Human Resources Manager

People, Organisation and Culture Manager, Turkiye

Who we are

Avolta is the world’s Leading Travel Experience Player – the product of the Dufry-Autogrill business combination. With complementary strengths in global travel retail, convenience and food & beverage, the newly combined industry titans address 2.3 billion passengers in more than 75 countries in 5,500 outlets across 1,200 airports, motorways, cruise lines, seaports, railway stations and other locations across six continents. With the traveler at our core, we are creating value for all our stakeholders including concession and brand partners, employees, communities, and finally, our shareholders. Avolta is headquartered in Basel and listed on the Swiss stock exchange, with office hubs in Milan, Madrid, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, New Jersey, Bethesda and Dubai to name a few. Want to learn more about us? Visit avoltaworld.com

People, Culture and Organisation Manager, Turkiye

Role and Responsibilities

This role involves overseeing the entire Human Resources strategy for our operations in Turkiye, covering both Food & Beverage and Retail sectors. Responsibilities include, talent acquisition, onboarding, employee experience, HR Systems, compensation and benefits, learning and development, health and safety, succession planning, employee relations, compliance, employment law reviews, labor market analysis, and communications. This position serves as a key advisor to the General Manager on people-related matters.

Key Accountabilities:

• Implement the strategy at HR level (Define and share the vision, define action plans, ensure monitoring and continuous improvement).
• Compensation Management, benefits, payroll coordination, and annual salary reviews
• Talent management (Organize annual people reviews, monitor detected talents).
• Legal and social monitoring (Keep informed of legal and jurisprudential developments).
• Simplification of processes and procedures (Identify existing processes, map, define areas for improvement, break down these areas into projects, manage projects).
• Social risk management (Supervise the management of crisis situations, Ensure the management of sensitive situations).
• Monitoring HR indicators (Analyze reports to determine priority actions).
• Relations with external partners (Represent the company with external partners/suppliers.
• Manage training planning, orientation programs, and HR reporting
• Support organizational development and change management activities

We are looking for a candidate with this profile:

• Minimum of 7 years progressive human generalist resources.
• Experience with more than five years at senior management level in a high-volume environment.
• Fluent in both Turkish and English.
• Strong knowledge of labor law and HR best practices
• Experience in Payroll Management
• Stakeholder management skills
• People management / development skills. Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, evolving environment

Join Avolta:

Avolta aims to make it priority to hire people of all backgrounds, genders, race, age, income, education, ethnically background, religion, political orientation, disability, sexual orientation or personality – we also make it our priority that our associates feel that they belong to our organization. Therefore, we promote an inclusive environment in which everyone feels accepted, respected and valued as an individual and in which opportunities and resources are equally accessible.