BULENT ACIKALIN

Experience

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  Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş.

  Sept 1986 - May 1988

  After Sales Engineer

  Customer Services Engineer and than project engineer in the truck plant project in Aksaray.- Supported the Mercedes bus and truck Fleet owners in technical matters.- Visited thebig customers in private and state sector.- Established good relationships with them to maintain and improve the customer satisfaction.

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  Aytemizler Textile

  May 1988 - Apr 1989

  Export Sales Representative

  Export sales representative mainly for department stores Kaufhof, karstadt, Quelle and Neckermann

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  Mensucat Santral

  Apr 1989 - Mar 1990

  Sales Supervisor for the Export of Home Textiles

  Export sales representative of the selling of home textile products mainly to Swiss market

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  Bayer

  Mar 1990 - Oct 1999

  Actively managed all functions related to HR and Administration, mainly in: recruitment, compensation and benefits, job descriptions. Giving full support to the HR Director during the collective bargaining periods with the trade union Petrol-Is. Managed the company car pool, health & accidence and propertiy insurances.- Built and ran the assessment center for selecting the regional sales managers together with sales managers and expert from the headquarters.- Worked on implementing the HAY Job Evaluating System in Bayer Turkey.- Established a standard structured interview questionnaire for selecting the sales representatives. - Introduced for the first time the private health insurance program for the white collars as additional benefit.- Introduced Shell vehicle recognition system for the company vehicles.- Made all the analysis and preparation for the collective bargaining. Participated in all the bargaining discussions with the trade union member, together with company lawyer and HR Director.- Contributed to establish the work peace without any strike over the years.- Prepared an application in MS Access Database for managing administrative procedures. Show less

  • Deputy Manager for HR & Administration Affairs Director

    Jan 1994 - Oct 1999

  • Sales Engineer - Textile Chemicals & Dyestuffs Division

    Mar 1990 - Mar 1994
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  BASF

  Oct 1999 - Jul 2003

  HR and Administration Manager

  Head of HR for Business Center Istanbul covering Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria. Responsible for overseeing all activity impacting resource management, mainly in : recruitment, performance management, training and career planning, compensation and benefits, job descriptions and industrial relations with the trade union.- Used extensive experience in industrial relations with the main trade union Petrol İş and achieved a 3 yrs agreement during economic crisis in 2001.- Successfully built up the HR department of the company which was not existing up to this time.- Implemented the new salary grading system based on STRATA and evaluated all positions.- Introduced the performance based salary system in the company.- Successfully integrated the HR system of the acquired Canadian Agricultural company into BASF System and supported the integration of the staff. Show less

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  REHAU

  Sept 2003 - Feb 2012

  HR Manager

  Responsible for driving all HR decisions , mainly in recruitment, training and development, career analysis and planning, compensation and benefits, retention management, managing all the relations with the production workers and foremen.- Spearheaded significant organizational changes to improve productivity in the company, such as right sizing and upgrading staff.- Restructured all the salary system based on market benchmark and Mercer studies and built up a long term salary increase program.- Managed the REHAU Academy Turkey for training and development of the staff.- Introduced the sales bonus system for the sales force.- Implemented all strategic and tactical plans in managing Human Resources activity and their impact on operations in coordination with the headquarters. - As Executive Committee member was responsible for driving company goals (2004-2008) Show less

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  Bekaert

  Feb 2012 - Oct 2014

  Human Resources Manager

  Responsible for all HR activities including recruitment, training & development, career analysis & planning, compensation & benefits, retention management, general administration.- Used extensive experience in industrial relations with the main trade union Birleşik Metal as well as MESS (employer association of metal sector) and achieved agreement on the new wage grading system. - As a member of the Management Committee, drove efforts in obtaining / accomplishing the alignment of the workforce in line with company targets.- Introduced the leadership and management skills training concept for the production formers based on the DDI system. Show less

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  ISG International Service Group

  Dec 2014 - Sept 2017

  Executive Consultant

  Search & Selection; Assessment Centers

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  DataExpert Exceptional Leadership Solutions

  Jul 2017 - Feb 2020

  Senior Consultant

  Search & Selection

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  E&E Group Career Consultants

  Feb 2020 - Jan 2022

  Executive Recruitment Director

  Executive Search, Outplacement, Harrison Assessment

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  Bekaert

  Jan 2022 - Sept 2023

  HR Business Partner Turkey
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  Self-employed

  Sept 2023 - now

  Senior Human Resources Consultant
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  ISG International Service Group

  Mar 2024 - now

  Senior Consultant - Partner