Founder & Owner
Manoj Kumar
Twelve years inside the facility management industry, and two years building the company he wished existed when he started.
“This industry never lacked people. It lacked trained people. We decided to build the training first and let the business follow.”
Manoj Kumar — Founder & Owner, SM Facility Services
Experience
12 years
Company founded
2 years ago
Team size
280+
Based in
Gurgaon
The story
He learned the industry from the floor up
Manoj Kumar has spent nearly twelve years in facility services — starting on the operations floor, then moving into supervision and site management for corporate buildings across Delhi NCR. He has personally handled housekeeping rosters, pantry service standards, guarding deployments, client audits and the statutory paperwork that most vendors treat as an afterthought.
In those years one problem never went away. Clients were sold professional facility management and received untrained staff, unverified backgrounds, missing compliance records and supervisors who changed every quarter. The industry had plenty of manpower and very little training.
Two years ago, Manoj started SM Facility Services to bridge exactly that gap. He built the training facility first, then the client list. Every housekeeping, pantry and guarding module has a manual, a trainer and an assessment. Every recruit is verified through family, neighbourhood and police checks before a client ever sees them. Every employee gets ESI and PF within 24 hours of joining.
Today the company runs with 280+ trained professionals, ISO 9001:2015 certification and more than 50 million sq. ft. of real estate under service in Delhi NCR — and Manoj still takes client calls on his own number.
Journey
From the floor to founder
2014
Into the field
Manoj started on the operations floor of the facility management industry, learning housekeeping, pantry and guarding work shift by shift, site by site.
2017
Running large sites
Moved into supervision and site management for corporate offices in Delhi NCR, handling manpower planning, client escalations and statutory paperwork.
2021
Seeing the gap clearly
Across contract after contract the same pattern repeated: clients paid for professional services and received untrained, unverified staff with thin supervision.
2024
SM Facility Services begins
Manoj founded SM Facility Services with a simple rule — nobody reaches a client site without training, verification and a named supervisor behind them.
Today
280+ people, 50M+ sq. ft.
An ISO 9001:2015 certified operation with an in-house training facility, full ESI/PF compliance and clients across corporates, healthcare, co-living and hospitality.
How he runs the company
Four rules that do not bend
No subcontracting, ever
If a person wears our uniform, they are on our payroll, verified by us and trained by us. Accountability cannot be outsourced.
Train first, deploy second
Pre-deployment training at our own facility is non-negotiable — it is the reason the company was started in the first place.
Compliance on time, every time
ESI and PF numbers within 24 hours of hiring, monthly challans filed with the client bill, labour licences kept current.
The owner is reachable
Clients have Manoj's mobile number. Escalations do not need to travel through three layers to be heard.
Need a trained team at your site?
Tell us your site size and shift requirement — we will share a manpower plan and a transparent quote, usually within 24 hours.