The implementation of the project Sapphire in Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, Sabah Operations / Waafuani Mohd Pardi

The PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD / SABAH OPERATIONS (PCSB/SBO), is a fully subsidiary company by the PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS), one of the leading Malaysia's Multinational Oil and Gas Company have implemented the Project SAPPHIRE starting in January 2012. It is a new system for the staffs as the end user to replace the previous system that has been used before, which is the Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Malaysia. The PETRONAS Human Resource Management Division (HRMD) has set its target to become a 'Strategic HR Partner to the Business'. To achieve this platform, HRMD will need to build its capabilities, and the decisions were derived to anchor upon these 6 HR imperatives to achieve these strategic goals which are Global Workforce and Leadership Mobility, Rapid Global Talent Sourcing, Differentiated Workforce, Flexible Employee Benefits, Customer-centric Employee Experience and Global HR Shared Values. The HRMD then developed various HR initiatives in fulfillment of the HR imperatives, and of its major initiatives is Project SAPPHIRE.