SIRIN YELMEN OKTAR

• Designs and delivers leadership acceleration programs that strengthen resilience, influence, and organizational vision.
• Leads career transformation journeys for executives in transition - from role expansion to board readiness.
• Advises on Employee Experience (EX) strategy, aligning culture, engagement, and performance across the organization.
• Implemented data-informed coaching and leadership frameworks, linking behavioral change to business outcomes; enabled organizations to track leadership effectiveness, reduce attrition, and improve internal mobility.
• Built healthy, sustainable leadership cultures, reducing burnout risk and improving psychological safety; contributed to %3 decreases in stress-related turnover and higher retention of critical talent.
• Streamlined onboarding processes, enhancing new hire experience and retention rates.
• Developed and implemented recruitment strategies to attract top talent for restaurant locations.

• Drove full-cycle sales and growth strategy, achieving 3% revenue growth in Turkish market.
• Pioneered performance-driven coaching culture through individual and group executive coaching for Brand Partners in the direct selling model.
• Leveraged MCC expertise to enhance business acumen and leadership competencies, increasing top-tier leader retention by 7%.
• Directed competitive analysis and market forecasting, synthesizing global and local customer insights.
• Adjusted commercial tactics to ensure agility and relevance in Turkey's beauty and direct-selling market.

• Directed HR operations across five markets, ensuring compliance and cultural alignment with strategic goals.
• Spearheaded change initiatives, reducing HR-related risk by five percent through policy implementation.
• Led leadership training for 600 employees, enhancing future executive capacity.
• Coached senior executives to improve leadership performance regionally.
• Authored employment policies with managers and unions, fostering positive work culture and well-being.

• Coached 40+ senior and mid-level leaders to achieve Objective & Key Results (OKRs), resulting in 15–25% improvements in team performance metrics and clearer execution alignment.
• Designed and delivered multi-level “coach-the-coach” programs for 30+ internal leaders, building scalable coaching capability and reducing external coaching dependency by 35%.
• Managed an internal trainer and coach ecosystem of 15+ practitioners, establishing standards, supervision, and development pathways to ensure organization-wide coaching sustainability.
• Provided real-time, shadow coaching and feedback for high-stakes leadership roles, accelerating behavior change and improving executive effectiveness within 3–6 months.
• Developed inclusive leadership resources and training programs reaching 2000+ employees, increasing awareness of inclusive behaviors and strengthening cross-team collaboration.
• Led diversity and inclusion initiatives, contributing to measurable gains in engagement and inclusion survey scores across leadership and employee populations.
• Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement among internal coaches and leaders through regular supervision, feedback loops, and capability reviews, improving coaching quality and consistency.
• Aligned coaching practices with organizational strategy, ensuring leadership development directly supported business priorities, OKRs, and talent succession plans.

• Acted as a strategic change agent, leading the adoption of modern learning and development models across the organization; supported 3–5 enterprise initiatives, accelerating learning uptake and capability alignment.
• Collaborated with senior management and subject matter experts to design 25+ group and individualized learning plans, improving skill readiness and supporting priority business goals.
• Delivered expert consultation to leaders on facilitating team learning and leveraging data analysis, enabling data-informed decision-making and stronger performance conversations.
• Developed executive-level presentations and insight reports for key stakeholders, translating complex data into actionable strategies and improving leadership alignment and buy-in.

Earlier HR and Finance leadership roles are available upon request.