She is a no-nonsense kind of lady who started working immediately in local government after obtaining her degree in Town and Regional Planning!
InzaloEMS Senior Manager for GIS and Asset Management Alta Coetzee comes across as really astute when talking about her passion for local government. A no-nonsense kind of lady who started working immediately in local government after obtaining her degree in Town and Regional Planning, from the University of Potchefstroom. When she found a position at the Upington Municipality, she did not think twice about moving there. It was exactly what she wanted.
“Now at InzaloEMS, I am living my dream position – working with municipalities, which are an important pillar in every community,” she says. “If a municipality is not executing on their mandate to deliver services, it impacts on every single person in that community. Effective and sustainable service delivery should not only be the dream but must become a reality for every person living in South Africa.”
By combining her knowledge with her passion and passing this excitement on to her mostly female team, makes them a very effective and hard-working department, where their attention to detail is so crucial. “Things get done and all team members are willing to walk the extra mile for our clients. Being responsible also means being accountable and good client relationships and communication take priority,” Alta adds.
She firmly believes that effective Asset Management should become the number one priority for every municipality, as this environment is crucial to acceptable and sustainable service delivery. Recently, she took on two Interns, who, she says are eager to learn and will definitely be beneficial to the department.
Being a no-nonsense lady, Alta holds herself and her team to a high standard of effectiveness and productivity. “I believe in people, processes, and systems. Getting your team aligned and goal orientated is the first step to success. The next step is to understand the relevant business processes and how to execute on these processes. This approach is not only applicable to our team but also our approach when working with clients”.
By changing direction and exploring the GIS environment, Alta and the InzaloEMS team built their own in-house GIS system which links directly with their custom-built Asset Management system. Asset register data can now be mapped in a spatial environment, directly from the financial database and this is what makes InzaloEMS the leading EMS service provider in South Africa.
Alta has been married for 12 years to her best friend and biggest supporter and has a 10-year-old daughter whom she calls her Mini-Me. Spending time with her family is her number one preference. “The importance of family can never be underestimated, and they try to do everything together,” she explains.
If you talk about hobbies, then travelling is hers and Italy and Croatia are next on her list. One thing is clear, Alta really knows how to read a map and will never get lost, no matter where she is!
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