Faz Adnan

🔹 Lead industry advocacy and stakeholder engagement for Malaysia’s semiconductor sector, representing member companies in engagements with government ministries, agencies, and international stakeholders. 🔹 Act as a key interface between industry and gov to raise industry issues, support ease of doing business, and contribute to policy discussions impacting the semiconductor ecosystem. 🔹 Coordinate with industry members to collect, consolidate, and submit industry inputs and policy recommendations, including contributions to national budget and policy consultations. 🔹 Support talent, workforce, and capability initiatives aligned with national priorities, including industry inputs supporting the National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS) across multiple priority areas. 🔹 Collaborate with foreign embassies, trade and investment agencies, chambers, and industry associations to support FDI and DDI initiatives and strengthen international collaboration. 🔹 Facilitate industry engagement and networking platforms, including semiconductor roundtables and dialogues with local industry players and foreign delegations, including engagements linked to ministerial-level visits. 🔹 Support media and public communications for MSIA, working with Board members and industry stakeholders to develop press statements, media responses, and industry positions on current semiconductor-related issues. 🔹 Represent MSIA in industry forums and national media engagements, including a live panel discussion on Bernama TV, sharing industry perspectives on the semiconductor landscape and policy developments. Key Achievements & Recognition: 📌 Contributed to industry inputs for Budget 2026, reflecting semiconductor industry priorities and workforce needs. 📌 Supported policy coordination and industry engagement aligned with the National Semiconductor Strategy. 📌 Strengthened industry–government and international engagement, enhancing Malaysia’s visibility as a semiconductor investment destination.

🔹 Collaborated closely with global teams on corporate, external, and internal communication strategies, contributing to initiatives that elevated ST’s visibility worldwide. 🔹 Serve as a key member for union negotiations, collective agreement discussions, and dispute resolutions with zero escalation cases. 🔹 Championed Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives including Women Empowerment programs and Gen Y & Z working committees through high-level collaboration and engagement with global teams to align strategies and share best practices. 🔹 Secured management approval to establish the ST STEM Center at a local school, inspiring primary students and supporting Malaysia’s STEM talent pipeline. 🔹 Spearheaded CSR STEM programs, including the GEMS Program and all-girls’ STEM Lab by partnering with SEMI High Tech U (USA), UTeM, and UTHM to design STEM modules from scratch. 🔹 Collaborated with the State Education Department and Local District Education Office to organize a national STEM Championship. 🔹 Established a one-stop HR online platform to streamline reporting and enhance HR digital transformation. Key Achievements: 📌 Smart Thinking Award & Role Model for Young Talent – Recognized for driving impactful STEM branding, launching initiatives, and significantly enhancing employer brand and employee engagement. 📌 Productivity Linked Wages System (PLWS) Award 2024 – Improved employee engagement and wages alignment, ranking among Malaysia’s top programs. 📌 Global Brand Recognition – Elevated ST’s branding and industry visibility internationally. 📌 Industrial Relations Achievement – Completed 5th Collective Agreement in a record 12 hours with no disputes.

🔹 Provided HR, IR, and legal advisory services, managing retrenchment processes, compliance, grievance resolution, and employee relations. 🔹 Designed and implemented the IR Competency Skills Course, reducing misconduct cases by 50%. 🔹 Served as part of the main negotiation team for Infineon’s 10th Collective Agreement, completed within three months. 🔹 Developed and executed strategies to reduce absenteeism, improve attendance monitoring, and strengthen employee engagement. 🔹 Built a trained pool of people managers proficient in HR and IR best practices to enhance leadership capability. 🔹 Streamlined IR case management processes to improve efficiency and reduce resolution time. Key Achievements & Recognition: 📌 Zero legal escalations to Labour or Industrial Relations Office. 📌 Streamlined IR processes for efficiency and improved dispute resolution. 📌 Developed and upskilled a cohort of people managers to be well-versed in HR and IR best practices, strengthening leadership capability across the organisation. 📌 Achieved a 30% reduction in absenteeism cases through targeted intervention, improved attendance monitoring, and proactive employee engagement initiatives.

🔹 Company advisor for end-to-end IR and employment matters, including case management and compliance. 🔹 Key liaison with Labour Department, IR Department, legal consultants, and FMM. 🔹 Represented company in labour and IR court matters. 🔹 Developed HR/IR competency plans for people managers. 🔹 Prepared termination, retrenchment, and medical board-out packages in line with legal requirements. 🔹 Resolved grievances within stipulated timelines and strengthened union–management relations. 🔹 Supported CA negotiations and ensured zero legal disputes through proactive compliance and harmonious workplace practices. Key Achievements: 📌 Maintained zero legal disputes during tenure. 📌 Built stronger union–management relations, reducing risk of industrial action. 📌 Created a user-friendly, one-stop HR/IR guidebook for people managers, improving policy understanding and application. 📌 Created structured grievance-handling process, improving workplace harmony.

🔹 Supported compliance with labour and IR regulations through policy updates, case documentation, and assisting in disciplinary investigations. 🔹 Prepared reports and maintained accurate disciplinary records for audits and hearings. 🔹 Assisted people managers with performance management, corrective actions, and grievance handling. 🔹 Liaised with government agencies (Labour Department, IR Department), external legal consultants, and employer associations. 🔹 Coordinated termination, retrenchment, and medical board-out processes in line with legal requirements. • Provided administrative and logistical support for collective agreement negotiations and foreign worker management. Key Achievements: 📌 Contributed to maintaining zero escalations to Labour or IR Department. 📌 Developed an HR dashboard to help people managers track and monitor disciplinary cases more efficiently. 📌 Helped streamline documentation processes, reducing preparation time for hearings and audits.

🔹 Led the employee engagement pillar, driving initiatives that boosted engagement and supported a high-performance culture. 🔹 Managed plant-wide employee relations (transportation, mother’s rooms, welfare services) and served as HR Business Partner for two production segments (~5,000 employees). 🔹 Acted as the main liaison between management and production staff, overseeing performance management, improvement plans, and townhall communications. 🔹 Coordinated HR updates for ~9,000 staff, reviewed and aligned policies with business needs and local laws. 🔹 Represented the company in Foreign Worker Work Group activities, managing immigration processes, hostel audits, and worker engagement dialogues. 🔹 Served as main editor for the HR newsletter and writer for HR events e-magazine, producing engaging and informative content to strengthen internal communication. Key Achievements: 📌 Increased engagement scores through targeted initiatives and improved communication channels. 📌 Strengthened foreign worker compliance and living conditions via successful hostel audits. 📌 Enhanced HR policy relevance, aligning them with operational needs and legal requirements. 📌 Successfully implemented “JomChat”, a bottom-up communication platform that improved shopfloor engagement and enabled faster issue resolution.

🔹 Managed organizational development and internal communications initiatives, including new communication methods, a central employee information page, weekly newsletters, and a quarterly in-house e-magazine. 🔹 Coordinated the dissemination of core information to 3,000+ employees through multiple platforms, ensuring timely and consistent messaging. 🔹 Delivered end-to-end program management from concept to implementation, balancing budgets, deadlines, and high-pressure demands. 🔹 Acted as the main liaison with vendors for events, communications, and publications. 🔹 Designed and delivered effective corporate communications and training programs tailored to diverse audiences. Key Achievements: 📌 Received Best Performance Award for major contributions to a productivity improvement project. 📌 Successfully launched multiple internal communication channels, increasing employee engagement and information accessibility. 📌 Improved organizational alignment through consistent, clear, and engaging communication strategies.

🔹 Developed the BEAR (Backend Automation Roadmap) training plan based on production personnel competency levels, considering shift patterns, coverage, and resource availability. 🔹 Created, updated, and maintained high-quality training materials to enhance skills, competency, and knowledge for effective use of Camstar software. 🔹 Delivered training sessions that improved production personnel’s proficiency in newly introduced systems. Key Achievements: 📌 Standardized Camstar training content, ensuring consistent knowledge transfer across shifts. 📌 Improved operational readiness by upskilling production staff in software use. 📌 Established a pool of ACE team members from technicians and operators to act as change agents on the production floor, driving adoption and success of the new system implementation. 📌 Developed a one-stop system for training manuals and troubleshooting guides, enabling faster feedback and holistic communication with ACE team members, directly supporting productivity improvements.

🔹 Coordinated weekly review board meetings to oversee new package, change, and equipment release projects, ensuring systematic execution. 🔹 Trained and guided new engineers on equipment release procedures and project processes. 🔹 Served as primary liaison between local project leaders and global quality executives for project issues and qualification failures. 🔹 Led alignment meetings and teleconferences to coordinate investigations and resolve product quality issues. Key Achievements: 📌 Reduced project delays by streamlining review and approval processes. 📌 Strengthened global-local collaboration, improving efficiency in problem resolution. 📌 Conducted global benchmarking on change management practices within Infineon and established a best practice change management checklist and documentation, standardizing processes across teams. 📌 Ensured 100% quality compliance by introducing an equipment release checklist system for both new and legacy machines, as well as a structured change management process for production flow changes.