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Malaysia

• Establish a clear social impact service roadmap for the Malaysian PwC Stakeholders and implement a clear, conducive stakeholder engagement. The systems will cover the impact of ESG to the workforce, suppliers, customers, and community.

Jakarta, Indonesia

• Responsible for Strategic Alignment, Governance and Protocol portfolios within group.- Established Workforce impact analysis, gender equity portfolios, fair recruitment and salary structure analysis for the group. - Improved stakeholder engagement with state and federal level government officials to address workforce needs during the global economic downturn• Managing environmental sustainability programs within the group and forecasting for the future based on the global impacts as well as governmental regulations• Conceptualized medical and health programs to ensure employees well-being during CoVid19 pandemic. • Worked with leadership on cost control and maintaining required brand protocols without jeopardizing the Organization’s performance.- Enhanced engagement and communication within the management teams, unions, brands as wells external stakeholders to minimize production cost impact.

Malaysia

• Consultation related to HR practices and implementation• Providing input on HR and Compliance strategy conceptualization and Industrial Relations management• Conducting risk assessment and gap analysis on HR management, labor compliance• Providing overall training on Sustainability, HRM, EHS

Malaysia

• Oversee Human Resources requirements and support HR department on employee’s management and strategies.• Part of the global taskforce team in Esquel for internal policies review related to HR and EHS practices.• Key stakeholder in recruitment process related to senior management and CR department• Excellent interpersonal and employee engagement skills; high employee retention rate within the department• Spearhead CSR, EHS (environment, safety and health) as well as Compliance & Sustainability activities at Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka & Mauritius. Managing sites health care activities, dorm and canteen requirements.• Conceptualize, implement and manage strategies related to CSR, EHS, HRM and sustainability.• Oversee region-wide facilities, community programs and welfare projects directly benefitting 55000 employees which includes budgeting and staff allocation..• Manage performance and professional development of 20 direct and 20 indirect reports, and provide inputs for capability building requirements for cross-functional departments related to CSR/EHS. • Deal with local authorities and government officials, relevant stakeholders in several countries and represent the company in legal matters and sustainability efforts to improve local working environment and employee turnover.• Part of the team that deals with media and NGO in non-China region.• Management representative for ISO 14001 (environment) and 45000 (safety)• Knowledgable and experienced in all major compliance audit tools and skilled in creating internal audit tools• Part of the regional leadership of industrial relations and employee relations as well as crisis management. • Part of the internal audit team dealing with HR systems, EHS and waste management.• Certified trainer for various topics from supply chain, health and safety, HRM and sustainability.

Malaysia

Key Highlights• Developed audit and assessment tools used globally.• Reported into Regional Director and Business Directors pertaining to manufacturing and CSR. • Planned and managed country budget as well as all audit activities in Malaysia.• Orchestrated compliance efforts in Nike Malaysian factory base.• Conceptualized and implemented Community Development initiatives. • Led various projects such as the Stretch Assignment, Regional crisis management and stakeholder engagement as Regional Lead for 9 countries (Malaysia, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand). • Directed strategic initiatives to achieve statistically valid wages during the period when Minimum Wages were not implemented in Malaysia/Singapore. • Analyzed and addressed migrant workers management issues thus facilitating Nike taking the lead in global initiative on foreign workers rights. • Represented Nike Inc, in the multinational team that created Dhaka principle - migration with dignity in 2011 (forced labour management). Key Achievements• Achieved and maintained all factory compliance within Nike base standards @ 95%.• Reduced factory dependency on foreign workers by 30% to meet changing staffing needs by introducing systems to attract local employees.

South Asia

Regional lead responsible for 9 countries :Malaysia, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand.• Developed CSR implementation requirements for these countries.• Devised a system where vendor partners were able to self-report issues which created a better working relationship between the vendors, BU and CR team.• Managed and mentored team members within the region. Identified and recruited high caliber team members.• Led Regional crisis management and stakeholder engagement.• Created bench marking events within the region to elevate knowledge sharing.• Standardized training modules for vendor partners within the region. Reduced ambiguity on audit requirements.

AdministratorManage HR and Payroll functions at the facility.• Partnered with cross functional team on HR requirements.• Coached and mentored team members. Implemented appraisal systems.• Conceptualized and implemented policies and requirements.• Initiated purchasing control during stretch assignment.• Planned and managed departmental budget and salary scale implementation.

• Reporting directly to the Project Site Manager. • Managing job site purchasing, administrative work, project claims submission, and payroll.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Certfication, Human Resources Management And Services, 4.0

Diploma, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General