Gopinath KV

Responsible for Facilities & Administration, BCP, Resilience and Crisis Management, Risk & Compliance, Procurement and Vendor Management functions at Allstate India.

Leadership Contributions includes:-
✔Worked very closely with Global Directors/Top management; for setting up the organization in Bangalore (1,60,000 sqft) and expanding to Pune (120,000 sqft) from incubation center to permanent facility. Pursuing further expansions.

✔Adding and optimizing real estate usage… Show more

Responsible for Facilities & Administration, BCP, Resilience and Crisis Management, Risk & Compliance, Procurement and Vendor Management functions at Allstate India.

Leadership Contributions includes:-
✔Worked very closely with Global Directors/Top management; for setting up the organization in Bangalore (1,60,000 sqft) and expanding to Pune (120,000 sqft) from incubation center to permanent facility. Pursuing further expansions.

✔Adding and optimizing real estate usage across locations with defined budgets including project management, build outs and facilities management. Managing Project budgets of US$ 13.5Mn+ in 3 years.

✔Partnering with US and UK stakeholders for implementation of global operating model and best practices across Facilities management, Procurement, Risk and Compliance. Managing procurement budgets of ~US$ 15 Mn every year.

✔Setting up of India Governance, Risk and Compliance function including Regulatory compliance, BCP, DR, Crisis Management, Vendor risk management, and Records management.

✔Implemented standard contracting model for domestic procurement. Automation of employee travel, visitor management, transportation and fixed asset management. Set up IT support and helpdesk for India locations. Show less

Executive role as Head of Facilities and Administration for AXA Technology Services, AXA Business Services and AXA Group Solutions in Indiacovering leasing, project management and fit-outs, BCP, Risk and Compliance and Procurement.

Leadership Contributions includes:-

✔ Majorly contributed for setting up 120,000 Sqft offices each at Bangalore and Pune for AXA Group Shared services. Expanded to additional 90,000 Sqft over my tenure. Standardization of policies and procedures across… Show more

Executive role as Head of Facilities and Administration for AXA Technology Services, AXA Business Services and AXA Group Solutions in Indiacovering leasing, project management and fit-outs, BCP, Risk and Compliance and Procurement.

Leadership Contributions includes:-

✔ Majorly contributed for setting up 120,000 Sqft offices each at Bangalore and Pune for AXA Group Shared services. Expanded to additional 90,000 Sqft over my tenure. Standardization of policies and procedures across group companies.

✔Real Estate research for setting up of domestic BPO offices in tier-2 cities. Implementation of Operational Risk Management in Facilities and Administration. Implementations of best practices across locations.


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Responsible for managing Facilities and Administration, Project Management, Procurement and IT helpdesk. Key achievements include:
✔Setting up 60,000 Sqft of office at Bangalore and 10,000 Sqft office at Delhi.

✔Setting up end to end Facilities & Administration function. Set up dedicated in-plant for domestic & international travel.

✔Handled end to end process to set up a subsidiary Company called eVector India Pvt Ltd.

✔Setting up dedicated telecom and internet leased… Show more

Responsible for managing Facilities and Administration, Project Management, Procurement and IT helpdesk. Key achievements include:
✔Setting up 60,000 Sqft of office at Bangalore and 10,000 Sqft office at Delhi.

✔Setting up end to end Facilities & Administration function. Set up dedicated in-plant for domestic & international travel.

✔Handled end to end process to set up a subsidiary Company called eVector India Pvt Ltd.

✔Setting up dedicated telecom and internet leased lines.
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Responsible for managing Facilities and Administration, Procurement. Key achievements include:
✔Automation of Procurement & Stores.

✔Regulatory conversion of CEPZ Licenses to STPI Licenses.

✔Project budgeting for the new facility.

✔Automation of Fixed Asset Management and implementation of budget management tool.

✔Implementation of Quality Management System in Facilities & Administration area.

Responsible for Facilities, Compliance, Procurement and Administration. Key achievements include:
✔Played a key role in regulatory compliance and standardization of export shipments process.

✔Set up 60,000 Sqft office in Bangalore.

✔Standardized and automated domestic & international travel policy across Mumbai & Bangalore.

✔Enhanced seating capacity by 10% by redesigning workspace.

Responsible for Compliance, Procurement, Contract Management and Logistics ( a JV of IBM and Tata, which later become IBM India). Key achievements include:

✔Setting up of bonded ware house under STPI Scheme.

✔Projected imports ahead of target resulting in setting up of infrastructure.

✔Introduction of warehousing concept resulting in savings in demurrages and storage space.

✔Development of vendors for OEM supplies.

✔Procurement of Special Import Licenses from… Show more

Responsible for Compliance, Procurement, Contract Management and Logistics ( a JV of IBM and Tata, which later become IBM India). Key achievements include:

✔Setting up of bonded ware house under STPI Scheme.

✔Projected imports ahead of target resulting in setting up of infrastructure.

✔Introduction of warehousing concept resulting in savings in demurrages and storage space.

✔Development of vendors for OEM supplies.

✔Procurement of Special Import Licenses from group companies resulting in cost savings.

✔Introduction of imports under DEPB and EPCG Schemes (India govt. schemes). Show less