Arwin Soelaksono

Current

• Deputy Director Construction Department - Aceh Program at Save the Children

Past

• Operations Director at Tsunami Disaster Response Project Habitat For Humanity Indonesia
• Business Development Manager at PT Innovasi Sarana Graphindo
• General Manager at PT Nobelia Konstruksindo

• Site Manager at PT Swakarya Centraditama
• Project Coordinator at PT Freyssinet Total Technology

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Education

• Universitas Indonesia

Connections

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Industry

Construction

Websites

• My Blog

Arwin Soelaksono’s Summary

Arwin Soelaksono has more than 15 years experience in managerial role in private company and International NGO. His experience encompasses the establishment of new products or new businesses development. These include setting up system, policy and protocol, human resource development and marketing strategy. Other experience that can be highlighted here is he has the capacity on managing the organization during difficult time, crises with challenging environment. It was during Asia economic crisis in 1998 and tsunami disaster response and recovery in Aceh, Indonesia during 2005-2009.

Arwin Soelaksono’s Specialties:

Leadership of international organization, strategic planning and operation management

Arwin Soelaksono’s Experience

• Deputy Director Construction Department - Aceh Program

  Save the Children

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Managing operations entire projects mentioned above and lead 4 project managers for housing, schools building, and clinic building and water sanitation projects.
  • Project planning, budgeting, program proposals, monitoring and evaluation, including reporting to the stakeholders.
  • Lead Construction Department to provide technical assistance, supervise Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors to set up job package for contracting start from tender, awarding, project implementation including payment approval.
  • Coordination with Finance Department to monitor budget versus actual expenditure and payment process.
  • Coordination with Human Resource Manager in staffing plan, recruiting, hiring, managing staff including promotion and ending employment. Other assignment in this field is staff capacity building.
  • Through Operation Manager administer support for construction work such as procurement, logistic and warehouse, transportation and security.
  • Communicate with other Save the Children sectors due to ensure continuity and consistency in reconstruction efforts including assist District Manager in formulating reconstruction strategies.

• Operations Director

  Tsunami Disaster Response Project Habitat For Humanity Indonesia

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  November 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 3 months)

  Designed, developed and implementing project management systems and methodologies for massive housing reconstruction in disaster area.
  • Planning and budgeting for entire operations.
  • Project monitoring and evaluation in terms of work quality and finance in budget versus actual realization.
  • Set up construction job for direct implementation, contractors and suppliers. The set up encompasses TOR, job package, budgeting, bidding, awarding, monitoring and set up payment method.
  • In Human and Resource function, responsible for the work of about 100 local and international staffs.
  • Set up organization and its structure in 4 districts operation areas which completed construction of more than 4,300 permanent houses.
  • Being part of senior management team in responding more than 5 audits and evaluation during the 2 years operation; including audit from PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Ernst&Young.
  • Being part of senior leadership team in Asia Pacific area office (Bangkok) to determine 3 years achievement target and its business strategies.
  • Disaster Response Task Force Asia Pacific office team member. Involved in team who forming manual, policies and protocols for disaster response.
  • Institutionalizing the lessons learned and best practices in Aceh disaster response and reconstruction into manuals, systems and project management software. For personal interest I put the lessons learned in my personal blog in www.disaster-response.cc

• Business Development Manager

  PT Innovasi Sarana Graphindo

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2005 — October 2005 (9 months)

• General Manager

  PT Nobelia Konstruksindo

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)

  January 1998 — January 2005 (7 years 1 month)

• Site Manager

  PT Swakarya Centraditama

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)

  January 1996 — January 1998 (2 years 1 month)

• Project Coordinator

  PT Freyssinet Total Technology

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Construction industry)

  September 1990 — January 1996 (5 years 5 months)

Arwin Soelaksono’s Education

• Universitas Indonesia

  Civil Engineer , Construction , 1983 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Perkantas

Additional Information

Arwin Soelaksono’s Websites:

• My Blog

Arwin Soelaksono’s Interests:

• Book and articles writing mostly on business strategies for marketing using many internet tools, like websites, emails, discussion groups, blogs etc. A book of marketing management entitled "Panduan Penggunaan Milis Untuk Memenangkan Bisnis" already published by PT Elex Media Komputindo, Jakarta • Investing • Outdoor activities (whitewater rafting and hiking) • Traveling.

Arwin Soelaksono’s Groups:

Perkantas, Habitat for Humanity, Tsunami Disaster Response and reConstruction, Save the Children

•    Habitat for Humanity [official group]
•    Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) - US Membership
•    UI Alumni
•    Save the Children

Arwin Soelaksono’s Contact Settings

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