Beste Bayraktar

Senior People & Culture Partner @Justlife

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

“Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” — Richard Branson. I’m a People & Culture lover always looking to disrupt my comfort zone and work in challenging environments. It’s become my passion to help companies scale while simultaneously assisting with the career navigation of talented technology-lovers building the world around us.

Experience

  • Senior People & Culture Partner at Justlife
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    - Reporting to the VP of People and Culture. - Managing full-cycle recruitment processes. - Developing and implementing talent management strategies, including identifying key talent requirements, and working closely with key stakeholders to recruit, retain and develop top talent. - Planning and coordinating team gatherings and events, including venue arrangements, budgeting, participation tracking, and vendor management. - Overseeing department engagement activities, monitoring budgets, and reporting on engagement frequency. - Building a strong employment brand, messaging Justlife’s culture and values to team members and prospective candidates. - Creating and deploying internal communications on Slack and managing external communication, including LinkedIn content and platform administration. - Acting as a Partner to the employees, conducting 1-1s to gather insights. - Driving initiatives in diversity and inclusion, health and wellness, and psychological safety in the workplace.

  • Senior People & Culture Manager at Digybite
    Feb 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

    (Spinned-off Startup from Lean Scale DMCC) - Reporting directly to the CEO, working closely with the clients, stakeholders, hiring managers and line managers. - Led decision-making and implementation of HR policies, procedures, programs and functions. - Streamlined HR processes for increased efficiency with the use of HRIS systems. - Oversaw payroll functions, ensuring accuracy while maintaining strict confidentiality standards for sensitive employee information. - Implemented performance management systems, providing constructive feedback and coaching opportunities for employees. - Enhanced candidate pipeline by utilizing various sourcing strategies, including social media, networking events, and job postings.

  • Lean Scale ()
    • Senior Talent & Culture Specialist
      May 2022 - Feb 2023 · 10 mos

      Reporting directly to the CEO, working closely with the clients, stakeholders, hiring managers and line managers. - Leadership: Managing an international team of 4 individuals, building their career roadmap, monthly 1 to 1 sessions. - Recruitment: Responsible for Senior to C-Level roles over MENA region for +5 clients as well as in-house recruitment. - Culture: Preparing internal "Employee Handbook" and implementing “Employee Engagement Surveys” - Performance Evaluations: Implementing “360 Degree Feedback” mechanism company-wide (both for the employees and the managers) - Payroll & Benefits: Calculating monthly salaries & bonuses and processing the transactions. - Operations: Contract management, HR policies and monthly invoices of the Company.

    • Talent & Culture Specialist
      May 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Lean Scale is a digital venture builder based in Dubai. We follow Exponential Organizations (EXO) principles. We co-build & co-scale products and ventures. Our client base in the MENA region is a starting point where we believe there is a huge disruption opportunity and we are building distributed teams around.

  • HR Intern at Anadolu Efes
    Jul 2019 - Jul 2019 · 1 mo

    Sales & Marketing Business Partnering: * Utilized applicant tracking system to screen candidates for interviews. * Coordinated/conducted pre-screen interviews. * Observed all areas of the Human Resources department. * Audited employee personnel, training, and other files for compliance with applicable laws.