Yet the timing couldn't have been better. The bicycle craze of the 1890s was booming. The horseless carriage, some ventured to call it the automobile, was a wide-open challenge. Even the depression of 1893 was beginning to fade. So on August 29, 1898, Goodyear was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000.
David E. Hill, who purchased $30,000 of stock, became the first president. But it was the dynamic and visionary founder, hard-driving Seiberling, who chose the name and determined the distinctive trademark. The winged-foot trademark, inspired by a newel-post statuette of Mercury in the Seiberling home, has been altered over the years. Yet, it remains an integral part of the Goodyear signature, a symbolic link with the company’s historic past.
Something else about these legendary early years lingers on through Goodyear’s history. Something elusive and intangible, yet very real. Something about the people. People like Seiberling, actually trying to liquidate family-owned property in 1898 when he ended up taking that once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy -- at a bargain -- the seven-acre tract that became Goodyear. People like George M. Stadelman, a man who avoided crowds and never made a speech, yet had a gift of integrity and foresight that guided Goodyear’s sales through a critical 20 years. People like Paul W. Litchfield, whose conviction and leadership helped inspire Goodyear’s development for nearly six decades.
With just 13 employees, Goodyear production began on November 21, 1898, with a product line of bicycle and carriage tires, horseshoe pads and -- fitting the gamble Seiberling was making -- poker chips. The first recorded payroll amounted to $217.86 based on the prevailing wage of 13 to 25 cents an hour for a 10-hour day. After the first full month of business, sales amounted to $8,246. Since the first bicycle tire in 1898, Goodyear pedaled its way toward becoming the world’s largest tire company, a title it earned in 1916 when it adopted the slogan "More people ride on Goodyear tires than on any other kind," becoming the world’s largest rubber company in 1926.
Today, Goodyear measures sales of nearly $20 billion, although it took 53 years before the company reached the first billion-dollar-year milestone. And it all began in a converted strawboard factory on the banks of the Little Cuyahoga River in East Akron, Ohio. Spanning the years, through all of those yesterdays, a legion of firsts and facts and figures appears that reflect the making of a company.
Goodyear is one of the world's leading tire companies. Together with its U.S. and international subsidiaries and joint ventures, Goodyear manufactures and markets tires for most applications. It also manufactures and sells several lines of power transmission belts, hose and other rubber products for the transportation industry and various industrial and consumer markets, as well as rubber related chemicals for various applications. Goodyear is the world's largest operator of commercial truck service and tire retreading centers. In addition, it operates more than 1,800 tire and auto service center outlets.
Goodyear employs more than 75,000 associates worldwide and manufactures its products in more than 90 facilities in 28 countries.
Goodyear Indonesia is now looking for the talented people with a passionate, enterprising spirit to help us shape the future of our business in Indonesia, located in Bogor, West Java. These are people who enjoy responsibility, strive to achieve, open to change and have a collaborative style. The current opportunity is:
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If you have the above profile and wish to be part of our team, please send your maximum 2 pages of resume with current photograph to:
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Available Position
Marketing Analyst
Bogor (Jawa Barat)
Responsibilities:
- Analyze market potential of current and future tire products through many sources
- Monitor & analyze competitors regularly and provide timely reports
- Regularly visit Goodyear store to collect data, understand market and competitive situation
- Working closely with Product Manager in creating sales estimation of new product lines and sizes and also analyzing pricing levels between competitors or other Goodyear products
- Working closely with Sales department in collecting data feedback from market
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Management, Economy, Statistics with min. GPA 3.00
- Having 2 years experience in Business Analyst, Marketing/ Sales Area, and related is preferable
- Having strong interest in automotive, tire and accessories
- Strong analytical thinking
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good command in English, both oral and written
- Computer literate
Senior Electrical Engineer
Jakarta Raya
Responsibilities:
- Performs engineering work to design, modify and evaluate electronic apparatus, components or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices. Responsible also in installation and trouble shooting. Analyzes equipment to establish operating data and conduct experimental tests
Requirements:
- Education and/or experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
- At least solid previous 8 years experience, preferably in manufacturing industries
- Good knowledge of
- Control System PLC Allen Bradley PLC 5, panel view, SLC 500 families, ControlLogix, Servo Motor Controller and drive controller
- Electrical Plant Power Distribution
- High voltage system 20 kV and 2.4 kV
- All kind of electrical equipments such as switchgear, protection relay, power instrumentation, Circuit Breaker (ACB, VCB, MCCB), Electric motor AC/DC and servo motor
- Electrical Cabling Standard
- Electrical standard regulation such as NEC, NFPA, IEEE etc.
- Wiring diagram, grounding system and maintenance system:Good leadership, self motivated, high initiative and mature
Intern Students
Jakarta Raya
Requirements:
- You are a student for bachelor degree/master's degree
- You have prior knowledge in the respective field through your studies
- You have very good English
- You have the commitment for a 3-6 months program
Management Trainee
Jakarta Raya
Responsibilities:
- We look for enthusiastic and creative young people, who will take the opportunities of abundant learning, experience and challenge to become future leaders in Goodyear
- After joining Goodyear, you will experience a comprehensive On-boarding Program, to understand the business operation and all the functional supports. Then you’ll work for a set period as a trainee in various parts of our business and challenged with on-the job training and projects, before taking up a permanent position. The program is tailored to your personal requirements, taking into consideration your qualifications and target position
Requirements:
- You’ll need an excellent academic record, with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- You are comfortable working in English
- You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- You are not more than 28 years and you have 0-2 years of working experience
Accountant
Jakarta Raya
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree in Accounting with excellent academic record
- Computer literate
- Meticulous, accurate, diligent and well organized
- Willing/able to work under time pressure
- Good interpersonal skill and able to work in team
- Understanding of English will be an advantage
- Good in both oral and written in English
- High initiative, work under minimum supervision
- Computer literate (MS office is a must)
Compounder
Jakarta Raya
Responsibilities:
- The incumbent is responsible to assure the material and process are within corporate specifications and improve an existing production process and develop recommendation for changes of working methods or operation sequences that will minimize risks, cost and wastage –increase yield and productivity – and improve the quality and consistency of final product
Requirements:
- Education and/or experience equivalent with Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering or chemistry field
- Professional experiences in manufacturing area, preferably in compounding role. Fresh graduate are welcome
- Excellent problem solving, attention to detail and statistic skills
- Technical knowledge of manufacturing processes includes the point of company’s goals & business improvement systems
- Demonstrated strong analytical thinking
- Good in both oral and written in English
- High initiative, work under minimum supervision
- Computer literate (MS office is a must)
Sales Executive
Jakarta Raya
Responsibilities:
- To plan and implement sales activities in tire stores in order to achieve agreed sales volume, pricing and selling cost objectives by implementing consistently the overall sales strategy
Requirements:
- University graduated from reputable university
- At least 2 years previous experience in sales area for Automotive or Heavy Equipment Industry
- Excellent in both interpersonal & communication skills
- Good presentation skill
- Willing to travel and to be relocated (if required)
- Hard worker and a team player
- Highly motivated and proactive
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office is a must)
