Abhishek Singh

Management consultant with 5 years of experience advising manufacturing facilities — spanning apparel, leather, and textiles — on operationalising international compliance frameworks. Clients have achieved and maintained certification across SA8000, HIGG FEM/FSLM, SEDEX/SMETA, WRAP, GOTS, RCS, and ISO 14001/9001/45001. Core expertise lies in translating complex auditor requirements into executable facility programmes: building the tools, training records, corrective action plans, and payroll systems that allow factories to pass rigorous third-party audits.

Have led compliance delivery across 10 concurrent manufacturing units and mentored junior consultant teams. Currently building an independent consulting practice focused on helping apparel and leather exporters operationalise ESG and social compliance for international buyers.

Assistant Manager — Compliance Consulting - Quantum Systems

(2024-05 - 2026-07)

• Multi-Facility Portfolio Management: Managed compliance advisory engagements across 10 manufacturing units simultaneously, advising client representatives on gap closure, legal obligations, payroll compliance, and operational readiness to sustain continuous audit-ready status.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Led and trained a team of junior consultants on compliance workflows, audit standards, and client communication. Oversaw daily delivery progress and reported performance metrics to senior leadership.
• Proprietary Tool Development: Designed and built bespoke compliance tools for client facilities from scratch — including facility-specific audit checklists, salary verification frameworks, and an automated attendance and payroll tracking system in MS Excel with holiday and weekend logic — reducing client preparation time significantly.
• HIGG FEM & GHG Programme Management: Managed client-side HIGG FEM assessment cycles and built GHG inventory frameworks for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Established carbon intensity tracking against client production volumes, enabling buyers to receive accurate environmental data.
• Environmental Risk Advisory: Advised clients on facility environmental setup, training record management, hazardous waste storage protocols, and waste segregation workflows — particularly in leather manufacturing environments — to prevent audit non-conformities before third-party inspection.

Senior Executive (Projects) — Compliance Consulting - Quantum Systems

(2023-05 - 2024-04)

• Primary Client Contact: Served as the lead consultant for multiple client facilities, translating complex auditor expectations into practical, implementable solutions and managing the client relationship through the full audit lifecycle.
• Non-Conformity Resolution: Led end-to-end resolution of audit findings, developing and implementing Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) plans to close both on-site and desktop non-conformities across HIGG FEM/FSLM, GOTS, and RCS frameworks.
• Compliance Programme Implementation: Facilitated full compliance programme rollouts at client facilities, building adherence to international standards and preparing clients for third-party assessments.
• Pre-Audit Risk Assessment: Conducted internal audit simulations and operational risk assessments to surface compliance gaps before external inspection, significantly improving first-time pass rates for clients.
• Financial Compliance Review: Performed thorough payroll reconciliation reviews — cross-checking attendance records, salary structures, bank transfer logs, and statutory benefits (bonuses, leave encashment) — to ensure clients met legal wage compliance requirements.

Junior Executive (Projects) — Compliance Consulting - Quantum Systems

(2022-01 - 2023-05)

• Payroll & Attendance Compliance: Built and applied MS Excel tools to validate attendance data and calculate salary structures against statutory minimum wage and living wage benchmarks for client facilities.
• Supplier Audit Coordination: Managed all pre-audit preparations for supplier-facing audits — drafting notification letters, securing commitment documentation, and collating required evidence packages.
• Training Records & Employee Data Management: Provided essential on-site support during compliance audits by organising, validating, and presenting training records and employee documentation to third-party auditors.

Executive Trainee - Quantum Systems

(2021-07 - 2022-01)

• Legal Record Preparation: Prepared and validated critical legal documents and facility records required to pass rigorous social compliance audits against SA8000, SEDEX, and Amfori BSCI standards.
• Labour Law Application: Applied working knowledge of Indian statutory labour laws to support client facilities in maintaining industrial relations compliance and mitigating non-conformity risk during workplace inspections.

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) - Accounting & Finance - Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) — Accounting & Finance (2017-07 - 2021-12)

Diploma - Computer Operator & Programming Assistant - Government Industrial Training Institute, Santragachi, Howrah, WB (2019 - 2021)