Customer Success & Sales Leader

Prathmesh
Awalkar

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 | Assistant Manager at Kohler India
$2M+
Direct Sales Revenue — 2024
$20M+
Beyond Bold Portfolio Value
9 yrs
Industry Experience
$250K+
Cost Savings — Amazon
5K+
CSAs Impacted via ML Tool
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About

A Leader Who
Builds From Scratch

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.

Sales-Driven
$3.6M+ across 2 years at Kohler
Team Builder
30+ associates at Amazon; full team at Kohler ITC
Tech-Enabled
Salesforce, Adobe Analytics, Power BI, ML tooling
Impact

Results That Speak

Across Kohler and Amazon, every initiative is measured. Here's the scorecard.

$2M+
Sales Revenue
2024 Alone
$20M+
Beyond Bold
Portfolio Value
$300K+
Cost Savings
at Amazon
5K+
Agents Empowered
via LISA ML Tool
9+ yr
Total Industry
Experience
30+
Associates Led
at Amazon
12
Projects — Beyond Bold
North America Pilot
20%→8%
Transfer Reduction
via Kaizen
Work

Professional Journey

Kohler
Current Role

Assistant Manager

Kohler India
Pune, India

Nov 2021 — Present

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.

B2B Sales Team Building Salesforce CRM Adobe Analytics Product Ownership KPI Management Demand Forecasting
Amazon

Customer Service Manager

Amazon
Pune, India

Jun 2016 — Nov 2021

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 Leadership ML Implementation Kaizen Cost Reduction Voice / Chat / Email Performance Management
Competencies

Core Skills

Leadership

Team building, performance management, stakeholder collaboration

Strategic Planning

Data-driven strategy, resource planning, OKR/KPI design

B2B Sales & Service

High-value client engagement, lead management, project conversion

Process Improvement

Kaizen, SOP development, quality assurance, operational excellence

Product Ownership

UAT, demand forecasting, inventory management, vendor coordination

Global Operations

Cross-functional collaboration, multi-region support, event execution

Toolstack

Tools & Platforms

Salesforce CRM Adobe Analytics Power BI MS Excel MS PowerPoint JIRA CPQ Spec Deck Data Mart
Languages

Communication

English Full Professional
Hindi Full Professional
Marathi Full Professional
Beyond Work
Cricket Board Games Non-Fiction Tech Enthusiast
Education

Academic Background

Bachelor of Engineering — Electronics

Savitribai Phule Pune University · Pune, India

2012 — 2016

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.

Let's Build
Something Great

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.