Metizo win contract to train key employees of SAP Labs China
Metizo China has won an important contract from SAP Labs China for developing more than 100 key employees in a “Fast Track” mentoring program. For SAP Labs China , 2007 will be the “Personal Development Year”. Due to SAP Labs China fast growth in the coming years the development of talented individuals moving into leadership and expert positions is a key for success.
Shang-Ling Jui, the Managing Director who founded the SAP Labs China in Shanghai, brought together a internal cross functional team to set up a development strategy for all employees, starting with a special program for key employees called FASTtrack consisting of Markus Alsleben, Strategic Business Development Manager, HR Manager Jasmin Xiao, Jolie Yu, HR Business Partner for Personal Development and training & development consultant Stephan Weidinger.
SAP evaluated top HR and training firms in China during the vendor selection to support this program. Michelle Wang, working with Metizo’s CEO designed and presented the project and won due to their unique offering. According to Managing Director Shang-Ling Jui, the reason Metizo won is due to a strong focus on SAP’s requirements which Metizo took into account, created synergy with SAP’s existing tools by adding Metizo’s strengths in personalized follow up and unique content.
On 12 March 2007, SAP Labs China kicked off the FASTtrack program for more than hundred Key Employees who will follow a one-year mentoring program. The participants were selected by their managers based on high performance and high potential; at the same time SAP Labs senior managers will be coached by Metizo to safeguard the mentoring process.
According to Metizo CEO Bob Aubrey “This contract represents more than two years of work to find the right match with SAP. This company is a dream client for us because there are only two firms running global HR software in the world. I chose SAP as the ideal partner because I had studied their commitment to people development. It is also one of the most admired global companies. So I thought: if we can help them in best practice, it will be proof of our own excellence. So we put everything we had into this project and I’m delighted that we won. Now, of course, we have to deliver.”