Daria Kozhevnikova

ex Samokat.tech (delivering food in 15 min) (inc. Samokat, Kuper, Buyk (USA), Megamarket as a result of intergation) - Built an HR team: expanded from 1 to 8 direct reports - Scope of responsibility: over 2,500 employees - Work with 4 legal entities, 4 C&B and administrative services and 4 budgets - Partnership level: CEO-1, CEO-2 - Enabled company growth from 400 to 3,000 employees within my area of responsibility by establishing and maintaining full-cycle HR processes - Led 4 consecutive integrations, retained staff - voluntary attrition did not exceed 5% - Built and developed 4 departments - from 2 employees to 150/300 employees (each) with 3 management levels - Team development and succession pipeline: 75% of leadership appointments filled by internal talent - Strengthened management culture: introduced HRBP practices, 1-to-1 meetings, and feedback routines - Executed 3 optimization waves across 4 legal entities - Serve as a strategic partner to key company leaders: influence personnel-related decisions at all levels - Apply a coaching management style

- Led the end-to-end integration of the “Partiya Edy” startup into the Yandex ecosystem, aligning product and tech teams with Yandex’s operating model and cultural principles. - Acted as strategic business hr partner to 3 founders, CPO/CTO, and production director, shaping people strategies during a high-stakes business transformation. - Built the HR architecture for the future Yandex Lavka from the ground up, enabling hyper-growth scaling from 40 to 600+ employees in under a year. - Established resilient, scalable HR frameworks that supported rapid expansion, operational shifts, and cross-functional integration in a high-ambiguity environment. - Guided partner companies through workforce strategy for high-volume roles, enhancing organizational effectiveness and operational readiness. - Supported key product, tech, commercial, and production units (500+ employees), strengthening leadership alignment, decision-making cadence, and team performance across the business.

Regions: North-West (2015), + South (2016), + Golden Ring (2017) | 1,000+ employees Led people strategy across three regions and partnered with regional/divisional leaders on all HR matters. Successfully integrated regional teams following the AbInBev–Efes merger (2018). Key Achievements & Responsibilities: - Strengthened employer brand and managed end-to-end recruitment for frontline sales and high-volume roles via external partners - Drove the full HR cycle: performance management, goal-setting, development planning, talent reviews, succession planning, manager capability building - Delivered off-line and on-line training programs; led onboarding and development of high-potential talent - Managed HR analytics, workforce planning, and budgeting - Conducted engagement, satisfaction, and compliance surveys (incl. U.S. 5S standards) - Handled complex people cases: terminations, redundancies, transfers, grievance and litigation support