{"id":12701,"date":"2012-05-18T00:12:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T22:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=12701"},"modified":"2012-05-18T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T10:43:23","slug":"vodacom-restructures-to-boost-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/12701\/vodacom-restructures-to-boost-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom restructures to boost operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vodacom<\/a> South Africa is undergoing a restructuring process aimed at giving the company a “clearer idea of which customers they are servicing, and delivering on what their customers want and need”.<\/p>\n

In April, Vodacom announced that Sipho Maseko<\/a> had been named the \u2018Group Chief Operating Officer\u2019 for Vodacom while he retained his role as leading Vodacom South Africa.<\/p>\n

Seven South African business units now report to Maseko – Consumer Business Unit; Enterprise Business Unit; Financial Services; Customer Operations; Finance South Africa; HR South Africa; and Innovations & Partnering.<\/p>\n

Two other South African units – the Chief Network Officer and Information Technology SA – report to Vodacom Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Andries Delport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the restructuring process, Vodacom\u2019s regional structures will be simplified while finance, human resources and other support teams will also make changes to fit the new structure.<\/p>\n

Vodacom also plans to bring together the Vodacom Group and Vodacom SA finance departments with the goal of “speed and simplicity”.<\/p>\n

The Vodacom South Africa business units are headed up by the following executives:<\/p>\n