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DLM is committed to real empowerment within our own environment as well as in the wider community. To View our BEE Certificate, Click Here.
Our rating has been gained through the implementation of our stated policy to pursue and achieve, over a period of time, the following:
· Empowerment shareholding and management
· A staff composition that closer reflects the broader composition of society
· The continual growth of our people by developing their potential through training and skills development as well as career pathing and mentoring
· Procurement practices that assist in reaching empowerment objectives
· The development of sustainable black enterprises
· Social upliftment through involvement in projects to help the unemployed gain skills, education initiatives, etc.
We are proud to report on our achievements to date:-
EMPOWERMENT SHAREHOLDING AND MANAGEMENT
· We entered into an empowerment deal with Shalamuka Capital (Pty) Ltd whereby they have acquired 26% of DLM and we have also empowered two of our black employees who now each own 1% of DLM, total black shareholding at DLM is 28%.
· Over 30% of DLM's Top Management is black.
We have a mentoring programme in place in order to fast track the progress of black employees and to ensure that our people are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge before they are promoted into senior managerial positions.
Successes to date include:
Our Technical Manager joined as a senior technician. He gained experience in our Projects Division before being promoted to his current position. He has also joined the Executive Committee of DLM.
Our Stores Manager joined DLM as Assistant Store Manager, following a number of years of mentoring and coaching, he has been promoted to his current position and serves on the Executive Committee.
The Manager of our Kwazulu Natal Service Division joined us as a technician. Through training and experience he gained the necessary knowledge and was promoted to the position of Service Manager.
A notable success is the Workshop Manager of our steam and safety and reducing valve section in Johannesburg. He was employed as a driver, joined the workshop staff, was trained and then promoted to Assistant Workshop Manager, was transferred to internal sales in order to gain sales experience and was then promoted to his present position.
Our Stores Administration Clerk started as a tea lady and joined our ABET programme, after successfully completing the Literacy and Numeracy modules of ABET she was promoted to the position of Stores Administration Clerk. She has since successfully completed the ABET NQF1 and has enrolled for Basic Computer Skills Programme; Fire Fighting and First Aid training.
Others include our Receptionist being promoted to an Office Administration position after completing the Office Administration course at Rosebank College, and a temporary Office Administrator joining permanent staff and being trained as a Terminal Management Systems Support Technician.
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
All employment decisions, company programmes and personnel actions are administered in conjunction with DLM’s equal employment and diversity goals, and our Employment Equity Plan
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
DLM has a Skills Development Committee which is representative of all race and gender groups and is headed up by a black female Skills Development Facilitator. A formal Skills Development Plan has been drawn up and is being adhered to.
· As part of our Skills Development Plan an ongoing Basic English, Mathematics and Computer Skills course (ABET) was introduced in 2003 where a number of our stores staff all from previously disadvantaged groups, have enrolled on this course and attend lessons every week.
· An ongoing in-house training programme for all levels of permanent staff has been implemented.
· Employees are encouraged to continually improve their educational qualifications and skills by enrolling in suitable courses at external educational establishments. DLM funds these courses.
· DLM provides newly qualified, inexperienced historically disadvantaged individuals with opportunities to gain work experience. Six students from VUT and TUT were given the opportunity to gain work experience while completing their qualifications. We believe that the experience gained at DLM prepares them for permanent future employment.
PREFERENTIAL PROCUREMENT
DLM is an import trading company and products are sourced from overseas suppliers where there is no equal local alternative.
For all other goods and services that can be sourced locally, DLM has committed itself to make use of BEE companies wherever possible. Local BEE suppliers are identified and appointed as preferential suppliers and also benefit from our Enterprise Development programme of settling accounts early.
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Our aim is to locate small black owned companies or develop new ones and then to assist them to become self-sufficient and profitable enterprises capable of offering employment opportunities to others, thereby creating ever expanding base of job providers and reducing unemployment in South Africa. We are continuously looking for qualifying entities that can benefit from this initiative in the form of training and mentoring and other means of developing small enterprises
· A Black Woman Owned company has been identified and is being assisted in its endeavour to become a reputable supplier, as well as a repair service and support organisation. They have been appointed as suppliers of DLM products, and we are providing training and mentoring of their staff. The aim is to ensure that they become a sustainable company, ultimately enjoying financial and operational independence.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
We are firm believers in the parable that “it is better to teach a man to fish rather than to give him a fish”. Various self help projects such as one to give tools, instruction and training in how to make saleable products are constantly sought, evaluated and supported if they meet our criteria.
· DLM has "adopted" a number of child development and disabled persons centres where food supplies and groceries are delivered on a monthly basis. Further, our staff members are encouraged to donate clothing, toys and educational items which are delivered along with the groceries.
· We have prioritised education and skills development to ensure that previously disadvantaged youth have the opportunity to take part in the economy. To date we have assisted a number of previously disadvantaged individuals with registration fees, tuition fees and book allowance.
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