Sankar Narayan

Experience

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  Pentafour Products Limited

  Feb 1998 - Feb 1999

  Graduate Engineering Trainee
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  DSQ Biotech Ltd

  Mar 1999 - Sept 2000

  Maintenance Engineer
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  CPG Corporation

  Oct 2000 - Mar 2005

  Building Manager

  1) Managed 1Mil Sft space for Immigrations and Checkpoints authority in the areas of Soft and Hard services. 2) Extensively involved in Budgeting of projects, vendor selection, monitoring of projects. 3) Worked with vendors to know the best practices of the industry and means of reducing the forecasted cost. 4) Delivered 100% results under pressure and in adverse conditions 6) Brought down commercial figures by 5–15% through effective planning and resourceful sourcing. 7) Well versed with Electro Mechanical, Security systems, Fire protection and HVAC equipment’s and their installations. Show less

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  CIBA Vision

  Mar 2005 - May 2006

  Facilities Engineer

  1) Responsible for Soft and Hard services operations for the clean room manufacturing plant. 2) Facilities Maintenance Delivered 100% compliance in line with GMP and FDA regulation guidelines. 3) Organized Monthly Vendor Met to discuss the performance enhancement issues. 4) Policy and structure continually improved the supply of services to the Facility users by vendors, thereby reducing the cost, and streamlining deliver. Managed the purchasing and payments of suppliers.5) Possess the knowledge of Environment health and safety. Evaluated existing SOP’s and worked towards continuous process improvement plans; while curtailing the operational costs and non-productive expenses reporting to the Country EMS Manager. Show less

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  JLL

  Jun 2006 - Dec 2008

  Senior Manager, South East Asia for Deutsche Bank

  1) Manage preventive maintenance programs and supervise vendors providing such services on critical electrical, UPS, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and other related systems such as BMS and Security systems. 2) To ensure the Banks Engineering and Critical Systems Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to by the Firm’s Property and Engineering maintenance vendors. 3) Managed the implementation of critical engineering systems monitoring as well as building emergency response and escalation procedures. 4) Lead the annual maintenance shut down and integrated system testing process. Also, the responsibility includes vendor compliance with the banks operational and maintenance procedures. 5) Overall responsible for all Soft and Hard services operations and act as the single point of contact for all Property Operations issues to stakeholders, ensuring effective control and quality service delivery. 7) Monitoring payouts and maintained payment records and work / purchase order records 8) Ensure all safety procedures, including Crisis Management/ Business Continuity and Emergency Procedures are maintained at all times Show less

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  Royal Bank of Scotland Business

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2017

  1) Responsible for overseeing the Regional Property Strategic projects and lead a team of PMO and project managers. 2) Ensure that all projects managed adhere to RBS governance standards and practices in the area of project management and are delivered on time and within budget while meeting expectations3) Actively implement and improve the standard frameworks for all aspects of project lifecycle (requirements, schedule and cost management, status and risk & issue reporting, governance & communication)4) Ensure that project delivery activities are coordinated between the stakeholders, Technology teams, and internal groups (e.g. Property Management, Transaction team, etc.)5) Lead, integrate and drive cross-functional activities to ensure readiness and achieve the committed plan. 6) Ensure project risks are accurately captured and managed through the project lifecycle Actively interacts with key project stakeholders Show less 1) Built profitable, mutually beneficial relationships with numerous contractors in the areas of M & E Services. 2) Ensuring vendor management, organizing monthly meeting, Quarterly Business Reviews, conducting Request for proposals for existing vendors, SLA and KPI review follow ups and improvement matrixes. 3) Assist in the implementation of the Life Cycle Costing Programs for critical assets. 4) Collaborate and work with other support functions like IT and Business Continuity for Power down activities and Recovery strategy. 5) Continuously review the SOP’s to eliminate single points of failure and the adequacy of business recovery plans 6) Hold responsibility for managing, supporting, and communicating critical incidents across the managed region, where business may be exposed to risk arising from down-time of critical systems. Show less 1) Managing the day-to-day Facilities Operations for the entire South Asia. In this capacity, was responsible for Facilities Management of over 10 offices. Wholly responsible for day-to-day operations, including staff supervision, budgeting, accounts payable / receivable for Facilities Operations 2) Manage a team of outsourced staffs including specialist consultants and oversee their performance. Encourage Account managers to realize their team full potential and eliminate any key man dependency issues through succession planning. 3) Designing of Dash boards and present monthly reports. Provide greater insight through regular engagements with business units, COO’s, Country Executives and stakeholders for effective decision making. 4) Negotiating and Managing real estate leases or renewals through Transaction management teams Show less

  • Head Of Technical Services & Strategic Projects, APAC

    Dec 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Head Of Technical Services, APAC

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Head of Property Services, South Asia

    Jan 2009 - Jul 2017
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  SGX

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2018

  Head Of Facilities
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  HP

  Nov 2018 - Aug 2021

  SE Asia & South Pacific - Service Delivery Lead
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  Credit Suisse

  Sept 2021 - Jul 2023

  Director - Group Workplace and Employee Services, APAC
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  UBS

  Aug 2023 - now

  Executive Director - Head of IFM & Corporate Services, APAC