Setting up a Global Capability Center in India is one of the highest-leverage moves a multinational can make. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Beanz Consulting provides end-to-end GCC advisory grounded in practitioner experience — not consulting theory.
Viraj Mehta built Kraft Heinz's first-ever GCC from scratch — not as an advisor watching from the outside, but as the accountable leader. At P&G, he helped launch Planning Service Centres in China and Singapore. At General Mills, he ran the IMEA supply chain, standing up 9 sites in 18 months.
"I have made the mistakes so you don't have to. Every decision point in a GCC setup — location, structure, governance, talent, attrition — I have faced with real accountability. That is a different kind of advice."
— Viraj Mehta, Founder, Beanz ConsultingWe advise across the full GCC lifecycle — from the first question ("Should we even build a GCC?") to a fully operational, self-sufficient centre. Every engagement is tailored; nothing is templated.
Is a GCC right for your company, right now? We assess readiness, model the business case, and give you an honest answer — even if that answer is "not yet."
The right city depends on your function mix, talent requirements, and growth ambitions. We analyse talent pools, attrition benchmarks, and cost structures across Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities.
Shoulder-to-shoulder execution — legal entity setup, leadership hiring, vendor selection, first 90 days operating model. We don't hand you a plan and disappear.
The most overlooked part of GCC setup. How does the GCC MD report? How do COEs stay connected to the business? How do you avoid becoming a glorified outsourcing centre?
Attrition is the single biggest destroyer of GCC value. We design talent strategies, career frameworks, and culture architectures engineered specifically for India's talent market.
Already have a GCC that isn't performing? We diagnose what's broken — governance, talent, scope, or leadership — and build the fix with you.
Beanz Consulting works with a small number of clients at any given time. Every engagement is led directly by Viraj Mehta — not handed to a junior team.
Companies planning their first GCC in India and wanting to avoid the costly structural mistakes most firms make in year one.
Multinationals with existing GCCs suffering from high attrition, weak governance, or poor integration with the parent organisation.
Mid-market global companies without a dedicated GCC strategy team who need a trusted advisor to own the process end-to-end.
Private equity-backed businesses scaling India operations rapidly and needing a GCC set up fast without sacrificing quality.
Most GCC consulting engagements fail not because of bad strategy — but because no one owns the execution. We work differently.
We will tell you if your proposed structure is wrong, your timeline is unrealistic, or your location choice is sub-optimal — even if that's not what you want to hear. The truth at the start costs far less than a failure two years in.
We stay involved through execution. That means attending leadership hiring panels, reviewing governance documents, being present when the business pushes back — not just reviewing decks at 30,000 feet.
Every engagement is designed to make you self-sufficient. We bring in knowledge, frameworks, and networks — and transfer them to your team. We measure success by how little you need us at the end.
Deep knowledge of India's talent markets, regulatory environment, and GCC ecosystem — combined with a global operating perspective from three continents and multiple Fortune 500 environments.
A Global Capability Center (GCC) — also called a captive center — is a wholly owned subsidiary of a multinational, set up in a lower-cost country to deliver business functions, technology, analytics, or operations for the parent. India hosts over 1,700 GCCs today, growing rapidly as companies move beyond IT into finance, supply chain, HR, marketing, and advanced analytics.
A realistic timeline from decision to first hire is 9 to 18 months. Legal entity registration takes 2 to 4 months. Leadership hiring adds 3 to 6 months. Standing up the first functional cohort takes a further 3 to 6 months. Companies that rush this timeline make expensive mistakes in location choice, entity structure, and leadership hiring that take years to correct.
Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune are the established hubs — deep talent pools but high attrition and real estate costs. Tier 2 cities like Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Nagpur, and Kochi offer lower attrition, lower costs, and growing talent bases. The right answer depends on your function mix, budget, talent requirements, and risk appetite. A structured location analysis typically takes 4 to 6 weeks.
Outsourcing means contracting a third party — you get output but lose visibility, control, and capability. A GCC is your own entity: your people, your culture, your intellectual property. The talent builds deep institutional knowledge and becomes a genuine strategic asset over time. Many multinationals that outsourced heavily in the 2000s are now building GCCs to recapture what they gave away.
A lean GCC in a Tier 2 city can begin with USD 500K to USD 1M. A large-scale GCC in Bangalore with 500+ headcount can require USD 10M or more. A well-designed GCC typically delivers 40 to 60% cost savings versus equivalent onshore operations within three years, alongside significant quality and capability gains.
Beanz Consulting is led by Viraj Mehta — 20+ years at Kraft Heinz, P&G, and General Mills. He has not just advised on GCCs — he built one from scratch, as the accountable leader, achieving 1,000+ capacity and under 5% attrition. Clients work directly with Viraj, not a junior team. No conflicts of interest. Transparent pricing. Designed to make itself unnecessary.
If you are exploring a GCC in India — or trying to fix one that isn't working — let's have a direct conversation. No pitch decks. No junior consultants.
Or email directly: connect@beanz.in