Miriam Lopez

ASIA Head of People & Culture | Passionate about nurturing spaces filled with empathy and compassion

Singapore

About

As the Asia Head of People & Culture at SAP, I lead the regional people strategy, ensuring compliance with local labor laws and fostering a positive company culture across Greater China, ANZ, SEA, JP, and KR. I also coordinate regional P&C activities and interface with social partners, promoting health and safety initiatives for employee well-being. With over 15 years of experience in People & Culture role, I have successfully led global and regional transformations, reorganizations and restructures, defined change-management journeys, co-designed transition plan for the evolution of our HR model.

Experience

  • SAP (14 yrs 6 mos)
    • ASIA Head of People & Culture
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

      • Lead the Asia People Strategy, ensuring compliance with local labor laws and cultivating company culture across Greater China, ANZ, SEA, JP and KR. • Coordinate regional P&C activities and interface to social partners • Promote health & safety initiatives, contributing to a positive work environment and employee well-being.

    • Global HR Business Partner for HR
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

      • Led Global HR transformation for 300 employees at SAP, driving change management journey, reorganization and adoption of evolved HR Model. • Co-designed transition plan for HR Advisor model expansion, ensuring seamless implementation and support for +1500 managers.

    • Chief of Staff for Global Head of HR in Cloud Business Group
      Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

      • Defined People Strategy for Cloud Board area at SAP, leading to improved employee engagement and retention. • Monitored and steered key people measures of the board area, ensuring alignment with company goals. • Designed and co-led Leadership journey initiative for 48 Executives and 209 managers, fostering a culture of continuous growth and development. • Drove successful restructuring and reorganization of 800 employees, optimizing team efficiency and simplifying organization.

  • Recruitment Selection Consultant at CompuCom
    Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 · 1 yr

    Talent acquisition of IT profiles Full recruitment lifecycle

  • Recruitment & Selection IT Coordinator at Randstad
    May 2008 - Feb 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Coordinated staffing services for IBM account, managing 4 principal contacts in IBM-GTS. • Led recruitment and selection of IT high profiles, contributing to talent acquisition strategy. • Managed personnel, performance evaluation, and metrics deliverables, supporting AMERH commitments.