Zhi Jia Tan

• Partner business leader to achieve business strategies through strategic HR initiatives • Developed and implemented effective talent acquisition strategies to align with business objectives. • Partnered with regional HR team to roll out HR best practices • Establish of a competitive compensation and benefits program with rewards team to attract and retain top talent

• Product Development & Innovation – Designed and launched the Edgie Discovery Starter Pack and Edgie Discovery Escape Room in a Box, integrating the STAR Framework, 5Cs for Career Clarity, and Personality Bots into gamified SEL tools for youth aged 8 and above • Market Entry & Partnerships – Built early relationships with schools, NGOs, and CSR partners to pilot programs and refine product-market fit. • Brand Creation & Strategy – Developed the Youth Edge brand identity, visual assets, and Edgie character to align with youth-first, inclusive learning values (E.D.G.E.: Empowerment, Discovery, Growth, Empathy). •Program Facilitation & Coaching – Delivered interactive workshops, in-school sessions, and one-on-one/group coaching to develop self-awareness, resilience, and leadership. Began building the foundation for a Youth Edge Network to expand reach and impact.

Elevate Leadership capabilities. • Strategic HR business partner to Managing Director and SAPAC Leadership team in driving business initiatives through strategies alignment to business priorities and growth. • Led HRBP Teams in South Asia Pacific in strategic HR plans and facilitate regional and functional team on focus, accountability, and execution of the goals. • Identity the top talents through annual talent planning and succession planning exercise to devise talent actions to engage, retain and develop the key talents. Drive Winning Culture • Led APAC DEI Initiatives through DEI Education and Teammate Resource Groups for Women and Sustainability. Operation Efficiency • Worked closely with FP & A Team on cost and budget management to deliver bottom-line spend control. • Reviewed long-range planning with stakeholders of defining business strategies and aligned HR actions for deployment to teams.

• Establish retail HR function for assigned markets in South APAC, creating and managing policeis and procedures, KPIs to data analytics of retail workforce across the locations • Support the South APAC leadership team, partners with the business to enable and champion a culture that fully aligns with the core values of the company • Support annual people agenda initiatives (Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Executive Development Review, Strategic Workforce Planning, Rewards strategies etc)

• Review and make proposals on all HR matters for the retail team on development and formulation of strategic HR initiatives in areas like; Recruitment, Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Employee Engagement and Learning and Development • Partner the retail management team on all staff issues and propose HR solutions and advice to resolve it • Be a regular contact to HR Retail HQ and align the HQ policies on FTE controls and all reporting function and roll out HQ initiatives in the local market

Business Partnership • Maintain a strong partnership with internal stakeholders; Payroll, HRIS, Talent support managers of the Changi Airport, T Galleria(Orchard) and Warehouses to understand their HR concerns and operational needs HR Operations • Ensure timely and accurate ticket logging for new/resigned employees and updating of personal/employment changes for a headcount of about 1000 Singapore employees