SkillsFuture Queen Bee Networks

Join a SkillsFuture Queen Bee network to receive skills advice and support

The SkillsFuture Queen Bees (SFQBs) are industry leaders who take on a leading role to champion skills development in organisations, particularly for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). As SFQBs, they provide skills advisory and support to guide organisations in identifying and acquiring the skills needed for business transformation.

How you can benefit:

  • Receive support from a skills manager who will work with you to understand your skills needs and introduce relevant training programmes to meet your needs

  • Receive guidance on relevant jobs and skills resources and government schemes that support your skills development plan

  • Be part of a skills support network to share common skills issues and learn from other peer companies in the network to avoid common pitfalls and strengthen your implementation

Subsidies and funding:

There is no cost to join a SkillsFuture Queen Bee network. The prevailing subsidies and funding will apply when companies take up the jobs and skills initiatives mapped out in the skills development plan

How to start:

  • Select a suitable SFQB network from the list below

  • Contact a Skills Manager to start your skills development journey

Join a SFQB network to take advantage of the support ecosystem for your organisation skills development efforts. Hear from others who have benefitted from a SFQB network here.

  • Supported by SSG, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and JTC, the Bosch Rexroth Regional Training Centre was set up in 2020 to anchor technology, skills, and talent development of advanced manufacturing companies in the Jurong Innovation District and beyond.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Bosch Rexroth is offering its expertise for interested companies:

    • To test proof-of-concepts in advanced manufacturing technologies and train Industry 4.0 specialists who will be certified by the Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SGC)

    How you can benefit:

    • Realise new opportunities for new business models by implementing Industry 4.0

    • Understand the system topology, Industry 4.0 applications and practical implementation examples from different production areas, and transfer these examples into own production

    • Understand data security in the implementation of Industry 4.0

    • Gain insight into future working methods in the digital world

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  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consultancy that partners leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG helps clients with total transformation-driving complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, BCG is offering RISE for Business, which is a programme designed to enable businesses to identify and act upon new digital opportunities by building high-demand business and digital skills. RISE leverages BCG’s industry experts to supercharge your company’s digitalization efforts through impactful learning and application in solving problem statements.

    How you can benefit:

    • Solve your company’s concrete digital problems and capture new digital opportunities through application-based curriculum

    • Achieve tangible impact to your business in revenue, cost and productivity from the programme

    • Receive guidance, coaching, and post-programme support from BCG experts and practitioners

    • Build high quality T-shaped biz-tech skills profile for your employees and boost your company’s capabilities

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  • Headquartered and listed in Singapore, CapitaLand Investment Limited is a leading global real estate investment manager with a strong Asia foothold. Its diversified real estate asset classes cover integrated developments, retail, office, lodging, business parks, industrial, logistics and data centres. It is Singapore’s largest mall operator with an industry-leading network of retail partners.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, CapitaLand Investment will provide skills advisory to its retail tenant partners to help them transform and level up to be ready for the future of retail.

    How you can benefit:

    • Learn to apply retail marketing strategies and tactics on the online and offline fronts to attract and retain customers.

    • Learn to manage order fulfilment, returns processing, product inventories; and to use data in an efficient and secured manner to improve sales performance.

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  • DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia with a presence in 18 markets. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS provides a full range of services in consumer, SME and corporate banking.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, DBS invites SMEs from all sectors to sign up for the DBS’ SME Skills Booster Programme to access skills advisory and training in the areas of sustainability, cyber wellness, digitalisation and transformation, banking and finance.

    How you can benefit:

    • Kickstart your sustainability or digitalisation journey with guidance from DBS experts and accredited training providers

    • Create a culture of learning and innovation for your company

    • Gain complimentary enrolment into DBS masterclasses and training programmes through the DBS BusinessClass Academy

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  • Grab is a leading multi-service SuperApp platform provider with the mission to drive Southeast Asia forward by creating economic empowerment for everyone.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Grab works with merchant partners to develop skill capabilities for sustainable business growth and digitalisation. SMEs in the Food Services sector are invited to join the programme.

    How you can benefit:

    • Acquire the knowledge and skills to adapt to digitalisation and improve customer satisfaction

    • Learn the strategies to manage, attract and retain your talent pool.

    • Learn innovative ways of F&B supply and logistics management to respond to market demand in a cost-effective manner.

    • Realise new business opportunities through digital marketing methodologies in branding, communication, and promotions.

    • Receive support from Skills Managers to help you develop and implement your skills roadmap to grow your businesses.

    Courses curated by Grab (updated periodically):

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  • HP was appointed as a SkillsFuture Queen Bee to level up sustainable manufacturing and procurement capabilities in the manufacturing industry.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, HP has partnered the Singapore Institute of Management Group Limited (SIM) to deliver a programme covering 15 courses, while also provide mentoring to manufacturing companies as they develop Proof-of-Concepts for business transformation.

    Interested companies may enrol their employees for the courses across 4 tracks to suit their needs:

    • Engineering - This track focuses on product design and sustainability. It covers design thinking in manufacturing, and guidance on designing customer-centric sustainable products.
    • Sourcing - This track focuses on materials selection and ethical sourcing, primarily covering the environmental, social and governance pillars of sustainability, green process design and sustainability design.
    • Production - This track focuses on enabling companies to develop factories of the future. Companies will learn about manufacturing and sustainability, green building, and facilities management, along with ESG and carbon footprint management.
    • Aftermarket - This track focuses on creating a circular economy. It covers the process of green design and sustainability design, business acumen and leadership to help companies achieve manufacturing success, implement change and transformation for SMART manufacturing and sustainability.

    How you can benefit:

    • Build up a range of hard and soft skills to manage critical challenges and needs in manufacturing, from sustainable product design, ethical sourcing, green building, to facilities management, systems thinking and problem solving.

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  • Johnson Controls is the global solutions leader for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, it will support companies in the Built Environment sector to develop digital capabilities to transform their businesses and kickstart their sustainability journeys.

    How you can benefit:

    • Understand the fundamentals of digital transformation and decarbonisation.

    • Review existing technology capabilities, discover gaps, and map out a plan to align with your company’s goals and aspirations.

    • Design and implement digital solutions to achieve energy efficiency in building management.

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  • Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm that partners leaders in creating optimal organisation structures and skilled teams necessary for success in a disruptive world. Korn Ferry Academy is a distinct service line set up to bring our experience in organizational transformation to uplift human capabilities within enterprises using scalable, practical, bite-sized solutions.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Korn Ferry will help equip business and HR leaders with modern managerial mindsets and critical human skills through curated learning journeys that are aligned to forward industry trends. Join the Korn Ferry Academy network and take advantage of the suite of cross-industry, cohort-based hybrid development programs that promise to level-up and inspire learners to action.

    How you can benefit:

    • Learn contemporary leadership and management perspectives and gain a common ‘leadership language’ to address organisational and talent challenges

    • Educate managers on how to lead themselves and their teams differently in the new economy for sustainable impact from within

    • Retrofit your HR team with the capabilities to modernize talent policies and processes, and better support managers and employees

    • Receive expert mentoring on specific organizational transformation plan(s) for your company to ensure its speed of implementation and success

    How to start:

  • Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital is a leading community care organisation operating a nursing home, a rehabilitation centre, a traditional Chinese medicine centre, three community care centres, a community training institute and offering home care services.

    As the first SkillsFuture Queen Bee for Community Care, KWSH drives innovation and skills demand through enterprise transformation to enhance care standards in the sector. Companies in the healthcare and community care sector are welcome to join the programme.

    How you can benefit:

    • Develop capabilities through skills-based training programmes in the areas of Lean & Innovation, Digital Thinking & Transformation, Change Management

    • Pilot solutions for technology, innovation, process improvement and workplace learning through Technology and Process Innovation Mentorships

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  • Microsoft is a leading global technology company committed to enabling future-ready skills and talent for the digital economy.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Microsoft helps companies enhance their workplace learning practices and provides skills advisory to enable companies to build up their skills capabilities. SMEs from all sectors are welcome to join the programme.

    How you can benefit:

    • Learn talent attraction and retention strategies to build and strengthen workplace learning culture

    • Equip your workforce with critical and industry-relevant skills

    Courses curated by Microsoft (updated periodically):

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  • As a global leader in the field of automation, OMRON’s business fields cover a broad spectrum, ranging from industrial automation and electronic components.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, OMRON has collaborated with Temasek Polytechnic, and set up a Queen Bee Facility Lab where companies can utilise OMRON’s technology to embark on multidisciplinary experiential skills training and project collaborations, to gain confidence before deploying the equipment in their factory shopfloor.

    OMRON provides skill advisory and support to guide companies in business transformation and workforce upskilling. It also helps companies through Proof-of-Concept (POC) case studies to further enhance their factory plant systems to their end-clients.

    How you can benefit:

    • Develop capabilities in advanced automation and robotics, specializing in Operational Technology

    • Pilot solutions for technology, innovation, and process improvement through POC projects

    • Joint industrial courses leveraging leading technologies in a ‘LIVE’ Smart Factory through i-Automation concepts

    • Direct engagement with technology providers for project execution through POCs

    • Embark on a wide variety of short CET courses to reskill and upskill existing workforce to be Industry 4.0-ready

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  • Prudential Singapore is one of the leading life insurance companies in Singapore.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Prudential has developed the SME Skills Accelerator Programme, which aims to equip companies with the skills and resources to grow and innovate their business and upskill employees to aid their career progression and improve employee retention. All SMEs are welcome to join the programme.

    How you can benefit:

    • Gain skills in design thinking and innovation

    • Kickstart digitalisation

    • Build a workplace learning culture

    Courses curated by Prudential (updated periodically):

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  • Raffles Hotel Singapore is one of the few remaining great 19th century hotels in the world and is a global icon, famed for its unique blend of luxury, history, classic colonial design, and legendary Raffles service. Its accolades include being recently ranked No. 17 in 2023 on the inaugural “The World’s 50 Best Hotels” list which seeks to recognise hotels across the world that provide outstanding and best-in-class experiences.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Raffles Hotel Singapore looks forward to working with SMEs in the hotel and accommodation sector to elevate the skills and service standards of their workforce. Subject matter experts from Raffles Hotel will provide mentorship in the areas of service and product innovation to help SMEs enhance their competitive edge and thrive in the dynamic landscape of the industry.

    How you can benefit:

    • Sharpen your skills and service standards in: (1) acquiring the art to unlock guest-centricity; (2) adopting floral art to enhance hotel ambience; (3) developing expertise in wine service; and (4) mastering the art and science of baking & pastry creation

    • Hone your mastery of personalised guest engagement, problem-solving, and cultivation of a customer-centric mindset through Raffles Hotel Singapore’s sharing of best practices and success stories.

    • Foster a workplace learning culture and strengthen capabilities through curated skills-based training programmes.

    • Receive support from a Skills Manager to develop and implement your skills roadmap.

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  • SAP is one of the world’s leading producers of software for the management of business processes, developing solutions that facilitate effective data processing and information flow across organisations.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, SAP is offering a suite of high-impact courses to help equip companies and their workforce with relevant skills for technical roles which are in demand and attain industry-recognized qualifications.

    How you can benefit:

    • Gain a competitive edge by building SAP software skills in your workplace

    • Improve business outcomes and key value drivers through SAP training.

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  • Founded in 1985, Sheng Siong is an established household brand in Singapore and one of the largest retailers with over 60 supermarkets.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Sheng Siong supports companies to build up capabilities to accelerate digitalisation. SMEs from the retail, food manufacturing and logistics sectors are welcome to join the programme.

    How you can benefit:

    • Learn from Sheng Siong’s best practices to simplify processes and automation through digitalisation.

    • Gain skills to support business growth and transformation

    Courses curated by Sheng Siong (updated periodically):

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  • As a leader in industrial transformation and Industry 4.0, Siemens provides training for the industrial sector to help companies and individuals master skills in advanced manufacturing.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, Siemens has customised courses in the following categories - Industry 4.0 Foundation, Additive Manufacturing (Design Operations and EHS), Green Technology, and Advanced Manufacturing (Automation, IIoT, Digital Twin).

    How you can benefit:

    • Upskill your workforce in advanced manufacturing topics - from foundation to expert level

    • Learn directly from industry leaders in I4.0

    • Co-develop Proof-of-Concepts with our Experts, Consultants and Partners

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  • The Singtel Cyber Security Institute was set up to support businesses and provide workforce with the tools, training, and knowledge necessary to identify, respond to and protect against security threats.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, the institute provides tactical and cross-functional training to help companies design and implement security protocols, leveraging its comprehensive and advanced range of cyber security solutions and up-to-date attack simulators.

    How you can benefit:

    • Build a security culture within your company as a defence mechanism through cyber awareness training, and help your employees protect and prevent threats.

    • Strengthen your company’s capabilities to make risk-based decisions, develop effective crisis communication practices and understand best practices and lessons learnt through case studies.

    • Sharpen your security team’s skills by simulating your in-house security environment and equipping them with the practical knowledge and competencies necessary to deal with real-world attacks and post-mortem forensics.

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  • SMRT Corporation Ltd (SMRT) is a public transport service provider. It manages and operates major train services across Singapore, in addition to bus, taxi, and private hire vehicle services.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee for the Land Transport sector, SMRT collaborates with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to impart the Kaizen (continuous improvement) best practice to SMEs to support them in their enterprise transformation journey by addressing performance gaps and realise long-term productivity gains. SIT delivers the classroom training while SMRT supplements the classes with relevant industry case studies and provides relevant projects for the SMEs to work on.

    How you can benefit:

    • Develop capabilities through the skills-based training programme conducted by SIT in Kaizen

    • Pilot solutions for technology, innovation, and process improvement through class projects

    How to start:

  • ST Logistics is a Singapore based company with more than 50 years’ experience in providing integrated and cost-effective supply chain management and solutioning to the Defence, Healthcare and Government sectors. Smart technological elements built into solutions play a big part into ensuring its customers experience the full enabling power of digitalization and automation when they engage and partner ST Logistics.

    As a SkillsFuture Queen Bee, ST Logistics will share its best practices and help companies within its network develop skills plans to address gaps and upskill their workforce. ST Logistics will work with strategic learning partners such as the National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning (NACE) led by Nanyang Polytechnic, National University of Singapore, NTUC LearningHub, Republic Polytechnic and Singapore Institute of Technology to curate customised learning solutions in key areas such as cybersecurity, emerging technologies, workplace safety, and sustainability.

    How you can benefit:

    • Learn from ST Logistics’ best practices in digitalisation, sustainability and safety

    • Gain skills to support business growth and transformation through guidance on workforce development strategies

    Courses curated by ST Logistics (updated periodically):

    How to start:

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