Ozlem Kar

Human Resources Director at Boehringer Ingelheim Turkey

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

📌 ABOUT ME - Purpose Driven People HR Leader with a passion for making positive difference in people's lives, business partnering with strategic HR initiatives creating business results. Skilled in diagnosing the organizational needs and developing creative concrete solutions that are sustainable, biggest strengths lie in spotting talent, transformation and culture diagnosis. - Highly passionate about people and organizational transformation. Because when people succeed, organizations succeed. World is constantly changing and so should organizations. And since the core DNA of an organization is its people, HR people’s main role to lean in and inspiring people to lead their growth for this transformation by embracing the future. 📌 EXPERTISE & TRACK RECORD - Over 20 years’ experience gained in 4 different companies, different industries - Experience in major merger & organizational transformation projects in Nutricia Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition (Danone 2 business units’ integration) - Led the transformation of 3 country business units (nutrition, waters, dairy) - Experienced in Upskilling Talent Development Programs: Beyond Value Based People Manager Leadership Development - Future of Work Studies: Danone new office renovation, design and deployment of new ways of working - Experience as mentor, executive, internal trainer, and professional coach 📌 PROJECTS - Young Gen Early-Stage Career Programs: XP Internship Program strengthening Danone’s employer’s reputation to attract young talent - Employer Branding & Social Media Strategy Development & New Employer Branding Project implementation, including launch of new career website, EVP creation, cultural diagnosis. - Recruitment and on-boarding process re-designing by implementing fully integrated on-line process bringing significant efficiency and savings - Sales Function Regional Structure Change, workforce planning, grading, sales incentives design - Stevie Award: Young Generation Leadership Development

Experience

  • Human Resources Director at Boehringer Ingelheim
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Danone (10 yrs 5 mos)
    • Head of Talent & Development and Sales & Marketing HRBPs
      Jan 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

      - Define Talent & Development strategy in line with HR Strategic vision/targets, business needs, and local context to translate business strategy into long-term talent need - Company-wide future of work project and initiatives - Transition to Hybrid working model – define roadmap and lead the execution and communication plan - Talent and skill development initiatives – Reskilling, Upskilling, Internal mobility - Bringing the best talent to Danone Turkey and engage them by leading talent acquisition & internal and external employer branding and talent management initiatives. - Head of HRBPs for Commercial Functions (Sales and Marketing functions)

    • Senior Human Resources Manager
      Sep 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Danone Nutricia is a part of Danone group company that imports and sells baby formula, specially formulated medical nutrition for all stages of life in FMCG and Pharma sales points. - Strategic HR Business Partner: Providing strategic HR BP consultancy to sales and commercial teams, being "1st face to the employees", producing high quality HR projects, delivering HR services & coaching for customer group - Leading the cultural transformation process - Managing Talent Management and Development strategy and initiatives

    • Head of Danone Academy Turkey
      Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 · 7 mos

      6 months critical assignment

  • HR Business Partner at Boehringer Ingelheim
    Apr 2010 - Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Senior Human Resources Associate at PwC
    Jul 2007 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Human Resources Specialist at Yurtici Kargo
    Jan 2006 - Jul 2007 · 1 yr 7 mos