Seval Karakaya

Senior Manager HR at adidas

United Arab Emirates

About

Passionate HR professional with more than 10 years of experience in every aspect of human resources area from recruitment, employer branding, training and talent development, performance management, compensation and benefits and employee engagement processes to successfully managing HR projects after M&A, organizational changes, new system and process implementations in a multicultural environment.

Experience

  • adidas (Full-time · 3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Manager HR, EM HUB Corporate Functions
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Senior Human Resources Manager
      Apr 2023 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      • Responsible from all adidas Turkey back office employees’ HRBP processes including employee relations, engagement, talent management, organizational structure, betterment, leadership development, HR strategy building initiative, performance management, succession planning, talent development programs & HR Budget. • Close collaboration & strategic partnership with Country Leadership Team, Extended Leadership Team, People & Process Managers, Global CoE & Retail organization. • 3 direct reports

  • Stryker (Full-time · 4 yrs 9 mos)
    • HR Manager, Turkey & Romania
      Sep 2022 - Apr 2023 · 8 mos

      • Responsible for providing managers and employees with guidance in key areas of HR by implementing the HR strategy, providing strategic HR partnership with managers to help them focus on work environment, culture, employee relations, talent management, business and performance in both Romania & Turkey. • Collaborating with Turkey & Romania leadership team to improve performance, drive business outcomes, develop talent, and support employee engagement. • Being a member of Country Leadership Team for both Turkey & Romania • Managing all HR related integration projects after acquisition of the biggest distributor in Turkey (organizational structure, alignments, grading, compensation, culture building, employee law etc.) • Building a new team in direct sales environment medical device industry regarding alignment of current employees, layoffs, structuring organization, recruiting new talents. • Responsible from all recruitment & employer branding processes of Turkey & Romania and EEMEA roles based in Turkey in coordination with COE teams. • Providing coordination, development, implementation & administration of Training & Development activities. • Responsible for managing talent management, succession planning, engagement, compensation & benefits, performance management, strategic workforce planning, health & safety implementations and employer branding activities for current and future needs of business. • Acting as Diversity, Equity & Inclusion ambassador for Turkey. • Partnering with Leadership Team both in Turkey & Romania and EEMEA region to build HR business plan and facilitate effective HR initiatives across the countries. • 1 direct report

    • Associate Human Resources Manager
      Jan 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Lead HR Specialist
      Aug 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Human Resources Specialist at Huawei Technologies
    Jul 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Learning & Development Function * Performance Management * Exit Management (interviews, flows, legal issues, exit analysis, turnover) * Probation management * Headcount report for R&D Center * Employee relations * Manager support * Trainings, organizational climate, newcomer orientation, motivational activities * HRBP of projects * HRBP of R&D Video Department

  • Human Resources Management Consultant at Profil International & Odgers Berndtson
    Oct 2015 - Jul 2016 · 10 mos

    *Executive Search - researching companies and candidates as per project needs *Conducting sector analysis *Conducting phone interviews *Participating office interviews *Preparing assessment reports *Being responsible from development of a new HR database system *Providing training for possible clients about this new HR database system

  • Human Resources Corporate Training and Organizational Development Part-Time at Roche
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 · 6 mos

    •Preparing and organizing all training activities and following up after trainings. •Being responsible from online trainings and conducting an orientation program for newly hired personnel. •Following up developmental plans and preparing training request list in line with these plans. •Making contact with several training firms for scheduled trainings (Negotiation Techniques, Effective Meeting Management) •Supporting the whole process of Business School Program which is designed for Regional Managers.