During her interactions with key people, partners, and customers in Singapore, SAP People and Operating Officer Sabine Bendiek spoke at length on a number of issues, including the importance of creating an inclusive culture, talent strategy, and sustainability.
SAP and Singapore have a long history of working together, first established by the operations and partnership that came about in the past years. This relationship continues to this day, with investments and participation in each other’s infrastructure. The two constantly collaborate to upskill Singapore’s many diverse talent bases, as well as engaging with government agencies and customers alike in order to ensure the best experience for all parties involved.
Furthermore, Singapore and SAP are at the forefront in terms of establishing standards for data privacy and sovereignty, which have been made all the more relevant in light of recent developments globally. They also work on shaping standards for cloud adoption and facilitate a more digitally inclusive and sustainable world.
Last week, SAP’s office in the ASEAN country welcomed Sabine Bendiek, the Global Chief People & Operating Officer, Labor Relations Director & Member of the Executive Board at SAP. As part of her role, Bendiek is responsible for bringing together people agenda, systems, and processes in a way that supports SAP’s transformation to the cloud by accelerating innovation for both SAP itself and its customers. She works closely with the different teams across the company to achieve this goal.
Engaging with the SAP Chief People & Operating Officer
An engagement with Bendiek allowed SAP employees to observe her leadership style and how she fosters an inclusive environment that values diversity. In a LinkedIn post shared by Akshita Shetty, Vice President of Human Resources at SAP SEA, Bendiek shared her thoughts on a variety of topics including talent strategy, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and sustainability.
“Singapore is a melting pot of all cultures and along with Frances-Marie Botha, I had the privilege to host her for an intimate HR session. She got a glimpse of the diverse culture, cuisines in Singapore and also see the different teams that collectively work together to make magic happen for our employees,” Shetty added.
On the other hand, Bendiek mentioned that the technology behind SAP is amazing, and the company’s client feedback suggests that SAP will be the driving force behind the world’s most important enterprises in the future.
“In the end, it all comes back to people and our connections to each other as human beings. I was delightfully reminded of how true this is during my visit to Singapore this week,” she remarked.
Meeting with the Minister for Communications and Information
In a separate meeting, Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo SAP Executive Board Member Bendiek, and representatives from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) discussed topics and areas related to digital talent and skills, cloud computing, data privacy and cyber security. Thrilled to welcome Bendiek into Singapore office recently, Verena Siow, President and Managing Director of Southeast Asia at SAP, also said in a LinkedIn post:
“It was an honor to meet with Minister Josephine Teo and her colleagues at the Ministry of Communications and Information and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) as well, where we had an invigorating discussion on talent development, cloud transformation and digital economy towards a more sustainable future together in ASEAN!”
It can be noted that in March of this year, the Singapore EDB made a commitment to ensuring the continued success of the newest SAP Labs Singapore, which is expected to elevate the digital capabilities of local IT professionals. In addition to accelerating digital supply chain transformation, it is also anticipated that SAP Labs Singapore will strengthen intelligent business networks, and develop sustainability solutions, drive innovation on intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Together with other employees, SAP Singapore MD Eileen Chua expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to give Bendiek a peek into the various facets of the evolving city-state and the diverse communities that contribute to Singapore, SAP Asia, and SAP Labs Singapore being such “a great place to live and work.”
