Earnest Ashwin Dsouza

About Earnest Ashwin Dsouza

An passionate Talent Acquisition & Talent Engagement professional with 18 plus years of Experience into Talent Supply chain, Talent/ Employer Branding & Engagement experience with regard to Automotive, Aerospace, Farm Machinery, Heavy Engineering & Construction Equipment, Energy (Oil & Gas), Consumer Appliances & Pharma industry for Product Design & Development, Embedded Electronics, Manufacturing Engineering, CAE, Should Costing & Sourcing, Vehicle Integration/ Architecture, Software customization & Functional domains like HR, Finance, Quality, SCM, PC & L & Maintenance at a global level. • Expertised in Automotive engineering recruitments for Embedded Electronics & Software, Automotive CAD, Automotive CAE, Manufacturing Engineering, Vehicle Integration & Architecture, Electric Vehicle, Digital Technologies • At previous assignment handled the entire gamut of recruitment activities for diversified industry customers (OEM’s) from Automotive, Aerospace, Marine, off-highway, Rail/ Locomotive, Farm Machinery, Heavy Engineering & Embedded electronics • Began career with reputed executive search & recruitment firm, supported Auto / Auto Ancillaries – Manufacturing & Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure, Pharma & Chemicals, Power & Energy verticals • Strong academic background with a Mechanical Engineering degree & an MBA degree in HRM specialization (Full time). Capable of delivering the results for volume hiring as a individual contributor or even mentor/Build a team. • Extensive hiring to build off-shore engineering centers for Automotive customers like General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Volvo, Stellantis, Faurecia, Nissan, Mazda, Iveco, Magna, Veoneer, Wabco, Panasonic, Case-New Holland, Honda, Toyota, M&M, Navistar, VW Group - Skoda, Bentley, Aston Martin, Caterpillar, Marelli, Hanon etc

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Head - Automotive Mobility Solutions

   Tech Mahindra

   Apr 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leading the Talent Acquisition function for Vehicle Engineering, Embedded/ Electronics, Electric Vehicles & Digital/ Software Business Units:> Talent Acquisition, Capability Development, Vendor Management & candidate experience management> Building recruitment frameworks, Strengthening & Expanding hiring channels & Networks > Devising recruitment strategies, and implementation of best practices & processes > Stakeholder Management> Monitor KPIs & report status of all recruitment metrics > Manpower planning

Education

• Bhandarkar's College

  Pre-university College, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology

  1998 — 2000

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• Mangalore University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resource Management

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Talent Management
• Internet Recruiting
• Executive Search
• Technical Recruiting
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Employee Relations
• Automotive Engineering
• Automotive
• Screening Resumes
• Employee Engagement
• Contract Recruitment
• Team Management
• Sourcing
• Employer Branding
• Recruitments
• HR Consulting
• Recruiting
• Onboarding
• Screening