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Nigar Babaoglu Utku

Nigar Babaoglu Utku

HR Manager

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
13
13
Certifications

Work History

HR Manager

Obilet.com
12.2023 - Current

Projects: Talent Management, Candidate Experience, Career Path & Management, Values & Work Outputs, Leadership Improvement Program, Recruitment & HR Analytics, Internal Communication Projects

  • 4 direct report and directly reported to HR Director.
  • Leading a team of HRBP's and Recruiters who execute HR business strategies to drive key business results; provides guidance on HR matters, partnering with subject-matter experts to develop needed solutions
  • Executing end to end all recruitment process (CX, HR, Marketing, Operation, Strategy, Technology) and overseeing onboarding to ensure cultural alignment and new hire integration
  • Collaborating with Executive Team, Managers and employees about all aspects of HR (recruitment, employee experience, talent & performance management, career management, learning & development)
  • Redesigning and running performance evaluations based on values and work outcomes
  • Designing and carrying out job analysis process project
  • Designing and managing promotion and transition processes aligned with competencies and internal structure
  • Reviewing promotion nominations, organizing calibration meetings, and planning changes
  • Driving employee engagement and internal communication projects
  • Analyzing training needs to develop/plan new training or existing programs and coordinating training vendors, budgets, and post-training evaluations
  • Analyzing surveys and performance data to support data-driven HR decisions and process improvements.

HR Manager

Dugun.com
03.2019 - 12.2023

Projects: IT Talent Academy, Digital Marketing Internship Program, Sales Talent Academy, HR Digitalization. Increased employee growth rate %54 and hiring rate %106.

  • 1. direct report and directly reported to CEO.
  • Managing employee life cycle focusing on employee experience of group companies, which are Weddinghero.com (Australia and Canada), Zafaf.net (MENA), Anneysen.com, and Okul.com.tr. Planning motivational activities, which include events, benefits etc
  • Managing and conducting all phases of recruitment (Software, Product, Digital Marketing, Sales, Customer Management, Internship Programs)
  • Leading HR projects and initiatives especially talent management, Developing talent attraction strategies
  • Collaborating with Line Managers and employees about all aspects of HR (recruitment, talent & performance management, learning & development, compensation & benefits)
  • Designing learning and development structure and planning yearly employee based-training programs
  • Designing and managing a performance appraisal system and nine-box talent management matrix
  • Conducting exit interviews and using the data to make internal improvements
  • Analyzing training needs to develop new training programs or modifying and improving existing programs
  • Carrying out job analysis, making individual interviews, and creating job descriptions, job qualifications, organizational structure, and career maps
  • Guided leaders and employees on company policies, programs, benefits and salary administration.

IT Recruiter/Talent Acqusition Speacialist

Akinon
07.2018 - 03.2019

Target achievement rate %166. Hired 40 Frontend and Python Developers in 8 months.

  • Directly reported to HR Manager
  • Enhancing the recruitment process
  • Creating assessment methods technical roles
  • Supervising talent attraction process from the market to create a strong talent pipeline
  • Forming a talent strategy with the team and HR Manager in order to set execution standards for talent acquisition
  • Keeping track of hiring manager interviews, owning a feedback cycle, and delivering results
  • Designing company recruitment report

HR Executive

Kolay IK
04.2018 - 07.2018
  • Directly reported to Co-founders
  • Managing all phases of recruitment (Software, Product, Sales, Growth, Business Development) that include defining strategies, sourcing, interviewing, reference check, job offer and onboarding
  • Preparing job descriptions of employees in an individual interview
  • Designing and executing orientation and training programs
  • Designing/following up HR policies and procedures
  • Designing HR reporting structure

HR Executive

Supplementler.com
04.2016 - 02.2018
  • Increased employee growth rate %80 in 2016, %65 in 2017 and hiring rate %82 in 2016 and %63 in 2017. Decreased turnover rate %30 in two years.
  • 3 direct reports and directly reported to CFO&CEO
  • Managing employee life cycle focusing on employee experience of group companies, which are Supplementler.com, Vitaminler.com, Sporcard.com, Bodyforum.com, Muscle & Fitness magazines
  • Managing and conducting all phases of recruitment (Software, Product, Digital Marketing, E-commerce, Customer Management)
  • Conducting job analysis processes and creating job descriptions of each position
  • Planning talent attraction strategies to attract a targeted talent pool within the marketplace range
  • Designing and conducting orientation & training programs
  • Implementing HR policies and procedures
  • Designing and implementing performance management system for all employees
  • Supporting Line Managers to develop employee engagement
  • Maintaining a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations
  • Designing and reporting to CEO and CFO (Employee Turnover, Compensation, Candidates Interviews, Organization Status Reports)

HR Supervisor

Ozgul Holding
03.2015 - 06.2015
  • Directly reported to CEO
  • Conducting job analysis processes with the PWC team
  • Conducting individual interviews with employees
  • Creating HR procedures and processes

Human Resources Consultant

Litos Construction
09.2014 - 03.2015
  • Working with HR department
  • Carrying out recruitments through Skype and video conferences
  • Supporting human resources team about the legal processes
  • Creating training analysis
  • Managing occupational health and safety activities

HR Generalist

Workplace/Company
03.2014 - 08.2014
  • Directly reported to CEO
  • Creating and managing human resources functions that include; job analysis, practices of standard time, organizational charts, performance management, training & development, career planning, budget systems and recruitment, personnel affairs, occupational health and safety

HR Generalist

Litos Construction
09.2011 - 03.2014
  • Directly reported to CEO
  • Creating and managing human resources functions that include job analysis, talent management, recruitment, training & development, performance management, administrative affairs

Education

M.A - Human Resources Management and Career Counseling

Ankara University
01-2015

B.A - Family and Consumer Sciences

Hacettepe University
01-2011

Skills

Expertise Areas: IT Recruitment, Job Analysis, Talent Management, Career&Performance Management, Learning & Development, Benefit Programs, Employee Engagement

Tool Knowledge: MS Office, Advanced Excel, Atlassian Confluence, Slack, Trello, Recruitee, KolayIK, ATS tools, Pozitif IK, ChatGPT

Certification

Prompt Engineering, Atıl Samancıoğlu, 06/2025 - 06/2025

Timeline

HR Manager

Obilet.com
12.2023 - Current

HR Manager

Dugun.com
03.2019 - 12.2023

IT Recruiter/Talent Acqusition Speacialist

Akinon
07.2018 - 03.2019

HR Executive

Kolay IK
04.2018 - 07.2018

HR Executive

Supplementler.com
04.2016 - 02.2018

HR Supervisor

Ozgul Holding
03.2015 - 06.2015

Human Resources Consultant

Litos Construction
09.2014 - 03.2015

HR Generalist

Workplace/Company
03.2014 - 08.2014

HR Generalist

Litos Construction
09.2011 - 03.2014

M.A - Human Resources Management and Career Counseling

Ankara University

B.A - Family and Consumer Sciences

Hacettepe University
Nigar Babaoglu UtkuHR Manager