Career Opportunities: Head of People & Organization - Turkiye (1845)

Job Title: Head of People & Organization Turkiye

Work Location: Istanbul, Turkiye

Job Type: Full Time

Travel required 4-5 domestic trips per year

Working Conditions: Hybrid, 3 days office/2 days work from home

About Lipton Teas and Infusions

Lipton Teas and Infusions is the biggest Tea Company in world today, with outstanding, purpose driven brands such as Lipton, PG tips and Pukka. Lipton Teas and Infusions was created as a standalone “corporate start-up” in 2021 when Unilever decided to separate the Tea business so that it could achieve its highest potential. Following that Lipton Teas and Infusions is now owned by a private equity firm CVC and has come into its own as an independent legal entity across the world.
Lipton Teas and Infusions’ Tea brands, geographies and Tea estates generate revenues in excess of €2 billion – the company is growing and profitable with proven potential both pre- and post-COVID-19. As a standalone entity, Lipton Teas and Infusions remains number one in the world and is even better positioned to lead the industry and take full advantage of the opportunities in the category, with more focus and entrepreneurship driving greater growth and value.
Lipton Teas and Infusions’ Mission is to Grow a World of Wellbeing... growth for everyone is at the core of our business. We want to grow a better world of wellbeing through the regenerative power of plants, for our consumers, farming communities, employees, and shareholders. We are also environmentally conscious and are committed to giving back to the planet. 

As a proper corporate start-up, we are seeking employees with a passion for exciting entrepreneurial experiences, who respond to dynamic, ever-changing challenges with agility and ownership and who want to pursue unique career opportunities and play a part in building the bright future of this plant-based company.

The qualities we look for

Lipton Teas and Infusions is made up of a special blend of individuals which make our teams exciting and diverse. To be part of our tea family, whether for a short period or over the long term, we are looking for individuals who think Green and are environmentally conscious, who understand the power of simplicity and who are accountable for their actions. We want those who infuse mastery and passion in everything they do to create great products and unforgettable experiences for our consumers.

What's in it for you?

We believe that growth is for everyone, we believe in growing leaders and making space to grow an owner’s mentality and like nature we adapt, we change, and we grow. We believe in connections over hierarchies and levels. We have a 'corporate start-up' approach; we act with speed and agility, and we have the strength and scale of a large corporation. We are building a better world of wellbeing and a better you.

Role Summary

The role is responsible for ensuring the right organizational design as per the Enterprise Market business strategy to be implemented in the specific market covered. This will include managing performance, labour, people budget, compensation & benefits schemes as well as training & educating senior level leaders on people related activities across the market owned.

• Transforming our culture, embed values, leadership, people processes and practices to unlock the full potential of the organisation.
• Build a culture of pride and performance
• Acting as a Head for the People & Organization (P&O) function with a direct reporting to Enterprise Markets P&O Head.
• Strategic Partner to local leadership team as a secondary degree curriculum of signature authority
• Coordinate and collaborate with global teams like Rewards, Talent and GBS teams to ensure high level of compliance with global P&O Strategy
• Unique opportunity to directly leading people strategies like Talent and Capability, Engagement and Culture, Organization and Systems

Key Tasks on the role

• Be the first point of contact for Country GM for HR and support strategic objectives of the company & owns voice of the employees and leads the conversation about employees, challenging where necessary
• Develop HR strategies, policies, and practices
• Manage performance reviews & design training programs
• Budget Management for company overheads
• Team management responsibility with four direct reports and a total of six ppl
• Simplified people process and practices

Stakeholder Management and key interfaces

• Global HR teams based in Netherlands
• The role directly reports into Enterprise Markets HR Head
• Regional HR Leads
• Local leadership team members as well as line managers in the country
• 3P Labour management including workplace services & factories
• Trade Union relations

Skills and Experience

• 8-12 yrs of HR Experience; past 4-5 yrs of it managerial level preferably in FMCG sector
• Experience of working at a senior HR level in a global complex organization.
• People Management experienced required (3-4 yrs preferred)
• Strong understanding of Employment Law and Labour Management. Trade Union Management, Collective Bargaining Agreement experience is a plus
• Budget Management, HC reporting
• Advanced level understanding of Reward, Payroll, Recruitment / Core HR practices and applied at country level to drive scalable global solutions
• Talent Management: Succession Planning, Capability Building
• Compensation & Benefits
• Advanced level English language

Who we are looking for the role

• Agility
• Change Orientation
• High level of Ownership
• Resilience
• Decision making
• Customer Orientation
• Stakeholder Management
• Ability to act in gray areas