Yvonne Ong

As the HRBP for APAC Market, my key responsibilities are as follows:

• End to end talent acquisition both locally and within APAC; which includes preparing job descriptions, sourcing job posting portals and agents, and coordinating and participating in the interviews.
• Payroll processing for the APAC countries.
• Business partnering the line managers to understand their department plan and the manpower requirements and, providing HR guidance when appropriate.
• Functions as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to business leaders and provides broad HR consultation and guidance aligned with the other regions.
• Functional understanding of business objectives to develop, implement and monitor the use of people and related metrics that contribute to the overall strategy and success of the organization.

Achievement:

• Rolled out the implementation of payroll system for APAC

• End to end talent acquisition both locally and within APAC; which includes preparing job descriptions, sourcing job posting portals and agents, and coordinating and participating in the interviews
• Creative recruitment / sourcing for talents and formulating recruitment strategies to attract talent in line with the business requirement
• Business partnering the line managers to understand their department plan and the manpower requirements and, providing HR guidance when appropriate
• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line managers
• Works closely with management and employees to improve employee engagement
• Assist to develop and roll out new HR systems such as job grading, salary banding, performance evaluation for regional offices
• Assist in the annual performance review exercise
• Oversees staff career planning and appraisal processes
• In-charge of new hires onboarding programme and leavers offboarding process
• Assist in the planning of company-wide training needs analysis and training implementation
• Oversees staff benefit programs, giving recommendations to strengthen the programs
• In-charge of company-wide employee relation and employee engagement activities.

• Partner closely with the business managers in key areas such as recruitment & selection, managing end to end recruitment process including sourcing, screening and interviewing process, job offer and on-boarding
• Proposed salary remuneration packages for new hires
• Participated in annual insurance review and annual insurance renewal
• Performance review of employees and follow up with action plan, including exit management
• Handled grievances and give counseling to employees
• Managed the retirement program
• Conduct learning needs analysis and develop total learning plan
• Lead HR related projects such as internship program & employee engagement survey
• Achievements: Rolled-out new system for annual appraisal review
• Review the benefits for total Nestle and increased the savings up to 30%
• Handled the long service award ceremonies for consecutive 2 years.

• Provides line managers, program/project managers, employees, HR Business Partners and Process Specialists guidance regarding Mobility services in general and consults on specific Mobility cases
• In-charge of expatriate processes (eg
• Contract preparation, arrangement of housing vendors)
• Liaising with recruitment agencies, online portals and candidate applications, review application/ resume and coordinating interviews with candidates and hiring managers and interviewing candidates
• Onboarding duties including preparing of contracts, pre-employment checkups
• Renewing annual insurance & In-charge of insurance matters
• Applying for work passes
• Day-to-day HR administration
• Achievements: Successfully implemented the processes for expatriate management
• In charge of Long Service awards 2011 (sourcing of venues for the ceremony, printing of certificates, sourcing of gifts).

• Coordinate the recruitment process for Southeast Asia countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
• Coordinate with Institutions on internship
• Manage the new hire and leaver process which involve communicating with relevant parties to prepare for new hire arrival and exit of leavers
• Preparation of employment contracts, update of employee status change and data creation, benefits enrolment and employment pass application and cancellation
• Answer employees enquiries in HR related matters
• Coordinate training and maintain training records, ensuring submission/completion of new employees forms/mandatory training within 1 week of joining, applying for government grants for training
• Administration of Expatriate accommodation, car rentals and children’s education
• Administer employees’ benefits - leave system, insurance and medical schemes, NS makeup pay, maternity and childcare claims
• Work with payroll vendors to process payroll for 5 countries
• Renewing annual insurance
• Liaise with Price Water Coopers on expatriate’s tax clearance
• Day-to-day HR administration
• Achievements: Reviewed the expatriate benefits and implemented the policy on expatriate guidelines
• In-charge of the company’s events.