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Ravi Maheshwari

Brampton,ON

Summary

Experienced analytical professional with over 10 years of strong background in Revenue Management/Pricing/Ops within Freight, Airline, Commercial Aviation, Leisure Travel and Airport operations. Skilled in providing strategic direction and solutions to generate new revenue opportunities for the organization. Astute candidate develops new margin strategies and processes to optimize network revenue and margin.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Revenue Management Analyst

Purolator Inc.
09.2019 - Current
  • Develop and forecast yield management strategies to maximize revenue and margin.
  • Responsible for pricing for all incoming bids and providing analytical support to increase and improve anticipated cost model.
  • Generate pricing policy, recommendation in pricing structure with lane level margin strategies and implement pricing changes to gain maximum lane efficiency and revenue.
  • Performed Revenue impact analysis of rate increase on list rates to ensure revenue targets are met.
  • Use financial analysis, data management and modeling techniques to develop new capabilities around key revenue quality performance metrics for new pricing agreement.
  • Working with sales team to determine market prices based on market pricing knowledge, internal benchmark price comparison and profitability analysis.
  • Working closely with Sales, operations and other line of business to actively problem solve and optimize asset utilization and revenue.
  • Support production of forecast, annual business plans for long range and incorporate current/historical information that aligns with company financial objective.

Revenue Management Analyst

Air Canada Vacations
09.2015 - 09.2019
  • Assist in all aspect of revenue management program including analytics, reporting, new opportunity identification and strategic development.
  • Performed pricing analysis and strategy, utilized problem solving skills to determine root causes of revenue.
  • Responsible to monitor and manage an assigned group of markets with objective of maximizing network revenue in support of corporate objectives.
  • Manage and calibrate passenger demand forecasts and other optimization parameters using historical data, recent trends and reflecting changes in market place.
  • Using revenue management (RM) system, tools and reports to analyze booking patterns on daily basis and other optimization parameters in constantly evolving market conditions.
  • Closely monitor booking trends and anticipate effects along with historical data to drive insight and continuous yield improvement opportunity.
  • Monitor Fare products usage and ensure pricing actions are in sync with RM strategies.
  • Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Operations, E-commerce, Reservations and alliance to actively problem solve and optimize revenue.

Crew Travel Co-ordinator

Sunwing Airlines
10.2014 - 09.2015
  • Manage Air, Hotel and ground transportation reservation for employee crew travel.
  • Managing crew dead heading inventory.
  • Responsible for day to day operations, last minute changes, new bookings due to schedule changes/delays, cancellations.
  • Update crew schedules with complete and accurate travel information.
  • Actively communicate with operational team to ensure travel arrangements meet safely, regulatory, efficiency and service levels.

Travel Agency Supervisor

Sky Route Travel Services
05.2012 - 10.2014
  • Supervising the travel agency work activities and advising new travel plans and packages.
  • Coordinating and guiding the agency staff to work for customer satisfaction and development of agency.
  • Scheduling and providing effective day to-day support to agency staff ensuring operational and accounting procedures are followed.
  • Supervising and guiding agency staff to follow company procedures and standards in building Passenger name Records (PNR), full utilization of airline inventory, accuracy of work and attendance.
  • Monitoring administrative functions and operational process of travel agency and ensuring compliance with industry standards (TICO)

Airport Operations Coordinator\Pricing

Jet Airways India Ltd.
07.2007 - 08.2010
  • Maintained overall airport operations- ticketing, check in-counters, arrivals, departures, special handling guest, baggage reconciliation, Ramp.
  • Maintaining on time departure of flights along with diverted and charter flights.
  • Managing inventory on high demands flights including waitlist, in voluntary upgrades and denied boarding.
  • Communicate feedback to Revenue Management/ Network planning team on no- show, over sale and misconnection.
  • Perform post flight analysis and provide report of any operational and security issues.
  • Kept cost low and ensured airline profitability.
  • Assisted supervisor in managing team to achieve sales goals and profit growth.
  • Complied with all safety procedures and stations policies.

Education

Post-Baccaleurate Diploma - Business Operations Management

Durham College
Oshawa, ON
05.2012

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda
Vadodara
04.2007

Skills

  • Dynamic Pricing
  • Pricing Strategy
  • Revenue Analysis
  • Revenue Management
  • Forecasting
  • Yield Management
  • Market Research
  • Distribution Channel
  • Strategic Planning
  • Data Analysis
  • Airline Management
  • Planning and Coordination

Timeline

Revenue Management Analyst

Purolator Inc.
09.2019 - Current

Revenue Management Analyst

Air Canada Vacations
09.2015 - 09.2019

Crew Travel Co-ordinator

Sunwing Airlines
10.2014 - 09.2015

Travel Agency Supervisor

Sky Route Travel Services
05.2012 - 10.2014

Airport Operations Coordinator\Pricing

Jet Airways India Ltd.
07.2007 - 08.2010

Post-Baccaleurate Diploma - Business Operations Management

Durham College

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting

Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda

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