Farid Manan

I am professional and experienced in managing operations and business, starting from sales, marketing, after sales service, customer care, distribution, retail in the last 25 years which are generally engaged in ICT, FMCG, Supply Chain Management, Logistic and Inventory, creating and building partnerships with distribution partners and brand owners or manufacturer.

As a professional for more than 25 years, I have the ability and expertise to lead and manage the sales & marketing team, business development and operation of the organization, and my experience in building and maintaining cooperative relationships with partners and brand holders or manufacturers has also contributed significantly to the organization.

Farid Manan started his professional career by joining with Multipolar Corp. on July 1990, right after finishing his worked at Plantation in Medan for one year.  He is graduated of Bogor Agricultural University for Soil Science major study.

At Multipolar Corp. which is one of the biggest IT Company and one of the largest of IBM Business Partner in Indonesia at that time, he started as a System Integrator and responsibility for Government Bank Account.

More less three years working for Multipolar Corp., he was joint with PT Vulgo Dahanatata, as subsidiary company of PT New Armada – whereas has a core business as Automotive Manufacturing in Central Java.  With specialization sales and marketing, he assigned as Senior Business Manager of his products portfolio such as voice processing, voice logging, etc.

At the meantime he continuing his study for Strata Two (Pasca Sarjana) and took Marketing for his major.  He finished the study in 1997 and one year after he joined with PT Dian Graha Elektrika as Sales and Marketing Manager.

At PT Dian Graha Elektrika as sole agent of Siemens AG for more than 20 years, he responsible for Mobile Phone Business and since the Fiscal Year 1998/1999 he also responsible for analog, digital products such as DECT, Stationary GSM, Information Security, ISDN interface and terminals and etcetera, which all the products come into the new division so called Communications Devices.  Together with Siemens Company in Asia Pacific Region for Communications Devices Unit Business, he has periodically meeting to develop market in Indonesia especially and South & South East Asia in generally.

He also has to dealing and negotiating with Principals/Siemens AG, setup and developing for the channel or marketing network including support and service organization and monitoring the overall operation of the Unit Business.  During his marketing/managerial career, he has many seminars and training domestic and overseas about the sales, marketing, human resources and finance.  Finally, he appointed as Deputy General Manager starting 1st October 2001 before he appointed as General Manager at 1st January 2005 until February 2011.

He continued working as Director in PT Setia Utama Services as subsidiary company of PT Telesindo Utama about one year before he moved to PT Eka Lancar Internusa as Operation Director since October 2011 up to December 2020. Where the last two companies are still engaged in the telecommunication industry which focuses on after-sales service and distribution of products.