Burcu Eren

Region Middle East became the 5th Region of Hapag Lloyd after the merger with UASC. It covers Arabian Gulf, Saudi, Jordan, Iran, India and Africa with 1000+ employees.
I report directly to the Regional MD and dotted to Global Head of HR. I’m part of regional management team
As Head of HR my key responsibilities are;
- Building the 5th Region of HL/Wind down UASC - Creating HR Strategy
- EVP (Employee Value Proposition)
- Developing HR Teams& Building HR Function
- Change Management
- Leadership Management - Employee Engagement
- HR Projects

UASC has over 2500 employees globally. Head offices are in Dubai, Hamburg, Istanbul, and Atlanta, Singapore.
I’m in charge of creating the talent& training department globally.

Main projects are:

- Succession Planning
- Induction
- Online learning platform
- Leadership Programs
- Career development & career planning
- National Development Program
- People assessments
- Coaching
- Global Training Calendar
- Competency Model

I’m leading a team of two specialists and reporting to Global HR VP.

EAGM Services HR Manager at GE Healthcare

On top of the HR Project Manager role worked as HR Business Partner for 3 directors and technical experts all around EAGM region ( Africa & Middle East & Saudi & Turkey & Russia) for 100 employees in 14 countries.
Worked as HR Manager for all the aspects of HR and helping the business to build the strategy on people management.

EAGM Services HR Project Leader at GE Healthcare

-In EAGM (Eastern& Africa Growth Market) region driving the Services Staffing Plan, working closely with
The talent acquisition team to reduce variances in the Staffing process and ensuring that all stakeholders are
Working efficiently together and that progress is tracked and reported back to the Leadership Team. In
Addition accountable for headcount processes for Services EAGM organization to ensure we are performing
What we targeted in terms of headcount working closely with Business Leaders to understand the business strategy through the regions. The region currently has over 650 employees with %15 growth yearly.

- To help the business to manage the current growth; leading the development & implementation of a
Sustainable standard on-boarding process across Services EAGM that includes technical trainings that enables
New hires to accelerate their learning curriculum in GE. Onboarding journey covers 5 steps for each
employee of Services EAGM including 5 days of classroom training with follow up sessions. The training
enables new hires from all EAGM region (Africa &RCIS& Turkey &Central Asia &Middle East) to understand company culture, priorities and motivates them to be a part of the team. The project has been
recognized at EMEA level with its positive impact on new hires and hiring managers.

-Leading a project to create development centers to fortify and strengthen current employees' leadership skills through direct observation of real life scenarios and leverage their leadership skills. Working as both a
Project leader and observer of the sessions. Project has been recognized in EAGM level as enabler of identifying future leaders.

-Working closely with Regions Business Leaders, local HR Teams to coach & consult them on EAGM Services Business strategies & priorities ( staffing plans, performance management, talent development, C&B etc..)

-Member of the EAGM Services Staff reporting directly to EAGM Services GM
www.gehealthcare.com/

HR Generalist at General Electric

GE is one of biggest and most respected global companies in the world and GE Turkey is becoming a
leading global company at the market in industries such as healthcare, energy, transportation, aviation,
lighting and appliances.
By working as HR Generalist in GE Corporate my main responsibility was to give HR services to my
customers such as;
GE Healthcare, GE Energy, GE Transportation, GE Corporate, GE Lighting and GE Money

My main responsibilities were;
• Recruitment for different businesses &countries at different levels
• Leading HR Operations for different GE businesses
• Leading Onboarding &Off boarding processes ( Over 70 new hires yearly)
• Executing HR processes of Expatriate management
• Giving local advises on HR practices
• Supporting of Implementation &update of HR policies
• Supporting SSK regulations& labor law issues
• Organizing global trainings to be done locally
• Managing the process to identify talents for GE's FMPs (Financial Management Program)
• Supporting all HR processes
• Supporting C& B for Turkey employee's
• Supporting HR aspects of an acquisition

www.ge.com/tr/tr/

Turkish Consultant/Part Time at CELI Language & Information Technology
During my studies in Italy I worked part time as Turkish Consultant for project based on TTS (Text to speech) system.
I joined the project as support employee but became the project leader shortly.

My main responsibilities were;
• Sharing dynamics of Turkish Language
• Using phonetic systems to apply my knowledge (with technical expertise)
• Working with an international team with different background &expertise to reach one goal by using both • English &Italian
• Marketing the project for other companies such as FIAT, TOM TOM

http://www.celispa.it/

Training Officer at Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel Istanbul

Through working in an international five-star deluxe hotel, which has Hotel of the Year, Quality Excellence and General Manager of the Year Awards 2005 in global intercontinental Group I had the opportunity to gain
significant professional experience. In the Training Department, I was dealing with all departments'
operations as we organized their departmental and general training process also interacting with lots of leaders and employees from different cultures.

My main responsibilities were;
• Organizing the internal trainings to help our employees to become more customers focused
• Giving &planning an orientation training and an orientation plan for each new hire
• Being the HR for 45 trainees (recruitment, performance management)
• Talent management of all employees
• Supporting other HR processes such as C&B, Turkish Labor Law, HR Operations

http://istanbul.intercontinental.com.tr/en/general/default.asp

I left the company to continue with my education

Internship at Different Companies

During my studies at Istanbul University I worked at different companies as intern to understand my future
passion and what are my strong competencies to be successful through my career.
I worked at;

• Inci Agency (Public Relations)
• Mudo AS (HR Intern)
• TNT Logistics (HR Intern)
• TESEO (Customer Relations)
• Goldas (Project Employee)

Honors and Awards
USAC Italy Program Special Award USAC Program Director