Happenings at Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur: Careers Week @Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur Careers Week

Day 3 of IHG Career Week is Money, Figures and Mathematical related. We are referring to our Finance and Business Department which is headed by Puan Hanita Haidar, Director of Finance and Business Support. She presented an overview of their responsibilities such as financial and management reporting, budget, forecast, safeguarding of hotel assets, handling of administrative functions; hotel legal matters and the list goes on for all 7 sections in the department.

As she goes on with her presentation, she spoke about how her career which is one of the many success stories in IHG. In 2001, Puan Hanita joined as a Assistant Financial Controller and 5 years later, she was promoted to Director of Finance in Holiday Inn Glenmarie and finally in 2010, she returned back to Crowne Plaza Mutiara KL as Director of Finance and Business Support. Secret of her success, "It takes hard work, patience and making sacrifices to get to where I am today. Family's understanding and support are important and in order to achieve success, be determine, sacrifice necessarily and be patient, especially to the working ladies with families, keep the faith."

Puan Hanita and Poh Chin together on the stage

Poh Chin who has been working in this hotel for the past 36 years shared her joy and experience in her success career story. She started her career in Accounts Receivable section dealing with credit cards, airlines and Travel Agent billings processing. In 1997, Poh Chin took up a new role as the hotel’s Credit Officer. 10 years later she was the Area Finance Secretary and until to date, she is holding the Income Auditor role. On why this was an interesting role for her, “In every section, I learned new skills and job tasks, meeting different people which helps me in every new role” says Poh Chin. She added that she hoped to continue working in her present position until her retirement day which is due next month. Her advice to everyone in order to grow with IHG is ‘Work hard and enjoy what you are doing as IHG provides you with Room To Grow'.

Another success career story came from Normah, Assistant Accounts Payable. She joined the company since 1975 and over the next 10 years, she gained many years of hotel experiences as she was a kitchen helper to a pantry maid in Planters' Inn; a Housekeeping maid; a Waitress; a clerk in Human Resources and finally in 1985 she was offered a position in Accounts department and from that moment, she faithfully reside in the department until to date. Next year is her retirement year and with this, she humbly said all, 'Love to do what you do'.