Dr. Jimmy Sadeli, M.M.

Dr. Jimmy Sadeli, M.M.

Jimmy Sadeli has more than 27 years of combined experiences during his professional years across various industries, such as production & manufacturing, banking & finance, international trading, strategic HR & management consulting, as well as education management. He worked as the Vice President at holding level for a group of companies dealing in different businesses such as garment, property, and plantation, with around 9000 employees in total. Jimmy was responsible for several areas, widely covering Human Capital, Information Technology, Corporate Affairs and Legal for Indonesian, Hong Kong and China operations.

Prior to this position, Jimmy was the Chief Human Capital Officer (Human Capital Director) of the largest private education institution in Indonesia (BINUS Group) managing around 2500 full time employees. Jimmy was responsible in designing, developing and implementing all aspects of Human Capital, as well as in developing and formulating BINUS Group’s strategic direction to be the leading education institution in Indonesia. Previously Jimmy worked for Towers Watson as Senior Consultant where he assisted many organizations including multinational, local as well as state owned enterprises. Currently Jimmy is a Senior Advisor for Milliman Indonesia, a global consulting firm. As a Lecturer, Corporate Trainer and Public Speaker, Jimmy has been lecturing for graduate management programs (Master& Doctoral) in University of Indonesia (MM – FEUI) and BINUS University in the subjects of Strategic Management, Human Resource Management and Operations Management. Jimmy is also a Facilitator / Corporate Trainer for many organizations, including Astra International (AMDI), Santos Oil, SKK Migas, Gajah Tunggal Group, Holcim, BCA, Bank Mandiri, and Bank Commonwealth. In addition, Jimmy is frequently invited to speak at various public forums conducted by Strategic Asia, SWA Magazine, Human Resources Club, etc. Jimmy earned his Bachelor degree from Iowa State University, USA, majoring in Industrial Engineering. He then pursued his Masters and PhD degrees, both from University of Indonesia, majoring in International Management and Strategic Management respectively.

Case Document

[CASE STUDY] PT. KAI: BUSINESS & PEOPLE TRANSFORMATION - THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF IGNASIUS JONAN

The key operation of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia is now more on the customer perspective such as better customer service, competitive price, on time schedule and safety. One of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia’s services is on how customer can buy their ticket faster and convenience. Currently, customer can buy their ticket through many channels of ticket distribution in mini markets, even 90 days before the D-day. People can now buy their ticket through a franchise store and also through online payment that allows customer to pay directly through the ATM. This services has resulted many achievements and awards in 2013 on various area, from marketing, GCG, IT and Jonan appointed as The Best CEO of State-Owned Enterprises. PT. KAI has change from an old perception into a brand new experience of a real customer oriented services. The main transformation element was the leadership role from Jonan during 2009-2014. He mostly touched the operational aspects which focus more on the customer satisfaction. The transformation of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia would be a very good example on how a company can have its own turnaround point and transformed to be a better and performed company with a strong leadership.