AGRICULTURAL
Senwes now in the Eastern Cape!
Johan Jacobs, Senwes Regional Manager: Agri has recently moved
office to the Eastern Cape to facilitate Senwes’ move into the area.
Senwes Scenario sat down with him to get a clear picture of what this move means for
the company and our potential new relationships with clients in the area.
Deur Kefiloe Manthata
Senwes Journalist
J
ohan explained that the aim of
the move into the Eastern Cape
was to expand the Senwes brand
in the province through the
integrated customer solution business
model and his job is to facilitate this
move to bridge the communication path
between the company and its existing
clients, as well as potential new clients.
When asked about the challenges they
have faced as a new branch, Johan
said that the remoteness of the branch
as a pioneer in the area is the biggest
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challenge. “We work in a very complex
business environment due to the wide
area and long distances from major
centres such as East London and
Bloemfontein. As a result, the producers
found many unique business solutions
to do business in the value chain. In
light of this, we have a big challenge
to understand each customer's unique
business model in order to add value”, he
said.
The growth and success of the Senwes
Equipment branches in Aliwal North,
Ugie and East London provided a good
base for expanding business in the
Eastern Cape. The plan is for Senwes to
develop a strategic business plan for the
Eastern Cape to ensure a focused way
of conducting business and guarantee
integrated solutions for customers that will
not only add value to their businesses, but
will also contribute to the sustainability of
their businesses.
Clients based in the Eastern Cape and
surrounding areas can now enjoy faster
response from a dedicated team which
strives to provide client solutions with the
Senwes values as foundation.
The Senwes Eastern Cape branch is
situated in Ugie and Johan Jacobs can
be contacted on 083 290 8576 or
074 153 6775.