Girish Awachat

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Girish AwachatSenior Corporate Real Estate and Infrastructure Services Professional

Pune, Maharashtra - Email me on Indeed: indeed.com/r/Girish-Awachat/279d9f9d75f00fc5

Seeking leadership assignments for Corporate Services and Operations Management functions

WORK EXPERIENCE

AVP & Functional Head- Corporate Real Estate and Infrastructure servicesPrincipal Financial Group - Pune, Maharashtra - April 2006 to Present

PGS is an Captive unit and subsidiary organization of Principal Financial Group, NYSE listed USD 8 Billion

Insurance Company based out of Des Moines, IOWA, USA (www.principal.com) PGS provides back office

support for Technology (IT) and Business functions of Principal Financial Group

AVP & Functional Head -Infrastructure Services, Facilities and Business Continuity

Key Deliverables

Part of the Start-up Executive Management team instrumental in setting of the Indian operations since

inception

- Managed to complete the Office fit out ~ 75, 000 sqft in record span of 100 days involved Architecture Design,

Project planning, Vendor Management, execution and stabilizing the facility operations

- Timely completion of necessary Government approvals / documentation related to Software Technology

Parks (STPI), Imports, Customs & Excise, Labor laws, State Electricity Board, Octroi and other local bodies.

- Worked in close coordination with the Global Corporate and Information Security teams to set up the

necessary physical and logical infrastructure in place along with necessary processes/procedures to ensure

adequate controls.

- Involved in formulation of organization vide Policy, processes and procedures leading to seamless on

boarding of India staff and transition from a project to business as usual phase in short span Collaborating with Business Unit Heads and US counterparts to deliver the requisite business needs such

as Hardware, Software, security requirements, etc and provide administrative support such as Cafeteria,

Employee transportation services.

Responsible for development and management of Business Continuity Program for Principal India

operations

- Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) on an annual basis

- Identification of critical Business processes to determine the Recovery Time Objective (RTO)

- Preparation of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

- Finalization of the Work Area Recovery (WAR) solution as a viable business continuity option - Caters to

30% critical

Staff and multi-location strategy (Hyderabad and Navi Mumbai) based on the Geographical and local city risk

profile.

- Conducting Recovery exercises / drills to check for Emergency preparedness

Active involvement in building the Process Excellence domain within the organization

- Successfully completed a Six Sigma Green Belt project

- Championed two LEAN projects

- Effective use of process excellence tools such as BPMS. FMEA within the business function

Monitor key compliance requirements on an ongoing basis and reporting of inadequacy and non-compliance

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Involved in 5 Quarter rolling Forecasting and annual budgeting exercise.

Worked with the Global Corporate Services team on the Expense Reduction program

Member of the Global Strategic Sourcing Cell

Handled the IT Infrastructure Management function (Helpdesk Services and Security Administration) for a

short span

Created a Vendor Management office:: Hybrid Outsourcing Model for IT & ITES Services

Highlights

Managing a team of 10 resources direct reportees

Initiated Cost optimization efforts at a organization level

Statistical Highlights

- Managed the India Fit-out project with Capital investment of USD 20 Million

- Achieved savings ~ USD 200, 000 through negotiations and alternate vendor development for BCM solution

Developed Internal Training programs as a part of the Organization Leadership Development initiative

- Breakthrough to Success.

- Business Negotiation skills.

Topped the Internal Partner Satisfaction Survey for two consecutive years.

Mentoring 4 protg to support organization philosophy of creating leadership bench.

Presented a Paper on "How to generate and manage Innovative thinking to drive down costs and improve

efficiency of support services" at the Corporate Real Estate and FM Conference in Pune on Jan 21 '2009

Team Leader - Corporate ServicesCognizant Technology Solutions P Ltd - Pune, Maharashtra - August 2005 to March 2006

Aug '05 to Mar '06

Leading Software MNC organization providing IT solutions to Fortune 100 companies globally

(www.cognizant.com)

Team Leader - Corporate Services

Key Deliverables

Managing the Pune Facility operations (2500+ workstations) handling a team of 6 associates: - Corporate

Travel Services includes Visa, Air travel, relocation and Expatriate services, Guest house management, etc

- Workplace management: Maintain the utilization of workstations at optimum levels

- Supervise outsourced facility Management Company: Preventive Maintenance of Critical electromechanical

devices

Worked in close conjunction with Finance and Corporate Real Estate teams to manage the unprecedented

ramp plans to create additional 2000+ workstations.

Functioning as the overall in-charge for procurement and asset Management activity for Pune center.

Part of the internal security team overseeing the physical and logical security aspects of the Development

blocks

Highlights Played a major role in streamlining of the Administrative function for the Pune center

Incorporated Process and system discipline for various contractual and outsourced services

Procurement process was finalized and implemented for all operational expense outflows.

Manage relationship and Liaison with Government and Semi-Government agencies

Manager-Operations & CommercialZensar Technologies Ltd - Pune, Maharashtra - August 2001 to July 2005


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Manager-Operations & Commercial

Key Deliverables

Infrastructure set up and expansion within Pune region

- Set up Customer Offshore Development Center (ODC) as per International standards and Customer

specifications

- State of Art Development Block in MIDC Kharadi: 1.75 Lac sqft constructions in record span of 14 months

- Deployment of high end technology devices (IT and Non-IT environment)

- Approvals and permissions involving Government agencies such as MIDC, Electricity Board, Customs. Etc

Managed the Commercial function at a Corporate level

- Team of 4 associates

- Responsible for organization vide capital and expenses outflow

- Supplier Management across the enterprise

- Conceptualize and implementation of Oracle Financials 11i - PO Module

- IT Asset Management

- Software licensing: Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft Corporation

Providing: - Support to Business Development teams for working on Business proposal / RFP

- Assist the Human Resources and Training teams in identifying the appropriate agencies at right price levels

- Assistance to project teams in acquiring unique services such as Translation, Upgrades, etc

- Market intelligence on key, critical and high value IT products and solutions for Business Development inputs

Highlights

Successful in keeping pace with the changing business demands and exponential growth during the tenure

"Best Performance Award" for Year 2004

Played a pivotal role in the SEI CMM Level 5 certification Audit for Support services function

Played a role of a Transition manager for handing over of premises to Administration teams from a Project

mode

Proved to be a perfect decision maker and crisis manager

Sr.Officer - Corporate ServicesGeometric Software Solutions Ltd - Mumbai, Maharashtra - April 2000 to July 2001

A Godrej limited company in business of providing CAD/3D/PLM services to global clients

(www.geometricglobal.com)

Sr.Officer - Corporate Services

Key Deliverables

Independently handled the 100% EOU set up at MIDC Hinjewadi housing 500 workstations

Instrumental in setting up the Commercial and Sourcing function within the company

Involved in selection of high end computing devices on UNIX platform (SUN, IBM) and routing devices

(CISCO)

Initiating & implementing various cost saving techniques as well as solutions for the Offshore customer

centers

Highlights

Worked with the Pre-sales team on Customer proposals

Successful in: - Completion of the Infrastructure set up in timely and cost effective manner

- Created a interface between the Corporate Finance (Mumbai) and Business teams for operational stuff

Executive -MaterialsIDEA Cellular Ltd - Maharashtra, IN - January 1997 to March 2000


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Executive -Materials

Key Deliverables

Part of the start up team instrumental for set up of Cellular GSM Infrastructure within state of Maharashtra

and Goa

Manage the Supply chain and procurement activity in creation of GSM network

Interaction with International Telecom vendors such as Ericsson, NOKIA for finalization of products/services

Involved along with the Corporate Marketing and Communication teams for launch of Prepaid services for

entire region

EDUCATION

B.ScFergusson College, Pune University - Pune, Maharashtra

1995

Management EducationIndian Institute of Management - Kolkata, West Bengal

Business AdministrationInstitute of Management Education - Pune, Maharashtra

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Business Continuity Certified Expert (BCCE) by BCMI, Singapore

Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) from Institute of Supply Management (ISM), US

Capstone Business Simulation Workshop at IIM, Ahmedabad - MDP

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