Leon Potgieter

I'm a seasoned Business Manager who's spent years in the South African and Middle Eastern Motor and Trucking industry. 

Having started my career at Volkswagen of South Africa, I transitioned to the Retail side of the business where I was earmarked, assessed and seconded to enrol for a Senior Management programme at Stellenbosch University's Business School in 2006.  Being part of a group of 15 delegates from all over South Africa, with similar aspirations and goals, brought some urgency and commitment.  Here we were coached by experts in the field of     Finance

                        HR 

                        Strategic Leadership 

                        Market Perspective Management.

This opportunity and privilege fuelled my urge to be a successful GM in the South African Motor Industry to such an extent that I was honoured with the Best Student of 2006 accolade.  

In hindsight, this programme sharpened my: 

               Quality of Judgement 

               Ability to maximise Operational Assets 

               Renewed focus on Employee Ability and Impact 

               Ability to gain clear agreement from staff  

               Skill to encourage organisational and individual    

               responsibility

               Ability to set appropriate standards of behaviour

               Decisiveness in identifying and organising the resources    

               needed                                                                                                

Personally, my beliefs are:  

   Serve rather than instruct 

   Contributions rather than positions 

   Doing what you say you will 

   In the eyes of the customer and shareholder, we never get a    second chance to make a first impression.      

  "Opportunities" are never lost, should we not take them -   

    our opposition will.

    All personnel count enough to be cared for.

    Fail to prepare   - Prepare to fail. 

Human Resource Management

Finance and Management Accounting 

Business Policy

Marketing 

Stock Control 

Advertising 

Sales Management 

Customer Care  

Senior Management Diploma at Stellenbosch University:

Through exerting our own temperament, passion, and management style, we were coached in terms of 

Finance

HR 

Strategic Leadership 

Market Perspective Management.

I managed to:  Gain clear agreement from staff

                           Anticipating changes in marketing conditions

                           Analysing numerical data 

                           Make rational judgements based on facts/trends

                           Setting clearly defined objectives 

                           Focusing on customer needs and satisfaction 

                           Controlling costs and think in terms of profit