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AFRICA
Goodyear South Africa has a New Home
roadside assistance and service offering for fleets. All over South Africa, fleets are operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is a need for a service that is readily available to cater to all their needs, reducing down-time and total cost of ownership in this recessionary climate that is focused on cost saving," said Piotr Czyzyk, Commercial and Trentyre Director.
Recently joining Goodyear South Africa leadership team as the Trentyre and Commercial Director, Czyzyk stated, "In my years working in the Commercial Product Business Unit (PBU) across Europe, I have always observed how fleet customers implemented strategies to improve their bottom line and one of those strategies is increasing efficiencies, ultimately cutting costs. Cost to maintain, cost to service, cost to keep fleets functional, cost to replace are always key factors considered by fleet owners. Trentyre's FleetFirst is specifically designed with the fleet customer in mind to help them reduce total cost of ownership, keep fleet on the
about selling tyres but helps drive the correct behaviours that will help our customers save their total cost of ownership, as we do the right things in terms of servicing, maintenance and getting customer fleets going, at all times," said Czyzyk.
Trentyre customers enjoy a premium truck tyre service, which focuses on the complete lifecycle management of commercial truck tyres. The emergency roadside assistance service, complemented by a 24/7 call centre, has a unique mapping system which ensures downtimes are kept to a minimum. The adaptable internet-based fleet management system is tailored to the specific needs of our customers and enables work to be carried out in locations across South Africa. Customers get more mileage from their truck tyres which have gone through retreading, extending the life of truck tyres whilst providing a similar performance to that of a new tyre.
"Innovation is the progress made towards simplifying yet improving current processes
Goodyear South Africa has consolidated its Johannesburg based offices by moving to a new Head Office at the Hertford Office Park in Midrand in order to support the company's business strategy of business simplification, increased efficiencies and enabling
space, that cultivates creativity and collaboration. The open plan design is essential for letting natural light into the workspace, creating a refreshing and energising work environment. Furthermore, the building is an eco-friendly facility that has all the features
Pictured standing in front of the Goodyear timeline at the new Head Office are from Left: Piotr Czyzyk; Trentyre and Commercial Director, Ria Bronkhorst; Human Resources Director, Marquis Pretorius; Sub-Saharan Director, Nonkosi Dyantyi; Group Communications Manager and Goodyear Group Managing Director; Darren Hayes Powell
effective employee engagement. "The consolidation of our Johannesburg based offices into this new office location, provides an empowering environment for our teams to continue working together in creating products and services that contribute to memorable experiences for vehicle and truck owners in every corner of Africa," stated Darren Hayes- Powell, Group Managing Director for Goodyear South Africa and Sub-Sharan Africa. According to Goodyear, a great deal of thought has gone into the design and layout of the new offices. A specific interior design scheme was implemented to create an ergonomic and attractive work
of a green star building such as energy efficient lighting; energy efficient air conditioning; back- up water and power supply.
The offices that have now found a new home at the Hertford Office Park include Trentyre staff who were based in Germiston, Goodyear Group Managing Director, Goodyear Sub-Saharan Africa team and support staff who were based at the International Business Gateway in Midrand, as well the Consumer Sales Team that was based at Hi-Q Head Office in Spartan. The Hi-Q Head Office will soon be moving to the Motor City at Waterfall in Midrand, which will be in close proximity to the new Goodyear South Africa offices.
road, and thereby giving fleet owners the peace of mind to focus on their core business." As one of the few providers with a nationwide offering, Trentyre views FleetFirst as a comprehensive product and service solution that gives fleet owners peace of mind. "Our greatest advantage is that we offer an efficient, one-touch point service throughout the lifecycle of a tyre, across the countr y, accessible at any time of the day. Our fleet management solution is not
and products. With the growing number of fleets, it became a priority for Trentyre to find a solution that would offer specialist tyre management to deliver optimum tyre solutions," explained Czyzyk. Innovation is no new thought to Goodyear, the multinational company is celebrating 120 years of existence in 2018, donning the year '120 Years of Innovation'. "FleetFirst is a response rather than a reaction. That is what innovation is about," concluded Czyzyk.
Trentyre Keeps Fleets Moving with FleetFirst
Just over a year ago, Trentyre, Goodyear South Africa’s tyre distribution and retreading subsidiary, introduced FleetFirst - a tyre management solution
servicing fleets across South Africa.
"As Trentyre, we recognised the need for a 'one-stop shop' that is inclusive of maintenance,
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