Mehmet Çuhadaroğlu

With over a decade of experience in human resources, I specialize in payroll management, labor relations, and HR systems development. As the HR Payroll & Personnel Affairs Manager at Aras Kargo, I contribute to streamlining complex processes for four companies, ensuring compliance with Social Security Institution regulations and managing union-related matters. Driven by a commitment to operational excellence and innovation, I align my expertise with Aras Kargo's mission to optimize human capital solutions while fostering a collaborative workplace culture.

At Aras

Kargo, I have been instrumental in overseeing payroll and personnel affairs, managing HR budgets, and implementing AI strategies to enhance organizational efficiency. Collaborating with field HR teams and headquarters, I ensure seamless coordination for compliance, industrial relations, and international tax matters. My focus on leveraging technology, such as AI, has allowed the team to innovate processes and improve overall HR operations.

HR Payroll & Personnel Affairs Manager at Aras Kargo (2025-02 – 2026-04)

• HR Management of payroll and personnel affairs for four different companies
• Management of Social Security Institution (SGK) and summary tax filing processes
• Management of union-related processes
• Management of industrial relations
• Preparation and presentation of the human resources budget at the employee level twice a year
• Preparation of all HR reports
• Handling of international social security and income tax matters
• Ensuring coordination between field HR and headquarters
• AI Strategy

Human Resources Payroll Systems Development Personnel Affairs Manager at İŞ Gıda (2024-02 – 2025-02)

• Human resources, payroll, personnel affairs, and management
• Preparation and submission of the human resources budget
• Preparation of all human resources reports
• Handling of international social security and income tax matters
• Ensuring coordination between field HR and the central office
• Updating the HR ERP system
• Project to transfer field payroll and personnel records to the central office via EBA
• Implementing RPA robotic systems as a project to alleviate numerous organizational burdens

Human Resources Department at TAŞYAPI (2019-06 – 2024-03)

• Manage payroll, personnel records, and human resources processes for all employees at nearly 40 construction sites—primarily in Turkey, as well as in Serbia and Cyprus—and for the airport operation in Cyprus
• Manage all processes for approximately 2,000 employees and approximately 1,200 subcontractor personnel
• Project management for the implementation and operation of the Mira ERP system at the headquarters and all construction sites
• Managing all domestic and international legal processes, including SGK declarations in Turkey and countries where business is conducted abroad, as well as the management of overseas staff deployment and contracts
• Submitting summary declarations and processing SGK payments through the tax office
• Managing the company's job descriptions, business processes, hiring procedures, and tracking and managing training services
• Establishing a compensation management system to ensure fair compensation distribution
• Providing regular reports to senior management

Human Resources Department at Özen Grup (2017-04 – 2019-06)

• Handling all payroll and personnel-related processes for 5,000 employees
• Preparing payroll lists
• Preparing all reports submitted to institutions
• Implementing and managing incentives
• Providing necessary documents and information to all audit units
• Managing occupational safety and health procedures
• Managing all warnings, reports, release forms, and termination documents issued to employees
• Preparing legal files
• Creating the summary declaration table
• Restructuring the payroll management
• Preparing the Human Resources budget
• Presenting the reasons for discrepancies between actual figures and the budget to the executive board
• Revising the organizational chart
• Establishing roles and titles
• Creating job descriptions
• Designing business processes
• Managing internal career goals and career development
• Establishing standard staffing levels and managing them throughout the year
• Managing staffing requests
• Establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) at a foundational level
• On-the-job training, store manager training, and training tailored to employee needs
• Organizing, managing, and evaluating Occupational Safety and Health Training and Hygiene Training
• Implementing management development programs
• Conducting assessments
• Managing the management development program
• Conducting interviews for management hires

İnsan Kaynakları Birim Yöneticisi at Uyum Inc. (2010-12 – 2016-12)

• Managing all payroll and personnel records for 2,000 employees
• Preparing payroll lists
• Submitting all required reports to relevant authorities
• Implementing and managing incentives
• Providing necessary documents and information to all audit units
• Managing occupational safety and health procedures
• Managing all warnings, reports, release forms, and termination documents issued to employees
• Preparing legal files
• Preparing the Human Resources budget
• Presenting the reasons for discrepancies between actual figures and the budget to the Executive Board throughout the year
• Submitting the required tables and lists to the Executive Board and the Capital Markets Board (CMB) on a monthly and quarterly basis
• Serving on the CMB-affiliated Nomination Committee
• Redesigning the organizational chart
• Establishing roles and titles
• Creating job descriptions
• Developing business processes
• Managing internal career goals and career development
• Establishing standard staffing levels and managing them throughout the year
• Managing staffing requests
• Defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) at a foundational level
• Establishing related procedures and targets
• Communicating these to the organization
• Providing necessary training to managers
• On-the-job training, store manager training, training tailored to employee needs, Occupational Safety and Health Training, and the organization, management, and evaluation of Hygiene Training
• Implementation of management development programs
• Administration of assessments

İnsan Kaynakları at Seven İnşaat A.Ş. (2003-09 – 2010-04)

• 3000 personnel's recruitment and dismissal procedures
• Making salary payments
• Making payrolls
• Making e-notifications
• Preparation of personnel's exit documents
• Legal proceedings
• Preparation of files
• Preparation of the budget
• Conducting recruitment interviews
• Conducting exit interviews
• Reporting to senior management
• Giving all notifications to official institutions
• Opening and closing procedures of workplaces
• SSI inspections
• Providing necessary information, documents and papers to the Ministry of Labor Labor Inspections

Lisans in İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, İşletme – Marmara Üniversitesi (1999 – 2003)