Senior Workforce Planning & Organizational Design Specialist

OYAK Çimento; Fatih; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

OYAK Çimento in Turkey is seeking a Senior Workforce Planning & Organization Design Specialist to lead workforce planning, organizational design, job evaluation, and people analytics to ensure an optimal workforce structure.

This role reports to the Compensation & Benefits Manager and collaborates with business leaders to drive productivity, cost efficiency, and strategic staffing across manufacturing sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering or Statistics.
• Master’s degree in HR or related field is an advantage.
• 5–7+ years of HR experience, with at least 3 years in workforce planning and analytics.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial or multinational organizations preferred.
• Knowledge of Korn Ferry Hay Job Evaluation Methodology preferred.
• Experience in organizational transformation and restructuring projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain workforce plans aligned with business strategies.
• Conduct supply and demand analyses to identify talent gaps and risks.
• Support budgeting and headcount planning with scenario analyses.
• Monitor turnover, retirements, succession risks, and capability shortages.
• Develop productivity and efficiency metrics to support decisions.
• Lead organizational structure reviews and governance documentation.

Skills

Workforce Planning

Organization Design

People Analytics

HR Strategy

Compensation & Benefits

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Economics/Industrial Engineering/Statistics

Master’s degree in HR/Business/Organizational Development

Tools

Korn Ferry Hay Methodology

Job description

As the capacity and market leader of the Turkish cement industry, OYAK Cement, which continues its activities in 7 factories and sales in 7 geographical regions, is a leading group that develops cement usage areas with the principles of efficiency, creativity, and profit orientation and plays an active role in the country's market.

OYAK Cement proudly carries its vision of "Türkiye's largest and most environment friendly cement brand" with a total production capacity of 12.6 million tons of clinker and 22.9 million tons of cement

We are looking for a Senior Workforce Planning & Organization Design Specialist to join our team.

To support the organization's strategic objectives by leading workforce planning, organizational design, job evaluation, and people analytics processes. The role ensures that the organization has the optimal workforce structure to achieve current and future business goals while maintaining organizational effectiveness, productivity, and cost efficiency.

Reports To: Compensation & Benefits Manager

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Workforce Planning

• Develop and maintain short, medium, and long-term workforce plans aligned with business strategies.
• Conduct workforce supply and demand analyses to identify talent gaps and workforce risks.
• Support annual budgeting and forecasting processes through headcount planning and scenario analyses.
• Monitor workforce trends including turnover, retirements, succession risks, and capability shortages.
• Develop workforce productivity and efficiency metrics to support business decision-making.
• Partner with business leaders to assess future workforce requirements and strategic staffing needs.

Organizational Design & Effectiveness

• Lead organizational structure reviews and redesign initiatives.
• Evaluate spans of control, layers, reporting relationships, and organizational efficiency.
• Conduct organizational effectiveness analyses and recommend optimization opportunities.
• Support transformation and restructuring projects.
• Ensure organizational structures align with strategic priorities, governance principles, and operating models.
• Maintain organization charts and governance documentation.

Job Evaluation & Architecture

• Manage job evaluation processes using Korn Ferry Hay or other approved methodologies.
• Maintain job architecture, job families, career frameworks, and grading structures.
• Ensure consistency and equity across roles, grades, and organizational levels.
• Participate in role benchmarking and market comparison studies.
• Support job description development and review processes.
• Ensure accurate alignment between role accountabilities and evaluation outcomes.

Headcount Governance & Position Management

• Administer headcount control and approval processes.
• Monitor organizational changes including new positions, transfers, restructurings, and eliminations.
• Track approved versus actual headcount and workforce costs.
• Prepare recommendations regarding position creation, replacement, consolidation, or redesign.
• Ensure headcount requests comply with workforce planning principles and budget assumptions.

People Analytics & HR Reporting

• Develop workforce dashboards, scorecards, and management reports.
• Analyze workforce KPIs including: Headcount, Turnover, Vacancy rates, Productivity metrics, Overtime utilization, Workforce costs, Organizational efficiency indicators
• Provide data-driven recommendations to HR and business leaders.
• Prepare executive presentations and strategic workforce insights for senior leadership.

HR Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Support the implementation and enhancement of HRIS systems and organizational management tools.
• Develop and standardize workforce planning methodologies and governance processes.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and reporting improvements.
• Lead and support cross-functional HR projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or related fields.
• Master’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Organizational Development or a related field is an advantage.
• 5–7+ years of HR experience, with at least 3 years in Workforce Planning, Organization Design, People Analytics, Compensation & Benefits and/or HR Strategy.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial or multinational organizations is preferred.
• Experience in organizational transformation and restructuring projects is a plus.
• Knowledge of Korn Ferry Hay Job Evaluation Methodology is preferred.