KGOMOTSO MAKAKASE: Senior Manufacturing Manager at Hesto Harnesses
#AutomotiveAllies: Kgomotso Makakase, nominated by Mahesh Iyavoo and Rajen Naidoo, is a Senior Manufacturing Manager at HESTO Harnesses. Kgomotso holds 21 years of experience in Learning and Development in the telecommunication, transport, food and automotive sectors. In 2017, Kgomotso’s career took a turn as she took a leap of faith into the unknown and began a career in manufacturing as a Senior Manufacturing Manager. This is a position Kgomotso has held for three years.
Kgomotso’s thoughts on #ThingsIWishIKnew and #TheFutureIsFemale:
#ThingsIWishIKnew: Team effort and or a multidisciplinary team is key to achieve great results for achieving efficiencies, engineering changes, model changes and KAIZEN improvements. Become a learning organisation and share information. We are all important pieces of a puzzle and together we complete the puzzle effortlessly.
Kgomotso’s advice to other women in the sector: