Gambare Group Holdings - manufacturing, sourcing, warehousing and distribution of promotional items

Gambare (Pty) Ltd primary objective is to pioneer the marketing merchandise industry, we are the leaders in on-line procurement and leveraging our purchasing influence to drive black economic empowerment initiatives in companies we source products from.

The merchandise industry is primarily (99%) whiteowned, due mainly to historical discrepancies. The industry continues to struggle to transform because of the high barriers to entry, and the expertise that are required to excel and service clients effectively. Interestingly, the factories and manufacturers have roughly 98% of the staff being previously disadvantaged individuals (PDI) in their employ. Our short to medium term objective is to leverage our purchasing influence to encourage our key suppliers to take the next step to empowerment.

Gambare will ensure that our suppliers are fully informed of our short to medium term objectives, we will within 3-5 years ensure that 50% of our purchases are from B.E.E. companies.

We are in the process of educating our suppliers that we are bound by contract with COCA COLA , PAM GOLDING , BROWN FORMAN and other blue chip companies to ensure that we reach these objectives as defined in our vendor assessment application.

We are currently in the process of evaluation by EMPOWERDEX on our empowerment credentials, which is a requirement to secure our 2006/7 COCA COLA contract.

Gambare (Pty) Ltd is committed to change and would like to play a leading role within the marketing merchandise industry in driving the empowerment initiative.

Skills Development and B.E.E. 3-5 Year Plan:

Objectives:

Ensure meaningful participation by black people within Gambare (Pty) Ltd.
Achieve a balanced change to the racial and gender composition of management structures within Gambare.
Maximise current employees potential and explore growth opportunities for them within Gambare.

Targets:

Ownership:

Currently 30% of the business is black owned, we plan on increasing that to 50% within the next 5 years.

Implement an employee share ownership scheme within the next 2 years.

Management:

Executive - 50% black
Middle to junior management- 50% black and 70% female

Employment Equity:

Maintain current diversity within management structures
Training programs will be implemented within the next 12 months to enhance procurement and warehousing management skills.

Procurement Policy:

Increase purchases from B.E.E. companies from 15% to 60% within the next 3 years
Leverage purchasing influence with current key suppliers to from strategic alliances with black partners

Enterprise Development:

Assist with the development of black enterprises by facilitating 50/50 joint ventures with the warehousing facility within the next 2 years.

B.E.E. Scorecard:

B.E.E Scorecard	Current	3-5 Year plan
Equity	20/30	30/30
Management	10/10	10/10
Employement Equity	5/10	10/10
Skills Development	3/10	7/10
Preferential Procurement	14/20	20/20
Enterprise Development	0/10	5/10
Total Score out of 100	52	82