Training & Development Manager (Automotive)

Electrum; Pulau Untung Jawa; On-site; IDR 90,000,000 - 150,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Electrum is building an integrated electric-mobility ecosystem in Indonesia. We seek a hands-on leader to drive training strategy, governance, and capability development for automotive and operations teams across locations.

You will translate business priorities into competency standards, learning paths, and measurable improvements in performance, safety, quality, and customer experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Education, Industrial Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years in Learning & Development or related roles with at least 2 years leading a training team.
• Experience in automotive, motorcycle, EV, dealer, workshop, aftersales, or similar ops.
• Experience building and implementing training programmes across multiple teams/locations.
• Strong capability in training-needs analysis, instructional design, adult learning, competency assessment, and programme evaluation.
• Experience managing trainers, external providers, budgets, and competing priorities.
• Ability to translate technical and operational requirements into practical learning programmes.
• Strong facilitation, communication, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills.
• Proficient in Bahasa Indonesia with working English for technical materials.
• Willing to travel to workshops and locations as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the annual training strategy, roadmap, calendar, and budget.
• Lead training-needs analysis with Operations, Service, Sales, Infrastructure, Product, and Human Capital; prioritize programmes.
• Establish role-based competency frameworks, learning paths, and certification standards.
• Oversee curricula, training materials, facilitator guides, assessments, and on-the-job coaching tools.
• Partner with SMEs to ensure content reflects product specs, maintenance, safety, and standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop trainers; establish train-the-trainer programmes.
• Oversee classroom, virtual, workshop, and field-based training including onboarding and upskilling.
• Establish governance: assessments, certification records, retraining, version control, reporting.
• Evaluate programme effectiveness through competency assessments and KPI metrics.
• Manage external training providers and monitor costs and outcomes.
• Present capability gaps and recommendations to management; embed learning into daily work.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Instructional design

Adult learning principles

Training needs analysis

Change management

Communication skills

Bahasa Indonesia proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Data analytics / reporting tools

Job description

About Electrum

Electrum is building an integrated electric-mobility ecosystem in Indonesia, combining electric motorcycles, battery-swapping stations, and connected technology.

The Role

You will lead the training and capability-development function for Electrum’s automotive and operational teams. You will translate business priorities into competency standards, structured learning programmes, and measurable improvements in operational performance.

This is a hands-on leadership role, combining training strategy, team management, technical-training governance, and field implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the annual training strategy, roadmap, calendar, and budget in alignment with business priorities and operational capability gaps.
• Lead training-needs analysis with Operations, Service, Sales, Infrastructure, Product, and Human Capital stakeholders; prioritize programmes based on performance, safety, quality, and customer-experience needs.
• Establish role-based competency frameworks, learning paths, and certification standards for mechanics, service teams, frontline staff, supervisors, and operational managers.
• Oversee the development of curricula, training materials, facilitator guides, practical assessments, and on-the-job coaching tools.
• Partner with technical subject-matter experts to ensure training content reflects approved product specifications, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting methods, safety requirements, and operational standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop trainers; establish train-the-trainer programmes and monitor delivery quality across locations.
• Oversee classroom, virtual, workshop, and field-based training, including onboarding, technical upskilling, refresher training, and supervisory development.
• Establish training governance, including assessment criteria, certification records, retraining requirements, content version control, and reporting.
• Evaluate programme effectiveness through competency assessments, manager feedback, and relevant operational indicators, such as repair quality, repeat repairs, productivity, safety, and customer experience.
• Manage external training providers and partnerships; monitor costs, delivery quality, and programme outcomes.
• Present capability gaps, programme results, and improvement recommendations to management; work with operational leaders to embed learning into daily work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Education, Industrial Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in Learning & Development, technical training, service training, or capability development, including at least 2 years leading a training team or function.
• Relevant experience in automotive, motorcycle, EV, dealer, workshop, aftersales, or comparable technical field operations.
• Demonstrated experience building and implementing training programmes across multiple teams or operational locations.
• Strong capability in training-needs analysis, instructional design, adult learning, competency assessment, and programme evaluation.
• Experience managing trainers, subject-matter experts, external providers, training budgets, and competing business priorities.
• Ability to translate technical and operational requirements into practical learning programmes and measurable performance outcomes.
• Strong facilitation, communication, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills.
• Familiarity with learning-management systems, training records, and reporting tools.
• Proficient in Bahasa Indonesia, with working English for technical materials and stakeholder communication.
• Willing to travel to workshops and operational locations as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience establishing a technical-training academy, certification framework, or train-the-trainer programme.
• Exposure to electric motorcycles, battery systems, battery-swapping operations, or automotive aftersales.
• Experience developing mechanics, technicians, service advisors, frontline supervisors, or sales teams.
• Experience introducing digital learning and using training analytics to improve programme effectiveness.

What Success Looks Like

• Priority roles have clear competency standards, learning paths, and practical assessment criteria.
• Training is delivered consistently across locations, with reliable certification and capability records.
• Trainers and operational managers can assess capability gaps and provide effective coaching.
• Training contributes to demonstrable improvements in quality, safety, productivity, and customer experience.
• The training function operates within budget and adapts its priorities to changing business needs.