WRITTEN BY JACK SLATER

With its base in Nairobi, Kenya, Shreeji Enterprises LTD is one of the largest transportation logistics company in the East African region. Providing the safest and most reliable long haulage, warehousing and logistics services for specialize and general cargo to a range of diverse customers as well as a stock of variety of building materials for wholesale trading within the same area. Founder Haresh Vrajlal Soni spoke with us with regards to the growth and ambitions of his business.

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“We’ve grown significantly over the last three

decades,” Haresh explains, “Our road

transportation sector has grown heavily and

excelled the targets given to it while our hardware trading, which

started on a similarily small scale has equally grown up to the level

it’s at today.”

Favouring a strong organic growth Shreeji Enterprises is

now heavily involved in a number of industries, most of which are

independent organisations including areas such as building material

trading, GPS tracking, aviation, leasing manufacturing, clearing and

forwarding and construction development. If one was to follow the

lineage of each of these focusses backwards they would see it leads

directly to that single truck and one man’s dream.

With almost five hundred employees working for Shreeji

Enterprises, the company has placed itself as an example of legitimacy,

ambition and innovation with a keen approach to staff development

as the source of the company’s day to day successes.

“We look at staff development and loyalty concurrently,” Haresh

explains, “There are several statutes legislated by parliament on such

things as contractural obligation, environment impact, safety and risk

management and fidelity. Internally however, training is based on

Industry segmented under craft, National examination programmes

and internal capacity building and succession.”

Staff Development is on-going and well-articulated to facilitate

succession, diversity, and dynamics due to improved equipment at

Shreeji, especially of vehicle technology and infrastructure utility.

“We are able to counter adverse staff mobility and retention

challenges while considering the financial offers from competition

and the statutory based rate of remuneration,” he adds.

“With our industry expertise, innovative technology and a modern

approach to the real world of cargo transportation and logistics,”

Haresh tells us, “Our customers are assured that their cargo is in safe

hands. We also offer a vast variety of building materials for wholesale

in the East African Market which include reinforcement bars, steel

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An ambitious and inspiring individual, Haresh started his business in 1987, with just one truck and a goal to grow his company to be the very best in the industry. Today they have a fleet of over 425 trucks and over 485 employees.

pipes, wire products, cement and interior finishing products.”

But one of the most important elements to attribute to the

high levels of customer satisfaction comes to the almost obsessive

attention to detail, something that has been inherited from the

founder himself. The accumulative force of punctuality, accuracy

and accountability have made Shreeji Enterprises a dominant force

in this industry with a powerful reputation for highest and most

immutable levels of professionalism. Strategically situated close to

the port, Shreeji Enterprises provides haulage services directly from

the anchored ship via its warehouse situated in Shimanzi & Miritini –

Mombasa that allows them a direct route to the client.

With their products and services made available not only to the

locals in Kenya but also the neighbouring countries in the East African

Region, Haresh explains that the simple approach to managing the

hardware division has been to build strong workable relationships

with major manufacturers in Kenya to be able to provide the best

quality building materials at the most affordable rates.

Haresh states that the industry is currently buoyant but that there

are a number of hurdles to be faced such as stringent government

policies and insecurity, poor implementation of weighbridge systems

and a poor infrastructure, “This is due to the bad roads we have

though at the moment the government is trying hard to ensure that

the road network is overhauled. However they, like us are facing their

own challenges.”

Despite these challenges, 2014 and onwards is looking to

be a fantastic year for Shreeji Enterprises with fresh investment

opportunities and projects such as a new real estate development

under Delta Holding and a company rebranding expected for this

upcoming year.

“This is going to benefit the whole group by creating a new

structure that comes under Shreeji Group of Companies with the

rebranding of Shreeji Enterprises,” Haresh tells us.

He goes on to add that the Manufacturing company will be

entering into a period of expansion as it involves itself into the glass

industry and that after acquiring more aircrafts after an investment

into aviation, they will open up the potential for both regional and

international leasing.

In the same field Shreeji Enterprises will also be starting a new

leasing company that is linked to Delta Auto to provide a one stop

solution to leasing or buying vehicles with maintenance contracts.

“Delta Holdings holds a lot of prime land which will be developed

by Shreeji Construction,” he continues, “And in 2015/2016 we are

looking to invest in Agriculture as Kenya imports a lot of grains and

food products. This will in turn boost the Kenyan economy.”

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