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Sabina Mehtizada

Sabina Mehtizada

Baku city

Summary

Seasoned Group HR Director with knack for strategic leadership and fostering positive workplace cultures. Spearheaded major organisational transformations, resulting in improved employee engagement and retention. Known for implementing innovative HR policies that streamline operations and enhance overall productivity.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Group HR director

Matanat A Group of Companies
Baku, Baku City
10.2024 - Current

• Lead, develop, and inspire team of HR professionals that deliver exceptional experiences to managers and associates. This includes using data and metrics to advise business leaders, make well-informed decisions, and drive thoughtful workforce planned reliable HR support to business.
• Understand employment laws and regulations that apply to site

Coach business leaders on all HR-related topics (e.g. change management, talent management, career development, etc.)

• Accountable for driving high-quality talent bench, through selection process, equitable compensation practices, and adequate talent development
Support diagnostic intervention and problem resolution strategies to contribute HR point of view to business issues
• Responsible for Employee / Labor Relations & Legal Requirements and partners with global Employee Relations on complex ER matters

Founder and Managing Director

Humanique MMC
Baku
04.2024 - Current
  • Supported and managed Jobboard busy.az with 600.000 users and 10.000+CV base
  • High-performance team of 15+ HR, Marketing and IT Consultants/Developers
  • Unique recruiting process and service for corporate clients.
  • HR, Leadership and Career Trainings platform

HR director

Resant Management and Consulting
Baku, Baku City
11.2023 - 04.2024

Designed Business Strategy, implementation and alignment of Resant leadership around strategic priorities

  • Strategy Sessions with CEO and DCEO team and SWOT Sessions with Restaurant Directors (15+ participants) - Identified strengths and weaknesses in current organizational structure
  • Started building high-performance team (C level new members, HR Leadership team)
  • Task Manager program (Bitrix)
  • Value Sessions and Leadership Teambuildings

Designed HR Strategy and align with Business Strategy

  • HR Re-structure and Business Partner model implementation (Area Business Partners, 2 HR Hubs organization)
  • Building HR Department from scratch
  • Building HR Operations from scratch on Google Platform (Job Analysis, Grading, Employee Relations, Payroll Management, data entry)
  • Internal communication platform (Bitrix) and channel to communicate reorganization plan
  • HR Team Trainings (HR Strategy Session, Business Partnering, Interview Skills, Mass Recruitment, Labor Code, Employee Relations)
  • Designed Employee Journey Map and started to build HR processes step by step

Head of HR Projects

PashaPay
Baku
04.2022 - 11.2023
  • Career Page That Stands Out to Talent for Digital Block https://pashapay.az/career
  • Lead a project on building HR Ticket system on Jira platform – design HR Ticket architecture from scratch (automated Recruitment, Job Offer, Pre-Boarding, Onboarding processes and connected with career page)
  • Designed “HR Dashboard” with Finance Analytics and Reporting team which helps to track HR key performance metrics
  • As a Head of HR Projects Lead “Grading Project” with Willis Towers Watson
  • HR Intranet page on Jira page with HR BPMs and HR Guide block (Recruitment (Digital Block) Job Offer, Pre-Boarding, Hiring, FAQ, Employee Book) designed by HR Projects Team
  • HR Strategy Workshop for HR Team
  • Corporate Trainer

Head of Recruitment division

Azerbaijan Supermarket / Bravo
Baku, Baku City
07.2019 - 04.2022

Recruiting Process Automation 2021

  • Build up Job Profile and Competency Matrix for all positions ( All positions)
  • Established a structured hiring process - HR Process Diagnostics done and mapped all existing recruitment process and identified “bottlenecks”. After mapping processes updated and designed HR procedures.
  • HR Automation - Using Flow and Office 365 Services (Vacancy Request, Job Offer, Onboarding) and boosted recruiter efficiency, enhanced hiring team communication and improved the candidate experience, nurtures candidate engagement.
  • Recruiting by QR Code for Store management and entry level positions - Improved candidate experience by using QR Codes for Recruiting in stores (QR codes shown on vinyl banners) instead of CV boxes.

Bravo Career Page from scratch – 2021
Designing from scratch and Improved Bravo careers page and offer applicants a better experience. Reduced both drop-offs and rejections and speed up time to hire.

“Open Door Project” – “AciqQapı Günü” - 2019

  • First in Azerbaijan – 2019 - reduced time to hire from 30 days to 3 days for store positions
  • Hire volume increased from 100+ closed vacancies per month to 300+closed vacancies per month

“Career Fair 2019”

  • Strengthen the “Bravo” Employer Brand and reduced time to hire from average 14 days to 3 days for store positions
  • 700+ closed vacancies per month

“Interview Workshop” and “Job Interview Skills” Training - 2020

  • Assigned Corporate Trainer - 100+ participants ( HoD, Division Heads, Store Managers, Store Manager Assistants, HR team members)
  • Increased quality-of-hire metrics for all positions

Build Bravo Talent Bank - 2020

  • Build a Talent bank by designing with IT team a web-based application designed to support the selection and development of employees. (7,000 candidates in Excel platform)
  • Hire volume increased from 100+ closed vacancies per month to 300+closed vacancies per month

Cluster HR Manager

PMD Hospitality
Baku
11.2017 - 07.2019

Active Senior Recruiter
C-Suite Executives Hiring, Leadership Assessment

  • Build effective Hospitality leadership development program – 1 year
  • Identified Key Leadership skills and competencies for Hospitality
  • Conducted a needs assessment and gathered feedback from leaders
  • Build competency matrix
  • Designed the curriculum, selected the appropriate training methods, and engaged subject matter experts in program development

Build an Effective Personnel Motivation System

  • Provided Recognition – “Employee of the month”, - quarter, - year”, “Birthday celebration” , Teambuilding's events,
  • Recognize years of service milestones
  • Conduct employee surveys
  • KPI system

Corporate Trainer in PMD Hospitality Academy

Education

Master of Science - HR Management and Development

University of Salford
UK? Manchester
01.2022 -

Master of Science - HR Management and Development

Robert Kennedy College
Switzerland, Zurich
01.2022 -

Post Graduate Diploma - Petroleum Engineering

Heriot-Watt University
UK, Edinburgh
09.2013 - 08.2014

Languages

Azerbaijani
Native
English
Fluent
Russian
Fluent

Timeline

Group HR director

Matanat A Group of Companies
10.2024 - Current

Founder and Managing Director

Humanique MMC
04.2024 - Current

HR director

Resant Management and Consulting
11.2023 - 04.2024

Head of HR Projects

PashaPay
04.2022 - 11.2023

Master of Science - HR Management and Development

University of Salford
01.2022 -

Master of Science - HR Management and Development

Robert Kennedy College
01.2022 -

Head of Recruitment division

Azerbaijan Supermarket / Bravo
07.2019 - 04.2022

Cluster HR Manager

PMD Hospitality
11.2017 - 07.2019

Post Graduate Diploma - Petroleum Engineering

Heriot-Watt University
09.2013 - 08.2014
Sabina Mehtizada