Not Just Financing, Retirement Programme Now Focuses on Mentoring
Preparation for entering retirement is no longer solely focused on providing access to financing, but rather on establishing a sustainable mentoring ecosystem. This step is considered crucial to ensure workers remain independent, healthy, and economically productive after completing their service period.
This spirit served as the main foundation for PT Bank Mandiri Taspen and PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero) in strengthening their strategic synergy through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday (19/8). The cooperation includes optimising banking services, developing an agro-industry business ecosystem, and pre-retirement human resource (HR) preparation programmes.
Director of Transformation and Business Development at Bank Mandiri Taspen Noer Fajrieansyah said the cooperation is not only aimed at meeting the banking service needs of PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero), but also at building an ecosystem that provides benefits for employees, retirees, business actors, and the community.
According to Noer, one focus of the cooperation is mentoring for employees who are about to enter retirement. The needs of retirees, he said, are not limited to access to financing, but also mentoring so they remain productive after entering retirement.
“What must be built is an ecosystem. Bank Mandiri Taspen focuses on the pensioner and senior citizen ecosystem, both those entering retirement in five, 10 or 20 years’ time,” said Noer.
He said the synergy with PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero) can expand the mentoring programme through business development and social activities that have the potential to provide economic benefits.
One of the opportunities being explored is the development of the agricultural sector and business ecosystem, including through non-subsidised kiosks and commercial activities involving business actors, the senior citizen ecosystem and the community.
Noer expressed hope that the MoU would be followed up promptly through concrete programmes so that the benefits of the cooperation can be felt directly by the community.
Director of Finance and General Affairs at PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero) Adityo Wibowo said Bank Mandiri Taspen is one of the company’s strategic partners in expanding synergy.
According to Adityo, the scope of cooperation is broader than just a business relationship because it can create added value for the company, employees, and the community.
From a corporate perspective, the synergy can include transactional services, fund management, optimisation of banking services, and financing tailored to the company’s needs.
“PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero) is a strategic partner. Not only building a business relationship, but how to create great value for the company, employees, and the community,” said Adityo.
Adityo added that PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero) also pays attention to employees until they enter retirement. Currently, around 90 per cent of the company’s employees are under 40 years old.
With this composition, most employees are expected to enter retirement in the next 10-15 years. Nevertheless, the company has begun preparing programmes so that employees remain independent and productive after retirement.
Therefore, PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero) welcomes the pre-retirement preparation and entrepreneurship development programmes that are part of the cooperation with Bank Mandiri Taspen.
In addition to the retirement programme, the cooperation between the two companies also opens up opportunities for developing an agro-industry business ecosystem. One of these is through the development of business packages for distributors and retailers as well as business schemes that can strengthen the agro-industry supply chain.
This step is considered in line with the business of PT Petrokimia Gresik (Persero), which operates in the agro-industry sector. The ecosystem development is expected not only to support product availability, but also to create added value for business actors and the community.
From a corporate and supply chain perspective, the cooperation between the two entities also extends to the development of business packages for distributors and retailers of agro-industry products, as well as collaboration on Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (TJSL) programmes focused on community economic empowerment and environmental sustainability.
“We hope this cooperation does not stop at banking needs and retirement preparation, but develops into the construction of a broad business ecosystem that provides real benefits for both companies and the community,” he explained.