By Buhle Nomgalasa.
I-Mercedes-Benz yoMzantsi Afrika ibhengeze utshintsho olubalulekileyo lobunkokeli kule nkampani, lowo nguAbey Kgotle oza kuba yi-CEO ekunye noClaudius Steinhoff besebenzisana ukusuka ngomhla wokuqala (1) kweyoMnga ka-2025.
UKgotle, ngoku ongumlawuli olawulayo wemicimbi yabasebenzi kunye nemicimbi yeshishini, uza kuthatha indawo kaAndreas Brand, ofudukela kwindima yehlabathi ngaphakathi kweMercedes-Benz AG yaseJamani. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini (20) yamava kwiindima zemigodi, imveliso, kunye necandelo likarhulumente, uKgotle uzisa ubutyebi bobuchule kwesi sikhundla.
Iindima zakhe zangaphambili kwibhodi yeDaimler Trucks kunye neMercedes-Benz Financial Services, kunye nesikhundla sakhe sangoku njengosihlalo weAutomobile Manufacturers Employers’ Organisation, kumenza ukhetho olucwangcisiweyo lokulawula ikamva lenkampani.
UAndreas Brand, okhokele iMercedes-Benz SA ukusukela ngo-2022, uya kutshintshela kwindima yolawulo eyongamela uthungelwano lwemveliso eStuttgart. Phantsi kobunkokeli bakhe, inkampani iphumelele ukusebenza ngokugqwesileyo kunye nokukhula okuzinzileyo, ifumana indumiso kwibhodi ngendlela yakhe entsha.
Ukuhamba kwakhe kuphawula isiphelo sesahluko esiyimpumelelo, kodwa inkampani inethemba lokukwazi kukaKgotle ukwakha kwesi siseko. Ibhodi yaqaqambisa ubunkokeli obungqiniweyo bukaKgotle kunye nombono njengee-asethi eziphambili ekuqhubeleni uphawu phambili kukhuphiswano lwentengiso yeemoto.
Ukuqeshwa kukaKgotle kubonisa ukuzibophelela kweMercedes-Benz SA kubunkokeli obuqinileyo basekhaya nokubaluleka kwehlabathi. Imvelaphi yakhe eyahluka hlukeneyo eqala kumacandelo abucala kunye nekarhulumente imbeka kakuhle ukuba aqhubele phambili imingeni yoshishino, kubandakanywa nokutshintshela kwiimoto zombane kunye nokuveliswa okuzinzileyo.
Njengoko imbonakalo yemoto ikhula, ubunkokeli bukaKgotle buza kubaluleka ekugcineni indawo ephambili yeMercedes-Benz ngelixa kuhlolwa amathuba amatsha okukhula eMzantsi Afrika nangaphaya. Utshintsho lubonisa ukuzithemba kwenkampani kumbhobho wetalente yendawo kunye nesicwangciso sayo sokuphumelela kwexesha elide.