ANDI HOBBES HUTABARAT
Purwakarta,Indonesia
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in leadership and team management, talent development, and strategic engineering oversight. Demonstrates proficiency in project and program management, cross-functional coordination, and quality governance. Skilled in cost and mass management, risk management, and DFMEA oversight. Adept at supplier and stakeholder management, vendor coordination, and process improvement. Possesses technical knowledge in CAD, CATIA, engineering drawings, and automotive design. Committed to driving manufacturing optimisation through DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and DFA (Design for Assembly).
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work history
Body Design Engineering Section Head
PT. Astra Daihatsu Motor
Jakarta (Indonesia) and Osaka (Japan), Indonesia and Japan
03.2003 - Current
Automotive Body Design Engineering professional with over 20 years of experience at Astra Daihatsu Motor and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan), progressing from Testing Engineer to Body Design Engineering Section Head. Extensive expertise in body structure, cabin, doors, pillars, hood and roof systems, with strong leadership in engineering management, cross-functional coordination, regulatory compliance (ECE/NCAP), cost & mass control, and program timing. Proven track record in delivering vehicle programs from concept development through mass production and aftermarket support, working closely with manufacturing, suppliers, and global engineering teams in Indonesia and Japan.
Responsibilities :
- Facilitated change management strategies to support smoother transitions during restructuring periods.
- Enhanced overall performance through targeted coaching sessions.
- Optimised departmental procedures to improve efficiency.
- Conducted regular performance reviews for staff development.
- Prioritised workload effectively, ensuring deadlines were consistently met.
- Evaluated employee performance, identifying areas of improvement.
- Delegated tasks effectively for improved workflow management.
- Developed new training programmes to enhance employee skills.
- Coached junior employees, enhancing their technical knowledge and skills base.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
Binus University
Jakarta /2005 - /2007
Diploma of Engineering - Manufacturing Engineering
Bandung Polytechnic for Manufacturing
Bandung / Indonesia /1999 - /2022
Skills
- Leadership and team management
- Talent development
- Project and program management
- Cross-functional coordination
- Strategic engineering oversight
- Cost and mass management
- Quality governance
- Decision making and problem solving
- Risk management
- DFMEA oversight
- Supplier and stakeholder management
- Vendor coordination
- Process improvement
- Manufacturing optimization
- DFM (Design for Manufacturability), DFA (Design for Assembly)
- Technical knowledge: CAD, CATIA, engineering drawings, automotive design
Languages
Indonesian
Native
English
Upper intermediate
Japanese
Upper intermediate
Timeline
Body Design Engineering Section Head
PT. Astra Daihatsu Motor
03.2003 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
Binus University
/2005 - /2007
Diploma of Engineering - Manufacturing Engineering
Bandung Polytechnic for Manufacturing
/1999 - /2022