Goscor access rental MDThe executive management of the Goscor Group of Companies welcomes Andrew Kendrick as the newly appointed managing director of Goscor Access Rental (GAR), a specialist rental company of a wide range of mobile lifting equipment and systems.
Kendrick, who recently attained a post graduate diploma in business management from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, brings tremendous business as well as technical experience to GAR, having held key positions at Kentz Construction, Terex Africa and Bell Equipment. During his time at Kentz, Andrew started a global internal assets division for the company which was managed from South Africa. Kendrick was responsible for controlling over 5 000 pieces of equipment worldwide.
“As someone who worked my way from the bottom up, I believe I bring a down-to-earth feel to the business,” says Kendrick. “In addition, my practical experience and my understanding the need of urgency and the practicality of requirements are important in the rental business and will add much value when it comes to our customer base.”
While 2015 was a tough year, willingness, attention to detail and nurturing good customer relations are what enabled GAR to shine during these tough periods, says Kendrick. The economic slump with its usual accompaniment of a weak exchange rate and low commodity prices will continue to create a very difficult business environment for some time to come. This aside, Andrew still envisages growth in some sectors during 2016..”
Kendrick believes that the strongest medium and long term growth will have to be garnered in the rest of Africa.
“Countries exhibiting good governance, sound fiscal policies and investor friendly-markets will be the areas that attract expansion. When they do, I predict it will be an expansion of infrastructure the likes of which has not been seen by South Africa since the 80s. The industry we are in follows construction and as such, once the construction boom starts we will be there to support our customers and the local companies during maintenance and repair projects well into the future.”
Revealing GAR’s medium term plans, Kendrick says they will concentrate on building small but strong networks locally and within the African continent.
“We are not under any illusion that 2016 is going to present more challenges. But with our reputation for providing the right quality tool for the right job, helping our customers complete projects on time and within budget and our 24/7 service excellence we say ‘bring it on’.”
