Life & Career at Sabancı
Career Mobility and Rotation Programs
Encouraging employees’ career development, improving their current competencies, and increasing employee engagement through rewarding high performance are the foundation of talent and career management in Sabancı Group. We are establishing various initiatives to create more options in accordance with strategic priorities, business plans and employee expectations in this context. We are ensuring opportunities for employees to work in different functions across the Group or get promoted. The vastness of the Sabancı ecosystem provides accessibility to different opportunities for all employees in all levels and functions.
We have international assignment and rotation programs for attracting and retaining talents in critical roles within the scope of local and global talent management. This way, employees have rich experience while knowledge and experience transfer across companies operating in different countries with different business models is ensured. We provide opportunities for employees to shape hybrid models such as assignment length and physical or online work according to their needs with programs based on personalized employee experience.
Global Career Opportunities
With operations in 14 countries, Sabancı Group's global footprint continues to grow. Along with global job opportunities, the Group offers global work experience through rotations and projects. As our operations continue to grow in countries including Spain, America, France, Italy and the Netherlands, employment opportunities are becoming more diversified accordingly.
Digitalization Program
Rapidly advancing technologies continue to transform all our business lines in the new digital age. At Sabancı Group, being a digital organization is one of our core strategies. To this end, we prioritize preparing all our employees for new technologies and train digital talents from within our ranks. We equip our employees for critical digital roles in Data Analytics, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence, enabling them to work / conduct projects in these roles.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs
Innovativeness and pioneering stand in the center of our Group Purpose and culture. We are cascading this culture, curiosity, courage and continuous development, and incentivizing change through providing opportunities for new skills to be discovered. We continue to foster Innovation Ambassadors withing Sabancı Group through X-LAB Innovation Development Program, X-LAB Ideathon and Sabancı Accelerator Ready to Fly (ARF). Through these Ideathon and projects Sabancı employees gain the chance to be included within the Group strategic roadmap and get investments for their start-ups.
Agile Collaboration Programs
We employ innovative approaches to allow Sabancı employees to join in on the strategy and business development process. Through the Agile Collaboration Platform X-TEAMS, diverse teams from within the Group work on business development projects to change the future.
Leadership Development Programs
At Sabancı Group, our leadership approach is driven by our culture and strategies. We care about the development of high-potential employees in their roles and within the ecosystem. To ensure an inspiring, participatory, and agile leadership approach, we implement leadership development programs for different target groups and aim to empower teams at all levels. To this end, we annually revise our content to enable the participants to acquire valuable insights, perspectives and experiences via projects, workshops, mentoring and other development tools.
We ensure that our leaders, who have an important role in positioning our Group for the future, experience the best practices in the industry through global collaborations. To enhance their competencies required in a constantly changing business and technology environment, we train our leaders in various areas ranging from employee engagement, equality, and inclusiveness to digital transformation.
Employee Benefits
Sabancı Life
Sabancı Life is a special application for employees of the Sabancı Group. This app offers our employees the chance to benefit from a wide range of opportunities provided by both Sabancı Group companies and other brands, making their lives easier and showing them that "Life at Sabancı is Great!" The app provides discounts and privileges in 12 distinct categories: e-commerce, technology, retail, education, automotive, home and living, parenting and children, clothing and cosmetics, dining and drinking, travel, hobbies and entertainment, and healthy living.
Other Benefits
A variety of benefits are offered to all employees of Sabancı Group.
All Sabanci employees can get instant support for any problem with Avita, a program through which they can ask for help on any issue related to their home or their vehicle through its wide support line. This program, which makes daily life easier, also contributes to the well-being of employees with its free psychological support line.