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Daniel Chandrapaluka

Daniel Chandrapaluka

Senior Process Specialist
Hyderabad

Summary

Results-driven professional with 7 years of experience in process and operations management, recently transitioned from a Team Manager to an independent contributor. Holding extensive background in HR Operations with a proven track record in process transitions, development, and streamlining. Adept at enhancing operational and administrative effectiveness while meeting cost, time, and quality objectives. Demonstrated success in implementing knowledge initiatives, sharing best practices, and conducting training sessions. A strong people manager and independent contributor with robust cross-functional leadership experience, a proactive mindset, and a logical approach to achieving goals.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Process Specialist

Amazon
12.2023 - Current
  • Managed and led country-to-country and domestic transfer space for EMEA and APAC regions
  • Served as the single point of contact for transfers originating from the India hub
  • Consistently monitored performance and ensured assigned tickets were completed within agreed SLAs with high accuracy
  • Facilitated weekly business reviews and stakeholder interactions to maintain a smooth transfer experience
  • Supported business expansions by facilitating internal employee transfers across different business units
  • Developed and implemented tools and process automations to drive efficiency and effectiveness
  • Collaborated closely with Headcount Planning team to forecast volume and manage resources
  • Effectively managed customer and vendor relationships, and adeptly handled escalations
  • Regularly performed in-depth analysis of TTR, SLAs, and CU to identify upstream/downstream improvement opportunities
  • Worked with business partners to build long-term solutions based on root cause analysis
  • Conducted bi-weekly connects with program managers for continuous process improvement
  • Collaborated with Legal and Compliance teams to ensure transfer letter templates adhered to policies and local laws
  • Developed a checklist for monthly audits with the Quality team to ensure timely completion
  • Engaged with Product and Tech teams to identify and eliminate repetitive manual efforts
  • Collaborated extensively with recruiters, HRBP, and finance team to ensure a seamless global mobility experience
  • Participated in various HR product workshops held in Hyderabad and Bangalore locations

Team Manager (A)

Amazon
11.2022 - 12.2023

*Established and led an AWS HR Transfer operations team consisting of 6 HR Assistant III (Level 4) personnel and one L4 Team Lead.

• Certified Amazon Interviewer, having hired over 20 employees and conducted 60+ interviews.

• Collaborated closely with the Headcount Planning team to forecast volume and manage resources effectively.

• Partnered with vendor teams to facilitate the hiring of seasonal employees.

• Launched multiple business initiatives alongside AWS, including OPS and Customer Services.

• Coordinated monthly business reviews with Talent Acquisition and stakeholders to assess the team's performance outcomes.

Senior Process lead

Amazon
09.2021 - 11.2022
  • Led the team of 20 level 3 employees who were based out of Hyderabad & Bangalore hubs
  • Managing team escalations and prepared the root cause analysis with the Associates & Specialists
  • Responsible for Implementing a virtual working policy in India and collaborated with legal and compliance teams to finalize the templates
  • Analyzing OTs, Shrinkages & leaves
  • Preparing & maintaining team's & Individual Matrix
  • Provide feedbacks on SLA misses and identify the solution to fix the gaps
  • Preparing Training planners/charts
  • Was nominated as the point of contact for VCC business for document preparation and team expansions within India region
  • Worked on transitioning new teams for a new launch of transfers for AWS population within EMEA & APJC region
  • Preparation and auditing of quip trackers for any data that the team must work on.

Domestic Transfer Specialist

Amazon
09.2020 - 09.2021
  • Transitioned & streamlined the domestic process for the AWS and business developing engineer roles, and remained the sole point of contact for the entire EMEA business group
  • Trained & managed vendor teams for additional support during peak and shared their utilization within different teams under Global transfers team to crunch the volume
  • Handled escalations and come up with case management/root cause analysis, Created new design for Daily work flow allocations
  • Coordinated with the EMEA region's programme team, onboarding, and data management teams to understand the nuances of each country's requirements and compensation, and created a country matrix for the team
  • Worked closely with different project managers, Onboarding & Data management teams to close the gaps and finding the Inscope and CTIs for Onboarding & Data management teams
  • Responsible to share the TTR to leadership on weekly & monthly basis
  • Responsible for updating country matrix & SOP for different domestic processes & maintaining team OT trackers
  • Assisted teams meet technical challenges and provided resolution faced during the COVID WFH situation.

Senior Associate

Amazon
10.2018 - 06.2019
  • Transitioned & streamlined the domestic offer process for the Corporate, Devices, International consumer roles & business developing engineer roles, and remained the sole point of contact for the entire EMEA business group
  • Worked hand in hand with stakeholders involving recruitment, HR Business Partners, Compensation Consultants, Tax team, Business Directors, Transfers, Immigration Team, Payroll, Data Management and On- boarding Teams
  • Handled client interaction & escalation and team management
  • Reviewed Bi-weekly & monthly deck, ensured Team is at 100% TAT.

Associate

Amazon
09.2017 - 10.2018
  • Handled India & US Screening services
  • Ensured that the day-to-day deliverables are met on time
  • Worked on recruiting, background check and drug testing tools such as iCIMS, PeopleSoft, Attest360, Accurate, Salesforce, Quest Diagnostics.

Education

B. Com Honors -

St Joseph's degree & PG college, Hyderabad
01.2013 - 04.2015

Masters in Arts - undefined

Nizam college, Hyderabad
01.2015 - 04.2017

Skills

    Project Planning

    Process Transition

    People Management

    HR Operations

    Process Set-up & Streamlining

    Training & Knowledge Transfer

    Operational Excellence

    Process Improvement

    Leadership

    Process Automation

    Business process improvement

    Process Mapping

    Stakeholder Management

    Time Management

Accomplishments

  • Transitioned Domestic Transfer process for multiple businesses within Amazon i.e. AWS, OPS, CORP.
  • Streamlined Offers & compensation evaluation process for EMEA, MENA & APAC regions.
  • Hired 6 Level 4 employees to assist with the transfer of AWS business and created four additional positions that are currently being screened
  • Successful transition of 4 teams which includes Hiring, training, SOP & Matrix creation.

Projects

Migration of Volume Inflow tool - SIM-T, 2022, Project that involved converting our volume intake tool to a new format - (Ticketing Tool). Where I overlooked the entire domestic transfer process (India,OPS, CORP, Devices, AWS business) Robo Comp:(Upgrading the compensation tool), 2022, Project that involved automating manual efforts while initiating and projecting the compensation summary. Where I overlooked the entire domestic transfer processes (India, OPS, CORP, Devices, AWS Anomaly Detection (Streamlining the quality auditing process), 2022, Project that involved automating the quality checks while working end to end transfer process. Where I overlooked the entire domestic transfer processes (India, OPS, CORP, Devices, AWS and provided the samples and checkpoints which are impacted in 2 ways. 1) Compensation impacted & 2) Non-Compensation impacted Scrubbing Tool & Smart forms, 2021, Coordinated with the project management team to drive the projects Smart forms to automate domestic processes, scrubbing tool to automate basic checks like evaluation of moving & current roles Screenings Backlog Project 1, 2018-2019, Liaised with Project Managers and Human Resources Risk & Compliance team for updates and recommendations on 17,349 incomplete background checks from 2007 to 2017. Further worked with BGC vendor and employees towards successful closure of backlog project within 6 months

Timeline

Senior Process Specialist

Amazon
12.2023 - Current

Team Manager (A)

Amazon
11.2022 - 12.2023

Senior Process lead

Amazon
09.2021 - 11.2022

Domestic Transfer Specialist

Amazon
09.2020 - 09.2021

Senior Associate

Amazon
10.2018 - 06.2019

Associate

Amazon
09.2017 - 10.2018

Masters in Arts - undefined

Nizam college, Hyderabad
01.2015 - 04.2017

B. Com Honors -

St Joseph's degree & PG college, Hyderabad
01.2013 - 04.2015
Daniel ChandrapalukaSenior Process Specialist