Wales Dsouza

Head of Talent

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India6 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • MBA graduate with a strong technical and HR background.
  • Expert in designing organizational structures for large-scale operations.
  • Proven track record in talent management and recruitment strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR professional with expertise in organizational design and talent management in the energy sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr Business PartneringOrganizational DesignWorkforce PlanningSuccession PlanningLeadership RecruitmentExecutive CompensationData AnalyticsTalent ManagementProject ManagementDesign Validation

Other Skills

Business AcumenCompensation NegotiationProgram ManagementProposal WritingPython (Programming Language)Stakeholder ManagementTalent SourcingTraining and Development (HR)Vendor Management

About

An MBA graduate from XLRI Jamshedpur with a solid foundation in Mechanical Engineering, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise and HR acumen to drive organizational success. Passionate about leveraging innovative solutions to address industry challenges.

Experience

Reliance industries limited

5 roles

DGM HRBP - Battery Cell

Promoted

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos

  • Collaborating with technology partners and function leaders to design and operationalize organizational structures, team deliverables, staffing models, workflows, recruitment and training programs for large-scale Cell manufacturing operations.
  • Responsible for annual performance cycle, ring fencing and retention of critical talent, expat compensation with detailed tax estimation & tax equalizations for hiring.
  • Experimenting integration of AI automated workflows into HR activities with power automate and LLMs.
HR Business PartneringOrganizational DesignStakeholder ManagementProgram ManagementSuccession PlanningWorkforce Planning+5

Senior Manager HRBP - Battery and Energy storage

Oct 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Selected in core HR team of RIL's Battery and Energy storage business.
  • Responsible to design and drive recruitment strategies in a talent scarce industry, building the HR operating model inline to the Business Plan, defining the Organization structure, work breakdown and Team deliverables with workflows.
  • Developing talent by collaborating with international partners for employee training and program managing the same.
HR Business PartneringTraining and Development (HR)Workforce PlanningOrganizational DesignStakeholder ManagementBusiness Acumen

HRBP Reliance Petrochemicals

Oct 2021Oct 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Managed the employee life cycle of ~650 employees from Sales, technical support and supply chain domain of Reliance Petrochemical's Polymer, Elastomer and Supply chain Businesses.
  • Partnered closely with business leadership to drive proactive staffing, Ring fencing of critical resources and Cadres, Succession planning, GET program management to build a talent pipeline and bench for hedging attrition risk.
HR Business PartneringWorkforce PlanningSuccession PlanningStakeholder ManagementProgram ManagementBusiness Acumen

Management Trainee - New Energy Business - Talent Acquisition Group

Apr 2021Oct 2021 · 6 mos

  • Part of Reliance’s business focused on renewables like Solar, Green Hydrogen, Battery, FCEVs and materials like Carbon Fiber.
  • Conducted C-suite recruitment for niche talent, from market analysis, mapping - sourcing, till offer negotiation and executive compensation design by devising migration of components like ESOPs to RIL's reward practice.
executive compensationLeadership recruitmentTalent SourcingCompensation NegotiationBusiness Acumen

Management Trainee - Jamnagar Refinery- Talent Management

Oct 2020Mar 2021 · 5 mos

  • Worked on talent management assignments such as potential estimation for the largest integrated grassroot refinery complex, Jamnagar.
  • Project - Studied RIL's MDPs since 1995, through leadership surveys and analytics of 3 HR metrics defined for studying long-term careers of 500+ Senior leaders. Provided recommendations to leadership to enhance future MDP effectiveness.
  • Built a career map creator with SAP data in Python using dictionary for database and tkinter module for dynamic plotting. These maps provided a quick and comparable overview of >500 people leaders.
Python (Programming Language)Data AnalyticsTalent Management

Jacobs

Design Engineer

Sep 2016May 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Part of the Mechanical rotating equipment group for Jacobs Engineering, I collaborated with different internal disciplines and external suppliers to identify the most appropriate equipment for critical operating conditions at the best possible price for clients in the Energy, Chemicals, and FMCG sectors.
  • I specified and validated designs for high value equipment such as pneumatic conveyors, compressors, pumps, reactors.
Vendor ManagementDesign ValidationProposal WritingProject Management

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2018Jan 2020

Don Bosco Institute of Technology (D.B.I.T)

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

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