Neslişah Merter

Professional Development Lead at McKinsey & Company

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Experience

  • McKinsey & Company (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Professional Development Lead
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Senior Professional Development Coordinator
      Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Professional Development Coordinator
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Senior Recruiter - Strategy&Consulting in UAE/KSA/Qatar at Accenture Middle East
    Sep 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs

    Closely working with the business teams to understand the pipeline of new demand and requirements on end-to-end recruitment assignments for mid – senior level hiring in line with client requirements; Developing approach for recruitment systems initiatives, critical components and timeline, ensuring scope is clearly defined and expectations are articulated to all team members and key stakeholders involved; Managing the candidate experience for significant sized business units and for managing relationships with the stakeholders; Developing effective sourcing and candidate engagement strategies along with the Campus Recruitment for the business units; Collating market research and providing insight to the business on talent pool sizing, competitor movements and the Accenture Employee Value Proposition; Following up agency relations and internal controls processes; Meeting requirements in a manner that provides customer satisfaction and customer delight; Interact with clients at all levels at every opportunity and continuously introduce innovation ideas; Implementing a number of local and global initiatives that support and develop our sourcing capability, candidate experience and Inclusion & Diversity programs; Ensure one Accenture face to the market and maintain up to date market knowledge and expertise in various geographical recruitment trends and practices.

  • Senior Technical Recruiter - Europe, South Africa & Turkey at Alexander Mann Solutions
    Mar 2018 - Sep 2018 · 7 mos

    Ensure the recruitment service is delivered, in line with contractual obligations and client service levels for Verifone operating in payments industry, for its HQ in; South Africa, Turkey, Denmark, Italy, France • Contribute to the commercial success of the account through the achievement of NFI (monthly and annual) targets. Accountable for delivering to target start dates; • Develop end-to-end recruitment campaign strategies to meet longer term client requirements; • Develop and support the sourcing strategy for each role/business unit and agree the strategy (including web-based and direct sourcing) with hiring manager; • Work effectively with the sourcing and admin team to ensure a smooth client and candidate experience; • Mentor / guide members of the sourcing and admin team on best practice approaches, client culture and support them in achieving success in their roles; • Responsible for the management of candidate relationships and their satisfaction with the recruitment experience until start date; • Ensure that all changes to a candidate’s status are tracked on the ATS to enable accurate reporting; • Support the hiring manager with deciding which candidate to hire and guide them in determining an appropriate offer. Close the candidate: broker the offer with the chosen candidate, manage objections and support the candidate during their notice period.

  • Talentra (1 yr 9 mos)
    • Client Acquisition Lead
      Sep 2017 - Mar 2018 · 7 mos

      Client Acquisition Partnership: • Constitution of monthly business development plan and strategy; • Executing and leading internal Client Development workshop / trainings for Consultants; • Regular coaching of Consultants for client acquisition strategies; • Leading customer retention activities for the company within coordinating account management execution.

    • IT Technical Recruiter
      Jul 2016 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Managing key accounts and ensure repeat business through providing excellent customer service; • Developing a network of candidates and managing their aspirations, career search; • Leading the interview process within languages of English and also French if necessary and generating candidate reports • Working on global recruitment assignments - Software Java Development vacancy for Tokyo. • Generating leads, chasing feedback, pushing for the next assignment and cross selling; • Focusing on the importance of service delivery and powerful client relationship management (CRM). Recruitment Projects: Software Java Development Software Python Development Software PHP Development Frontend Development Devops Engineer Business Analyst Product Management Business Intelligence Sales Management Project Management Software Embedded Design/ C, C++ -

  • Talent Management at adidas
    Apr 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Acting as a strategic HR Business Partner for Retail Sales Department within a strict KPI system and giving support for numerous projects and processes, particularly in the areas of talent acquisition and development, recruitment, career management and performance management. Responsible for: • Taking active role in all recruitment process(Pre-screening, interviews and other related needs); • Hiring, retaining and developing employees within the needs and standards of the organization; • Conducting personality inventory and aptitude tests for employees and forming personality assessment reports in order to support the feedback system; • Assisting in the design and implementation of key HR processes and strategies for the field sales area; • Developing relationships with third party recruitment agencies and staffing firms, managing the procurement and measurement process; • Following up the performance management of the sales-field employees by PEP(Performance Evaluation Planning) and TLU(Team Line Up) systems. • Managing headcount employee data; • Generating periodical HR related reports; (headcount, recruitment, turnover etc.) • Organizing assessment centers, evaluating and selecting appropriate sales employees in order to create a match for the appropriate promotions, • Providing feedback to the candidates during all stages of the process; • Leading co-ordination and orientation of new employees, • Managing employee leave processes, conducting exit interviews and preparing reports for upper-management; • Managing the social and employee engagement activities; • Dealing with day to day corporate and local law related issues i.e. Labor Law, Compliance, etc • Supporting training department in terms of related projects, if needed. • Forming employee engagement surveys, analyzing results and preparing numerical outcomes in order to add a value for the enhancement of the organizational sales field structure.