Ula Aitbay

Leading a team of the amazing 12 recruiters, located in Hungary, India and Serbia and driving recruitment in CEE&IMEA region with a volume of over 600 recruitments per year. Key focus areas: * Leadership, coaching, managing and networking with high level stakeholders * Employer Branding collaboration and initiatives for attraction of right potentials * Local and global driven projects and strategy

- Key partner for HR leadership and business stakeholders in talent forecasting, mapping, strategic alignment, and translating business goals into recruitment goals; employer branding, data metrics, and success measures, together with respective and amazing colleagues. - Optimization and center of excellence activities in the global talent acquisition department: implementation of evergreen for proactive recruitment, global job ad optimization and templates creation, job boards integration to CRM and cost per hire establishment, international policies, pilot with technical assessments platform integration for high volume recruitment countries, involvement, and project management in complex stakeholders of various groups at the large scale projects (e.g. IT for systems, data foundation for data piece, legal, etc.) - Executive recruitment - Partnership with Rewards and Data Analytics for both data-driven solutions and compensation and benefits match - Strong collaboration with TA leaders in decision making and strategy - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) priority - working closely with a department and important topics like neurodiversity, advancement of women in the leadership group, etc. - Co-driver of Future@Grundfos, member of a Career Development division team: navigating internal employees for career navigation, development and growth

Due to the gap between the previous head of talent acquisition leaving and the new hire starting in the role, I had an opportunity to step into the role of interim global lead and coordinator in a global organization with 60+ employees. With the support of an amazing team of strong professionals leading 5 clusters (Americas, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, China, IMEA, and APAC), the three-month period went by very quickly and smoothly.

Grundfos is the company I have wanted to work for since the beginning of my career. It describes me perfectly - if I have a goal, I will achieve it. Grundfos exceeds all my expectations. We are much more than the largest pump manufacturer in the world; we are also environmental pioneers, ensuring we make our green contribution and help provide access to water, the most precious resource, in diverse locations. As a member of the recruitment team, I support finding valuable colleagues who share our culture and views. I also support the incredible team of sourcers on strategic hiring projects. Hit me up if you would like to learn more about our organization or if you are looking to join our amazing team! Regions: EMEA, USA and CIS

· Provision of quarterly and annual tactical planning, scheduling and delivery of targets in terms of sales · Overseeing and project managing the expansion of distributing capacity of Euro-Matic (discussion with diverse international companies in representation and joint venture production of our products) · Social media development and sales: Instagram and Facebook · Customer success implementation · Representation of Euro-Matic at the international events and congresses · Conducting in-depth market research: airports, mining, wastewater, electroplating, galvanization, wholesaler, playgrounds, organizers of events, pharma and many more · Dealing with customer inquiries: social media, email and face-to-face

ForLife Consulting is a life science recruitment agency providing strategic sourcing solutions to the pharmaceutical, medical device, nutrition and cosmetics industries in the EMEA region. My responsibilities: • Dual role of life science recruiter and business development specialist • Planning and executing the recruitment strategy for each need individually • Sourcing and qualifying suitable candidates by using different tools (including BOOLEAN search): LinkedIn recruiter, Xing Premium, Leem, Facebook, network referral and headhunting • Handling the interviews independently: phone prescreening, Skype and face-to-face interview • Maintaining the CRM system (Bullhorn) according to each activity to assure accuracy for future reference for both candidate search and business development contacts • Conducting the initial contact directly with the head of the departments from the manufacturing sites and the representatives of the HR teams from pharmaceutical, biotechnological and medical devices organizations to understand their needs • Partnering with HR departments and hiring managers to identify both behavioral and technical requirements • Key account management of the major clients with follow up meetings in person to build long lasting relationship • Assisting the fulfilling of the internal needs and promoting the brand of Forlife Consulting Kft.

Stamford Global is an elite provider of business events, through leader research and publications in the field of Human Capital Management, Project Management, Information Technology and Sales & Marketing. My responsibilities: · Managing the sales process for the new prospects: from initial contact through closure · Team lead of 2 junior sales specialists · Provision of quarterly and annual tactical planning, scheduling and delivery of targets in terms of sales delegation for international projects on several locations (Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, Singapore, Denmark) · Training and coaching of sales consultants on social selling · Implementing the sales strategy shift from predominately cold calling to social selling · Conducting in-depth research and creating accurate leads database for specific markets · Dealing with customer enquiries: over the phone, via email or face-to-face · Coordinating the company’s representation at conferences and summits, as well as building and maintaining successful business relationship with prospects · Strong knowledge of the HR trends due to direct involvement in the biggest project- HR Congress (Brussels, Belgium) and conduction of conversation with the representatives of human resources departments from different sectors (life science, energy and oil, IT, Finance, etc)

Rixos Hotels, established in 2000, is one of the world’s fastest growing, luxury hotel chains. Dedicated to offering traditional Turkish hospitality and a unique spa experience in the finest surroundings and luxury ambience, Antalya based group owns and operates premium resorts & villas including city hotels in key regions as diverse as Turkey, Europe, CIS Countries, North Africa and Middle East. With more than 6,500 staff serving all its properties, Rixos Hotels have developed an innovative guest experience that blends the best of the new and old. Intern as Guest Relations Department (Front Office) of “Rixos President Astana” (Kazakhstan, Astana) • Dealing with day-to-day operations related to guest service • Responsibility for Guest Surveys and Truva questioner via direct contact • Greeting VIP guests with further assistance with their requests • Dealing with database directly by check-in and check-out of guests (Opera system) • Experience in call center of hotel • Experience in Business Center of hotel

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Our main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. Intern in Finance Department of “PepsiCo” (Kazakhstan, Almaty) • Helped to consolidate data on expenses • Prepare AOP (Annual Operations Plan) • Prepare P9F (period 9 Forecast) • Assisted in creating presentations to compare the Actual and Forecast expenditures.