Bernadette Ong

5 Singapore entities (26 Headcounts) in the Investment, Oil & Gas, F&B, Hospitality and Sustainability industry.

• Manage end-to-end HR operations, including recruitment, onboarding and workpass, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee engagement and relations, compliance, off boarding.
• Review, update employee handbook and forms.
• Support administrative team as a backup.

6 Global entities (35 Headcounts) in the Oil & Gas industry. Offices are in Dubai, Mozambique, China and Moscow.

• Coordination on recruitment matters.
• Manage employee data, employment contract, payroll, bonus/increment letters and payout.
• Established employment handbook for Dubai and Mozambique.
• Point of contact for employee queries.

Key Achievements:

• Act as the main HR contributor for global offices
• Review and update employee handbook for Singapore while establishing for Dubai and Mozambique
• Identify and drive training for employees.
• Manage 1 HR contract staff in Mozambique.

Reason for leaving: Looking for a stable and structured organisation.

• 60 headcounts in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Manage end-to-end HR operations (except for payroll), including recruitment, onboarding and workpass, insurance, performance management, employee engagement and relations, compliance, offboarding.
• Talent: Full-cycle recruitment for all junior and mid level roles.

Key Achievements:

• Improve recruitment lead time by 2–3 weeks.
• Serve as the sole HR contributor for 4 months during manager's maternity leave.

Reason for leaving: Move to a higher role with regional/global exposure.

• 160 headcounts in the Automotive industry: HR shared service with Bridgestone Tyre Sales.
• Orientation: Onboarding, host Quarterly session (each function's representative to present business insights to new staff).
• Engagement: Host networking sessions and coffee chats for CEO, COO-AP,CHRO with new staff, drive employee engagement activities and surveys.
• HRIS: Data management, support for UAT and implementation of the SuccessFactors modules.
• Training: Maintain training catalogue, plan and execute in-house training, organise tyre workshops.
• HR Reports, announcements, update communication decks, support for townhall and SharePoint.

Key Achievements:

• Manage regional C-suite stakeholders.
• Improve employee engagement scores by 40%
• Assist to review and update employee handbook.
• Onboarding orientation for all levels from junior to VP.

Reason for leaving: Move to explore other industry.

• 24 headcounts in the Automotive industry.
• Manage end-to-end HR operations, including recruitment, onboarding and workpass, compensation and benefits (including payroll), performance and training, employee engagement and relations, CSR, compliance and HR reports, off boarding.
• Administrative: Pantry and office supplies, name cards, office renovation.
• IT: Purchases and inventory tracking, coordination on any IT issues arise.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully executed payroll data migration and utilized social media (Facebook) for niche talent sourcing.
• Serve as the sole HR contributor for 2 months.

Reason for leaving: Merge office with Bridgestone Asia Pacific.

• 160 headcounts in the Construction sector.
• Manage end-to-end HR operations, including recruitment, onboarding and workpass, issuance of PPE and management of dormitories, compensation and benefits (including payroll), performance management and training, employee relations, compliance, off boarding.

Key Achievements: Serve as the sole HR contributor for over 2 years and mentored 2 junior staff.

Reason for leaving: Move to a different industry for more exposure.

• Admin for engineers in document control department.
• Keep track of staff movements.
• Take minutes of meetings.

Reason for leaving: Move to HR role.