IN conjunction with International Women's Day Oppo is taking the initiative to shape a culture through initiatives such as orientation training and internal knowledge sharing programmes where employees, regardless of gender or field of expertise, are given the same set of tools to upskill and grow within their respective capacities.
"Oppo firmly believes that diversity and inclusion in the workplace is vital, especially in the tech industry and female employees lend valuable insights to propel the brand forward as they possess strong maternal characteristics when dealing with interpersonal relationships and show a stronger sense of principle and firmness in making decisions; all strengths that make them unique as employees.
"At Oppo, we aim to continue equipping our talents to serve in their various capacities while ensuring diversity across the board. In the future, we hope to have more female employees to "grow and glow" in the company," said Oppo authorised exclusive distributor in Malaysia's director for human resources and admin, Liu YiFan, who added that the company remains committed to employing more female talents to join its workforce towards ensuring that there is more female representation in the industry.
Sharing their views are three female leaders at Oppo:
Oppo's Senior imaging product manager, Bai Lang is a prime example of the brand's commitment towards diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
Bai has invested three years of her career with Oppo, bringing with her a wealth of experience in the imaging and photography field. Along with her team, they are instrumental in driving some of the innovative tech behind the photography element on Oppo's devices, including the conceptualisation and standardisation of the parameters of every step in taking a picture, which finally contributed to Oppo's Full-Path Colour Management System—the first Android colour management system capable of supporting 10-bit colour depth from capture to storage and display, and was introduced for the first time in Find X3 Pro.
"OPPO has placed me in a position that allows me to play to my strengths, which is my knowledge and background in imaging. Through the empowerment given to me by OPPO, I will strive to continue devoting my time and effort towards conceptualising products that bring the vision of innovative tech to life," said Bai.
"Here at Oppo, the trust and support given to me by the management has allowed me to develop the department into what it is today, despite the trying times and struggles during this pandemic. To all female employees out there, whilst juggling work and family is a close-to-impossible task, one should never underestimate nor downplay her qualities and ability to contribute to the brand as a whole," shared Oppo's head of legal and compliance, Rachel Wong, who believes that the trust and support given to her has enabled her to thrive in her role.
Rachel makes up one of the formative team members, and serves as the lead of the legal department, which was formed just several months into the pandemic.
The team is responsible for providing complete legal, compliance and company secretarial service and has successfully completed its first company-wide legal audit late last year as part of its regularisation plan while establishing the groundworks for a good corporate governance practice.
As Oppo's director of e-commerce business in APAC, Sammi Luo, stresses how the company has given her the freedom to chart her own progress within her team.
Luo shared how the company empowers its employees with enough support and internal upskilling initiatives. She joined Oppo in 2019, and today, Luo leads a team and remains committed to spearheading the members to make more breakthroughs in the e-commerce segment, as it is one of Oppo's key directions for the year.
"In my role, I have had to juggle many different portfolios and manage a team at the same time. Oppo has given me the freedom to chart my own progress as an employee and helped me to develop my soft skills through initiatives such as business forums and in-house training courses," said Luo.
Moving forward, the company said that it will continue to empower women through its strong stances on breaking stereotypes and encouraging talent across teams.