COL AMIT BATHLA

Experience

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  Indian Army

  May 2004 - Jun 2006

  Officer in Charge Logistics, Indian Military Training Team, Bhutan

  Selected for this coveted appointment, post a stringent screening and selection process, from more than 300 other officers in consideration for the appointment, post multiple rounds of screening and interviews.Areas of responsibility included, but not restricted to planning manpower, and equipment budgets of the Bhutanese Armed Forces, provisioning, and supply of military equipment.Advisor to the Bhutanese government on procurement, provision and supply decisions, training of Bhutanese Armed Forces Officers and Combatants.Effectively worked and synergized efforts of teams in an international environment. Show less

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  Indian Army

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2013

  Responsible for Manpower Planning, Human Resource Development, and Perspective planning for Officers, Combatants, and Civilian Defence Manpower. Effectively handled all policy formulation, planning, and implementation to ensure optimum utilization of manpower resources of armed forces.Areas of specialisation included but not restricted to recruitment, training and skill development, staffing, career development, and promotion policies, employee retention, and motivation.Work profile involved close interaction and dealing with counterparts in various departments of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Defence. Show less

  • Head, Training Team at College of Materials Management

    Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Joint Director, Integrated Headquarters of Defence

    Jun 2009 - Jun 2012
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  Indian Army

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  Head Of Logistics

  Head Risk Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain (Aug 13-Oct16)• Implement Risk management techniques adapted and developed in an increased digital context.• Identify major sources of disruption and impact assessment to arrive at Risk strategies.• Use data analytics to support Supply Chain Risk management and enhance transparency.• Assessing and mitigating the risks of data driven operations.• Develop and implement appropriate governance frameworks across organisation to develop risk aware culture.• Analyse the risks and opportunities in terms of probability and impact.• Identify supply chain risk in terms of procurement sourcing and supplier management.• Develop a strong internal audit mechanism for early warning on day to day operational risks.• Eliminate the influence of cognitive biases on managerial perceptions of supply chain risk.• Learning and development interventions to build a culture of risk awareness down to the lowest level. Show less

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  Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India

  Jul 2016 - Nov 2016

  Instructional Faculty at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington

  Instructional Faculty at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. Premier tri-services training institute, which trains selected senior officers of Army, Navy, Air-Force, Paramilitary Forces, allied Civil Services officers from the Indian Administrative Services, and officers from forty foreign countries.Was selected for this coveted appointment based on merit and selection from over 400 officers from the batch Show less

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  Reliance Retail

  Nov 2016 - now

  Head Risk Management (AVP)

  Work flows and Deliverables• Facilitated design, engineering and roll out of 2,000+ new sites per year & managed risk across 12k sites pan-India. • Established and automated the Risk Management framework to reduce losses by 45% at an all-time-low. • Leading the data analytics team of 120+ to harness IT tools (SharePoint, Power BI, Retail Analytics, Tableau) to mitigate risk to finances, infrastructure, reputation and marketplace.• Executed regulatory compliance programmes in compliance with global / local laws to recover 60 CR+ through FIRs and Insurance Claims • Established governance framework to monitor internal environment, and response across 45+ businesses pan-India. • Spearheaded the Ethics Task Force at business leadership level for reporting & investigating 1000+ whistleblower escalations and business exceptions. • Strengthened business continuity management system by setting up an automated Incident Management mechanism for reporting 80k+ incidents/year. • Risk mitigation through proactive audits and investigations to detect online frauds by utilisation of advance forensic tools.• E-com Business continuity support by brand abuse monitoring, fake websites and franchises pulled down.• Due Diligence on risk, compliance, & regulatory issues with 3P Vendors/Partners to the tune of 1200 Cr per year.• Cross functional engagement across 45+ businesses, to build a framework of Ethics and Compliance.• Developed resilience culture, for org values through focused & effective communication, SOPs & training. • Promoted ownership mindset in team, effectively synergizing efforts of all internal and external stakeholders.• Streamlined Mock drills & table-top exercises on business disruption scenarios to reduce response time.• Integration of HSEF function in more than 25 newly acquired businesses.• Proactive engagement with, and advise to Top Management on risk mitigation strategies, Ethics, Compliance and Regulatory issues. Show less