Rudolf Saut
Director
Jakarta Timur,DKI Jakarta
Summary
Top Executive / Director with over 25 years of successful experience in Operation and Human resources. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in Manufacturing, Plantation, FMCG and Logistics industries. Strengths in Leadership Skill and Analytical backed by education in Engineering, Law and Management.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director of Business Support Services
PT GAC Samudera Logistics
Kawasan Industri Lippo Cikarang, Kabupaten Bekasi
01.2020 - Current
- Develop and control company’s annual operating budget to ensure that all financial targets are met and financial and statutory regulations complied with.
- Responsible for planning and management of employee and union labor relation, occupational health and safety and provide consultation on employee performance management and discipline, and negotiating and resolving.
- Develop completely new employee grading and salary level and hiring policy for contract worker that led to company being 100% compliant with all corporate and clients guidelines and regulation.
- Successfully laid off around 60 employees without any social issues at 2 closed facilities in Surabaya and Bogor. Also succeeded in convincing employee union management to accept management's proposal for staff reduction through early retirement program in January 2021.
- Ensuring the Covid 19 Protocol runs well when operations run 100% during the March 2020 pandemic until now
Director
PT Samudera Daya Mitra ; PT Satuan Harapan Indonesia
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
06.2016 - 12.2019
- Served as Human Capital Head for PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk. and it's subsidiaries, and designed PT Samudera Daya Mitra to replace role of previous corporate human capital division.
- Take over more than 1000 employees of outsourcing companies and hired as PT Satuan Harapan Indonesia contract employees who are placed in various subsidiaries of Samudera Indonesia
- Supporting and directing identification process and initiation of business partnerships with medical clinic, hospitals, optical shops and training organizations.
- Coordinated and worked with company subsidiaries management on performance evaluations, supervisory practices, dispute resolution and employee accountability.
- Utilized compliance tools, corrective actions and identification of deficiencies to mitigate audit risks.
- Assessed and aligned compensation packages to market to attract highly qualified applicants for organizational vacancies.
Independent Director
PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
05.2012 - 06.2016
- Ensure continuity of the principles of good corporate governance in good faith and full of responsibility as stated in 97 paragraph 2 of the Company Law Number 40 of 2007
- Oversee effective delivery of all human resources management, including compensation, HR information systems, performance management, including disciplinary action, recruitment ; manage all external audits for benefit plans.
- Worked with other executive board member to create Board Manual for Directors and Commissioners, create HR policies and procedures; recruit senior managers and subsidiaries director ; create group benefits databases; and incentive programs for employees and tantiem/bonus for subsidiaries board of director.
- Succeeded in increasing company productivity and employee welfare by redesigning the support departments all all subsidiaries company and successfully reducing 10% of jobs (over 1000 employees) without any social issues during period of January 2013- June 2014
- Successfully created and simplified a grading system and employee rank levels based on employee's competencies and responsibilities starting January 1, 2014.
- Has successfully developed, adjusted and implemented salary and bonus system that differs from one another based on type of industry while taking into account that all entity are under one Samudera Indonesia and implemented starting in 2016
- Served as Head of the Supervisory Board of the Samudera Indonesia Pension Fund
VP of Human Resources
DANONE Aqua
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
01.2011 - 05.2012
- Oversee the effective delivery of all human resources management, including compensation, HR information systems, performance management, disciplinary action, recruitment for 22 sites and 11,000 employees.
- Manage labor relation and negotiate with Employee Union and resolve issues;
- Manage all external audits for benefit plans.
Public Affair & Government Relation Director
CTP, A Cargill Plantation Company
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
05.2007 - 12.2010
- Developed, implemented, and direct internal and external communications, media relations, NGO and government relations for two plantations : the largest palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan and the first RSPO smallholder plantation located in South Sumatera
- Prepared press releases, fact sheets, and talking points for country leadership team.
- Being a company representative in various associations such as Association of Palm Oil Producers, Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo), Association of American Chambers of Commerce, Association of Singapore Chambers of Commerce
Director of Human Resources
PT Cargill Indonesia
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
03.2005 - 05.2008
- Oversee the effective delivery of all human resources management, including compensation, HR information systems, performance management, including disciplinary action, recruitment, manage all legal and regulatory compliance issues; manage all external audits for benefit plans.
- Actively participated in Human Resources aspects in acquiring 2 oil palm plantation companies in Jambi and West Kalimantan provinces and acquiring a virgin oil manufacturing factory in North Sulawesi province.
- Successfully manage and negotiate two different employee union managements with 7500 members in two palm oil plantations
Country Manager, Human Resources
PT Dow Chemical Indonesia
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
09.1996 - 03.2005
- Oversee the effective delivery of all human resources management, including compensation, HR information systems, performance management, including disciplinary action, recruitment, manage all legal and regulatory compliance issues; manage all external audits for benefit plans.
- Actively participated in Human Resources aspects in acquiring Union Carbide in 1999 and later in 2004 close its operation di Indonesia without having any labor issue.
- Successfully convinced the management and union members of PT Union Carbide to dissolve the union at the Cimanggis site after 3 years of merging with Dow Chemical, and become a non-union site like the other 2 Dow sites in Cilegon and Medan. This is the first case in Depok Districk where workers voluntarily dissolve their own employee union
- Served as Director of the Dow Indonesia Pension Fund from 1999-2005
Manufacturing Plant Manager
PT Unggul Summit Particle Board Indonesia
Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
06.1993 - 06.1996
- Responsible for production, safety, maintenance, quality control, environmental compliance, packaging, warehousing, and shipping, as well as labor relations.
- Accountable for 200 shift employees including 5 managers and 20 Supervisor / staff employees.
- Successfully broke the production record of exceeding 6000m3 particle board per month and consistently for 6 months in a row
- Served as ISO 9001 Management Representative for PT Daya Sakti Unggul Plywood Factory, and got the first ISO 9001 certificate for company in province of South Kalimantan and the second in Indonesia for export Plywood producers
Petroleum Engineer
PT Atlantic Richfield Indonesia Inc.
Jakarta, DKI Jakarta
09.1990 - 12.1991
- Designed for calculations and drawings of more than 20 offshore oil production pipelines in west java sea and analyzing exploration drilling reports to calculate thickness of formation layer and to determine location for submersible pumps.
- Started working as an engineer before graduating
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Petroleum Engineering
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
Bandung 08.1985 - 04.1991
MBA - Marketing Management And Research
Prasetiya Mulya School of Management
Jakarta 12.1991 - 03.1993
Bachelor of Arts - Law (Pre-Law)
Universitas Borobudur
Jakarta 01.2004 - 10.2007
Skills
Risk management
Understanding of business functions
Company organization
Grievance handling
Workforce improvements
Succession planning
Business laws proficiency
Budget forecasting
Business support software proficiency
Benefits and compensation management
Organizational Development
Labor negotiations
Travelling and Sport
I like visiting new places. Currently, my wife and I have visited more than 40 countries, and the target is to visit 10-20 new countries in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa in the next 10 years.
I also started to like golf in the last 5 years
Timeline
Director of Business Support Services
PT GAC Samudera Logistics
01.2020 - Current
Director
PT Samudera Daya Mitra ; PT Satuan Harapan Indonesia
06.2016 - 12.2019
Independent Director
PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk
05.2012 - 06.2016
VP of Human Resources
DANONE Aqua
01.2011 - 05.2012
Public Affair & Government Relation Director
CTP, A Cargill Plantation Company
05.2007 - 12.2010
Director of Human Resources
PT Cargill Indonesia
03.2005 - 05.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Law (Pre-Law)
Universitas Borobudur
01.2004 - 10.2007
Country Manager, Human Resources
PT Dow Chemical Indonesia
09.1996 - 03.2005
Manufacturing Plant Manager
PT Unggul Summit Particle Board Indonesia
06.1993 - 06.1996
MBA - Marketing Management And Research
Prasetiya Mulya School of Management
12.1991 - 03.1993
Petroleum Engineer
PT Atlantic Richfield Indonesia Inc.
09.1990 - 12.1991
Bachelor of Engineering - Petroleum Engineering
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
08.1985 - 04.1991