South Africa, Aug. 14 -- Over twenty years in warehousing and logistics, she has worked in almost every part of the value chain. The result is a credibility that cannot be faked: the people she leads know she understands their realities because she has lived them. In an industry that has historically been male-dominated, she has chosen to reframe her presence entirely.

That shift in framing is the difference between a career spent justifying your presence and one spent building something worth leading. Soobramoney has built the latter and she credits two women, POP founders Belinda Traverso and Shafiqah Andrews, as two influential women on her journey; leaders who recognised her potential, created opportunities for growth and demonstrate...