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Learnership programme a leg up for lagging BEE
Hino used Nampo to brief the media on its latest strategy reports Mark Smyth
Hino briefed the media on the latest developments in its strategy at Nampo recently. One of its biggest issues is that of an ageing workforce, particularly regarding its sales staff, Hino SA vice-president Ernie Trautmann says. "Seventy percent of Hino SA sales executives are older than 50," he says, adding transformation is also slow going. "We need to improve our BEE component in truck sales," Trautmann says. The company has introduced a new learnership programme to try to remedy this, taking on 12 students with the objective of injecting new, young blood into the company. It is a problem the whole truck industry is facing, with many looking to the more glamorous car industry for sales and technical positions. Aside from the need to bring in new blood, the company is also dealing with a challenging market, but Trautmann says the industry was surprisingly resilient in the first quarter of 2017. Dealing with unexpected challenges is also not easy. "The cabinet reshuffle was not in a...
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