Employee Relations Manager

PepsiCo; Fatih; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo in İstanbul seeks an Employee Relations Manager to strengthen employee relations and organizational compliance. The role provides trusted advisory support to managers, employees, and third-party workforce on disciplinary actions, grievances, and HR investigations.

You will partner with Legal and Compliance, ensure policy alignment, and coach teams on labor relations, Code of Conduct, and process improvements across the organization.

Qualifications

• +6 years of HR experience with strong project management.
• Good knowledge of Turkish employment policy and law.
• Ability to implement policy practically within PepsiCo.
• Fluency in Turkish and English (written and verbal).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers and employees on employee relations matters and disciplinary actions.
• Support compliance with Code of Conduct and HR investigations.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance and stakeholders on policy updates and regulatory changes.
• Act as escalation point for disciplinary and grievance processes.
• Lead coaching, investigation, and ensuring consistent HR practices.

Skills

HR policy

Turkish law

Stakeholder mgmt

Investigation

Bilingual EN/Turkish

Education

HR degree

Job description

Overview

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Pepsi, Doritos and Lipton Ice Tea, our work touches millions of people every day.At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

We are looking for an Employee Relations Manager based in İstanbul and who will be responsible for strengthening employee relations and organizational compliance by serving as a trusted advisor to managers, employees, and third-party workforce personnel on employee relations matters, including disciplinary actions, grievances, Code of Conduct (CoC) concerns, HR investigations, and policy interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that Coaching & counseling managers and employees on all employee relations matters are in place
• Support Line Managers in Disciplinary, Grievance, Absence Management Processes as well as Code of Conduct
• Proactively identifies potential employment law and policy compliance gaps and implements appropriate corrective actions
• Partnering closely with legal consultants to ensure that all new regulatory requirements are accurately reflected in relevant policies, systems, and processes
• Escalation point for formal Disciplinary, Grievance, Absence Management Processes for local HRMs
• Management of policy programs in conjunction with Legal, Compliance and relevant stakeholders
• Ensure CoC / Values facilitation & follow up in Control Environment Committee are in progress
• Play a key role as Control Environment and Global Control Standards Lead & Sector Control Environment Partner
• Play a key role of coach & investigator, ensuring consistency and quality of execution as well as dealing with escalated issues
• Partnering with internal control & audit team to build strong controls around HR processes
• Partnering with Supply Chain HR Team on strategic Labor Relations, especially on Collective Agreement Process
• Represent HR on the Control Environment Council, coordinate all Control Environment activity and lead Self-Assessment Process when necessary
• Ensures that relationship between company & 3rd parties are managed in standards
• Educates People Managers and HR employees on labor relations principles and practices, and coaches them through managing specific labor relations issues or activities

Qualifications

• +6 years experience with strong HR and project management experience, HR graduate/master is a plus
• Strong working knowledge of employment policies, and employment legislation within Turkey and ability to practically implement that knowledge within PepsiCo
• Balance legal risk with business benefit to ensure that the best outcome is reached on employment related issues
• Fluency both in Turkish and English (written&verbal)
• Strong communication & Stakeholder management