Tolga Oskay

Senior HR Business Partner and HR Leader with 13+ years of experience across HR leadership, HR business partnering and people management in organizations of up to 600 employees. Strong track record in performance management, talent and career management, workforce planning, organizational development, recruitment, compensation and employee engagement. Led a 10-person HR team and partnered directly with senior management and cross-functional stakeholders on workforce and people decisions.

Experienced in KPI-based performance management, incentive design, stakeholder management and organizational effectiveness. International HR exposure includes English-language and virtual interviews, foreign employee work-permit processes and communication with international employees and business contacts. Performance & Career Coach since 2012, bringing an additional people-development perspective to HR leadership.

Head of HR Department at SOLAR SANTRAL ENERJİ (2023-07 – 2025-06)

• Led the HR function for an organization of approximately 60 employees and managed a 10-person HR team.
• Partnered with senior management and cross-functional stakeholders on workforce planning, recruitment, compensation, performance and employee-related decisions.
• Managed recruitment, performance management, career management, employee relations, workforce planning and HR reporting.
• Prepared HR budgets and workforce-cost analyses incorporating salary adjustments, inflation and employee performance.
• Supported management decisions through recurring workforce, personnel-cost and HR performance reporting.

HR Business Partner at AKYAPAK MAKİNE (2022-02 – 2023-07)

• Served as HRBP for an organization of approximately 600 employees, collaborating across Production, Procurement, Finance, Accounting, Quality and other functions.
• Managed end-to-end recruitment from sourcing and screening through interviews, evaluation and senior-management approval across blue-collar, white-collar, specialist and managerial roles, including a Quality Manager.
• Designed and supported KPI-based performance evaluation; contributed to promotion, career-path and talent-management decisions.
• Developed monthly employee movement and turnover analyses, identifying contributing factors and reporting findings to senior management.
• Prepared compensation, workforce-cost and HR/training budget analyses incorporating inflation, individual performance, team performance and total employee cost.
• Designed the infrastructure for a performance-based incentive system linking departmental KPIs and business outcomes with employee rewards and cross-functional objectives.
• Developed organizational structures, job descriptions and workforce-planning approaches; participated in restructuring.
• Managed foreign employee work-permit processes for two employees, including documentation and official procedures.

HR Department Leader at INTECRO ROBOTICS (2019-03 – 2022-02)

• Led HR activities in an R&D-focused robotics organization with approximately 40–90 employees and worked directly with the CEO and senior management.
• Worked closely with employees, department leaders and senior stakeholders to identify organizational, communication and cross-functional coordination issues and translate feedback into management recommendations.
• Established a recurring Executive Committee meeting structure involving owners, senior management, department leaders and team leaders to improve coordination and problem solving.
• Managed end-to-end recruitment, including a CFO, managerial positions and engineering professionals; conducted structured and virtual interviews.
• Managed foreign employee work-permit processes for two employees, including documentation, official procedures and renewals.
• Developed compensation and workforce-cost analyses and contributed to incentive-framework development in an R&D-center environment.

Performance & Career Coach at OSKAY COACHING (2012-04 – Present)

Independent / Part-time / Freelance

• Providing professional performance and career coaching services since 2012; worked with 500+ individuals during 2014–2017, primarily on career, performance and development topics.
• Coached middle- and senior-level managers and developed competency-development and organizational training modules.
• Delivered coaching and development projects for organizations including Remax-Ulu, Çimtaş Pipe and DeFacto.

HR Manager at OZBEYAZTUR EXPORT (2015-02 – 2019-01)

• Managed HR activities within an international trade environment.
• Started in a role involving communication with foreign customers before transitioning into HR responsibilities.
• Managed recruitment, employee processes and HR coordination while using English regularly with international customers and business contacts.

Performance & Career Coach at TUNA COACHING (2017-03 – 2019-03)

• Delivered individual and organizational performance and career coaching.
• Supported clients in career planning, performance improvement and competency development.
• Designed development approaches according to individual needs and career objectives.

Shop Manager at DEFACTO (2013-08 – 2015-01)

• Managed retail operations and employee-related activities, developing hands-on people-management, team coordination and operational leadership experience.

Recruitment Specialist at PIRILTI AUTOMATIVE (2005-09 – 2007-08)

• Focused on high-volume blue-collar recruitment, including candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing and recruitment processes.

Bachelor's in Business Administration & Management – Anadolu University (2004 – 2009)

Certificate/Diploma in Basic Psychology – St. Clements University (2010 – 2012)