC from scratch — talent hiring, training, SOP development, and KPI framework definition since launch in 2022.
Drove direct sales of USD 500K (2023), USD 2M (2024), and USD 1.1M YTD (2025) through high-value project conversions and strategic client engagements.
Leads the Beyond Bold North America Pilot — managing 11 high-value design projects with a total opportunity value exceeding USD 20 Million.
Collaborated with Product Manager to define Studio Kohler's digital strategy using Adobe Analytics; oversaw Salesforce CRM development as Product Owner stakeholder, conducting UAT to ensure business alignment.
Serves as Product Owner for the Finish & Color Sample Program — inventory management, demand forecasting, and order accuracy.
Partnered with Kohler Middle East Sales to build scalable support systems; supported global design events by streamlining lead intake and execution workflows.
Amazon Development Center ·
Amazon
Pune, India
Led 30+ associates supporting Amazon UK across voice, chat, and email — owning full accountability for performance, quality, and service delivery metrics.
Pioneered Supervised LISA — an ML-based customer support tool scaled to ~5,000 CSAs, delivering measurable improvements in Contact Handling Time (CHT) and Customer Experience (CCX) scores.
Led Kaizen contact reduction initiative — reduced invalid internal transfers from 20% to 8% for Amazon Business support, saving approximately USD 50K annually.
Delivered USD 250K+ in cost savings as HRR and Park Rate Reduction POC across 12 UK CS sites through strategic contact cost reduction and operational efficiency improvements.
Mentored and developed associates, driving engagement and career progression; conducted performance management, interviewing, and conflict resolution.
Team building, performance management, stakeholder collaboration
Data-driven strategy, resource planning, OKR/KPI design
High-value client engagement, lead management, project conversion
Kaizen, SOP development, quality assurance, operational excellence
UAT, demand forecasting, inventory management, vendor coordination
Cross-functional collaboration, multi-region support, event execution
Savitribai Phule Pune University · Pune, India
Four-year programme in Electronics Engineering providing a strong foundation in analytical thinking, systems design, and technical problem-solving — skills that have proven highly transferable to data-driven operations management.
Whether you're looking to build a world-class support team, drive B2B sales growth, or transform a service operation — let's connect and explore how Prathmesh can add value to your organisation.