Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
An experienced senior HR professional, offering 20+ years experience in multinational companies’, specialized in retail, manufacturing, and hospitality industries. Proven success in union and non-union environments. Proficient in designing, implementing, executing and managing HR effective policies, programs, and processes like , organizational design and development, success planning, recruiting, budgeting corporate and employment laws in industry and commercial organisations. 💎 Signature HR Qualifications ► Compensation and benefits (C&B) ► Industrial/ Union and commercial relations management ► Organizational Design & Development and Change Management ► Turkish Labor Law Rules and Regulations and HR Policies ► Talent Management & Acquisition. Career management ► Personnel Affairs. HR Compliance ► Training & Development. HR Best Practices ► Employee Surveys. Employee Relations ► Project management. Performance management ► Recruitment (Search & Selection – interview/ exit interview) ► Budget Management. Employee and 3rd party Cost’s calculations ► Workforce Planning and Development ► Performance Management. Employee retention/turnover ► Employee branding ► Change management ► Health & Safety 💎 Personal Attributes ► Leadership and people management ► Develop talent. Team building ► Exhibit influence. Strategic vision ► Problem solver. Customer focused ► Persuasive and strong communicator ► Fact finder, detailed, decision maker ► Analytical thinker, result focused ► ‘’ Can-do’’ approach, alert, adaptable ► Stress and crises management ► Hands-on management. Multitasked ► Self-starter, hard worker, ambitious ► Negotiator, detailed, emphatic, alert ► Stress management ► Personal integrity ► Ethical consistency ► Conflict resolution 💎 Selected Achievements ► Managing Collective Union Agreements: - Indesit Company and Turk-Metal-İş between 2006 – 2016 (four times) - CarrefourSA and Tez-Koop-İş in 2017
✔ Executive Board Member ✔ Oversaw all HR functions from A to Z: Consulted line managers in succession planning, talent management, organizational change recruitment, retaining, and tailor made development processes and take related actions ✔ Re-designed human resources function to align with strategic direction. Established the HR department as a significant contributor to business operations ✔ Organized and evaluated emloyee performance. Optimized compensation and benefits processes ✔ Implemented innovative and creative recruitment and outreach initiatives ✔ Successfully implemented and orchestrated management training programs ✔ Developed and implemented an effective Employee Relations investigative process ✔ Led process of organizational development that enhanced engagement ✔ Collaborated, and communicated with senior management and functional departments to maintain consistency and integrity in all business practices ✔ Ensured to maintain personnel files in compliance with applicable guidelines and legal requirements 🎯 Contribituons Snapshot: ✔ Reduced company turnover from an annual average by improving company culture and engagement ✔ Improved employee engagement. Introduced an annual employee engagement survey; created/improved and implemented various practices and policies based on the results of the survey ✔ Worked with everyone from the Executive Committee and management to staff to drive results ✔ Attracted and retained top talent ✔ Increased HR financial performance ✔ Scaled up motivation and engagement of employees ✔ Led the digitalization process in the HR function, and implemented the “Robotics (RobotİK) Process” in the recruitment area for the first time in Turkey
Directly reported to the CEO l Managed 12 Blue color and 8 white color employees l Total workforce 1500 people ✔ Directed the planning, development, implementation, administration, and budgeting allof the human resource functions: - employee selection and placement, training - compensation and benefits, wage and salary administration - industrial and union relations - equal employment opportunity, unemployment and disability insurance - labor relations, employee records and maintenance, and health and safety services program - managed HR related processes for R&D Center - implementation of SAP HR tool for Turkey incorporation with corporate organization - integration to whirlpool systems - calculation of labour cost and budgeting ✔ Participated in the development and implementation of client group's goals, objectives and systems ✔ Handled recruitment effort for all exempt, non-exempt, and hourly employees ✔ Monitored recruitment program; employee relations counseling; performance planning ✔ Full responsibility in enterprise bargaining, including agreement,drafting and participated in negotiations ✔ Driven key employee/industrial relations strategy, projects and initiatives including enterprise agreement implementation ✔ Assisted in the delivery of training and education sessions to build a leader, project team and subcontractor capability in industrial relations ✔ Advised on industrial relations requirements for tenders and contracts
✔ Planned, organized, and managed all activities of the plant HR processes ✔ Contributed to design and execute change management concepts for local, strategic and global Compensation and Benefits programs of the plant ✔ Ensured plant compliance ✔ Recruited, hired, trained plant personnel ✔ Prepared and issued work satisfaction surveys to plant employees and summarized results for management
✔ Planned HR Manager tasks ✔ Managed all HR activities for the Commercial organization for Turkey, headquarter based in Istanbul ✔ Decided which policies and procedures would directly impact the business main goals, and used the powerful data-processing tools ✔ Achieved successfully to get the most out employees and maximize their potential
✔ Gathered information on hours worked for each employee ✔ Calculated the correct amount incorporating overtime, deductions, bonuses etc. with the assistance of a computer system ✔ Received approval from upper management for payments when needed ✔ Prepared pay orders through an electronic system ✔ Administered statements of payment to personnel either electronically or on paper ✔ Processed taxes and payment of employee benefits ✔ Kept track of wages, compensation benefit rates, new hire information etc. ✔ Addressed issues and questions regarding payroll from employees and superiors ✔ Checked all accounting transactions regarding payroll ✔ Prepared Labor Cost budgeting processes