SAP is one of the global companies that have been collaborating with enterprises, governments, educators, and not-for-profit organisations to drive change at scale, having offices in 130 countries and impacting 77{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} of the world’s transaction revenue. The software giant has launched several programmes aimed at upskilling not only its partners and customers but, most importantly, the workforce of today to help them thrive in the digital world.

In India, SAP partnered with Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM) for Global Bharat, an initiative centred on accelerating the digital transformation of MSMEs in India by skilling their workforce. SAP in Korea joined forces with the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (MSIP) and the Institute for Information & Communication Technology Promotion (IITP) for the 7th Innovative Growth Youth Talent Concentration Training Program designed to provide project-oriented software education for graduates and job seekers.

Equipping the Workforce of Singapore Through Skill-Based Courses

Over in Singapore, the German enterprise has been collaborating with SkillsFuture Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic since 2018 to advance the skills of mid-career professionals for the future of work. Following last year’s courses that incorporated COVID-19 challenges, SAP and Temasek Polytechnic, under the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme−Company Training (SGUP−CT), introduced four new SAP courses centred on honing market-relevant skills to boost the employability of 370 mid-career job seekers.

Eileen Chua, Managing Director, SAP Singapore, said:

“The SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme, in its second year running with Temasek Polytechnic, extends SAP’s commitment towards upskilling and improving employability of jobseekers with critical digital-ready skills, to meet the emerging demand for skilled talent as Singapore strengthens its digital economy and future.”

The new SAP courses designed to build in-demand competencies in Infocomm Technology, Supply Chain, and Human Resources were based on the research done by SAP with six placement agencies appointed by the Ministry of Manpower. According to the press release, the most market-relevant courses are Human Resources (39{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}), Supply Chain Management (22{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}), Manufacturing/Production Planning (13{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}), and Sourcing & Procurement (11{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}).

The 4 Hot SAP Courses 

Eligible participants who are entitled to a monthly training allowance of SGD 1,500 and course fee funding from SSG have the option to select a learning track in the comprehensive programme that is delivered with instructor-led training and e-learning via SAP Learning Hub. Anchored on SAP’s commitment to helping the world run better and improve people’s lives, the four new, in-demand courses are designed to increase the employability of the workforce of Singapore in their chosen fields.

• SAP S/4HANA – Sales with exposure to Supply Chain Logistics and Extended Warehouse Management. Participants of this course who are preferred to have a degree or diploma in Sales & Procurement or an IT-related discipline will have in-depth knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Sales features as well as supply chain execution.

• SAP S/4HANA Production Planning. Ideal for participants with a degree or diploma in Manufacturing Process or an IT-related discipline, this course allows learners to deep-dive into SAP ERP Manufacturing.

• SAP SuccessFactors – Employee Central & Recruitment. Participants with a degree or diploma in HR or an IT-related discipline are preferred for this course, which will extensively explore the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and Recruiting modules.

• SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement and Ariba. Preferably for Sales & Procurement or an IT-related discipline degree or diploma holders, this course offers in-depth learning about SAP S/4HANA Procurement features.

The five-month programme that includes four months of SAP training and one month of case studies will welcome its first batch on 1st December 2021. After completion of the participants’ chosen training delivery track or of the five-month programme, they are eligible to take the exam for SAP Professional Certification, a globally acknowledged IT certification.

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In 2018, SAP launched SAP Skills University Singapore Programme, a collaborative effort with SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and participating Polytechnics, to drive and support the national SkillsFuture movement. The training program being held at Temasek Polytechnic offers comprehensive courses that involve SAP technologies such as SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors solutions, SAP cloud platform, and many more.

Fast- forward to 2020, SAP’s revolutionary partnership with SkillsFuture Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic continues, this time focusing on the mid-career jobseekers in growth industries like the financial and technology sectors in the city-state. Within the framework of the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package, the three organisations launched three new courses to reskill, upskill, and increase the employability of 510 mid-career professionals when they re-enter the workforce.

Explaining more about the recent development, Eileen Chua, Managing Director at SAP Singapore said:

“As local businesses transform their business models and offerings to mitigate the pandemic’s impact, this is also creating new opportunities and skills demand in areas such as financial intelligence, forecasting, and business modelling.

Businesses want the visibility and assurance that their operational shifts will materialize in long-term profitability and seek to limit any uncertainty. The new courses under the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme in collaboration with SSG and Temasek Polytechnic provides job seekers with a fresh, highly-employable financial and data-led skillsets that also help local enterprises drive future growth.”

Upskilling with SkillsFuture Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic

SAP’s collaboration with SkillsFuture Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic reflects the tech giant’s commitment to helping Singaporeans reskill and upskill even in these challenging times.

Liher Urbizu, SVP and Head of Services, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan, highlighted that the COVID-19 pandemic has further intensified the need for training and reskilling, especially in terms of continuous software training and enablement.

“Businesses and individuals require training that is relevant both in content and format to adapt to current and future needs, to emerge stronger. By bringing SAP’s global experience of delivering training and certification programmes to the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways programme, we are proud to be able to contribute to building the resiliency of the nation,” he stressed.

Ong Tze Ch’in, Chief Executive of SSG, and Peter Lam, Principal & CEO of Temasek Polytechnic, both shared the confidence in partnering with SAP, through the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme, in paving the way for mid-career individuals to gain industry-relevant training and experience, and boost their employability in the ICT sector.

Three Tracks

The new courses under the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme focus on course-based learning developed by SAP and Temasek Polytechnic along with vocational training and industry case studies with 50 of SAP’s local customers and industry partners– including Accenture, Alpha ORI, NCS, Panasonic, SAP Labs India, SATS, Serial System, Syniti and T-Systems– to meet the growing demand for critical skills in data-led financial insights, predictive forecasting, and digital capabilities.

The three courses that incorporate today’s COViD-19 challenges are:

• Financial Accounting – focus on deriving real-time intelligence and insights on a company’s financial performance to stakeholders, given the fluidity of the current business climate amidst COVID-19, by leveraging a broad range of basic to advanced accounting functions using SAP S/4HANA.
• Management Accounting – focus on data-led financial insights and forecasts about business operations, enabling managers to make short and long-term decisions for the business to pursue its strategy and transformation amidst COVID-19. Using SAP S/4HANA, participants will learn how to draw intelligent insights, financial reporting, cost centre, and internal order accounting product cost planning, profitability analysis. 
• Data Science & Predictive Analytics – focus on the use of deep analysis of large sets of data, using statistical analysis and predictive modelling to determine future consequences for businesses as they shift business models and operations amidst COVID-19. The course will teach participants how to use automated analytic capabilities to develop predictive models within a data science project context using SAP S/4HANA. 

The participating companies will take in small batches of trainees for on-the-job training throughout the seven-month curriculum. The new courses are now open for registration and will run in batches from January 2021.

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