Merve Özen

Trendyol Group company Executive Hr Business Partner

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Strategic HR Business Partner with 11+ years of experience in telecom, insurance and e-commerce sectors. Currently partnering with leadership at Trendyol, leading HR strategy across workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, engagement and compensation processes within high-growth operational environments. Strong background in scaling teams, organizational design, HC planning and data-driven people decisions. Previously led high-volume recruitment and transformation projects at Allianz and Turkcell Global Bilgi.

Experience

  • Trendyol Group (Full-time · 5 yrs 5 mos)
    • Executive HR Business Partner
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

      • Lead HR strategy for 260+ employee population within Trendyol • Drive workforce planning & HC budgeting aligned with business growth targets • Partner with senior leadership on organizational design & succession planning • Implement performance calibration & talent review processes • Lead engagement initiatives improving retention & productivity • Manage C&B processes including promotion and rotation frameworks • Execute large-scale talent acquisition strategies for operational growth

    • Senior Human Resources Business Partner
      Feb 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Allianz Türkiye (1 yr 9 mos)
    • Senior Recruitment Specialist
      Dec 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Working closely with hiring managers to forecast hiring needs Coordinating and recruiting for various positions including marketing, IT, operations,sales,finance and technical departments Responsible for recruitment in the of set up Data Organization Design up internship programme for various department Leading up the first online internship programme; “En Hızlısından Kariyer” for the all manager level Working closely with university student clubs and related 3rd parties Participating in cultural transformation activities Recruitment marketing activities Participating in the global HR project

    • Recruitment Specialist
      May 2019 - Dec 2019 · 8 mos

  • Recruitment Assistant Specialist at Turkcell Global Bilgi
    Aug 2015 - Jul 2018 · 3 yrs

    • Turkcell Global Bilgi provides customer service support to different companies. -Recruitment responsible serve in foreign language for Airplane Company, E-Commerce Company ( Esp; German, English, Arabic,Dush, Balkan Languages etc. ) -Recruitment for banking, energy, e-commerce, public services, companies from different industries • Mass recruitment projects -Leading up recruiting for whole foreign language departments of Airplane Company, 80 employees in total -Monthyl hiring 60 people for Turkcell in İzmir • Processing of all the candidates into the system entries • Taking part special recruitment project like “Geleceği Yazan Kadınlar” • Responsible for disabled employee recruitment process for 12 locations • Benchmark and resource research for new project • Preparation of monthly recruitment reports • Responsible for promotions and transfer process

  • Intern at TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
    Jun 2012 - Sep 2012 · 4 mos