Amanda Cronje

Education

Supplementary Training

Business Experience

• Lecturing Statistical Methodology University of Pretoria,
  
  
• Working in Line Managerial positions in both food and textile in retailing Woolworths.
  
  
• Followed by human resources general  managerial  and executive committee positions in the Tyre-, Textile- and Clothing Manufacturing Industries 1989 to 2008:
  
  
• Developed a performance management system, leadership development process and career path system in conjunction with Third Foundation (Bios International).
• Lead consultative team to negotiate with NUMSA (union) on equity and skills development matters.
• Supported the setting up of a new plant.
• Project managed major restructuring process including negotiations with SACTWU (union).
• Project managed the set up of a new payroll and time and attendance system.
• Strategic planning member of executive teams.


• Current Projects
  
  
  • Organisation transformation process at Pep Clothing changing from a traditional hierarchical organisation to an empowered team based culture in line with world-class best practice pertaining to manufacturing.
    
    
  • The development and implementation of a Leadership Coaching Model for improved leadership performance for approximately 150 leaders from Executive to First Line Management Levels. Coordinating a group of individual coaches to support various levels of leaders depending on the key requirements per leadership level.
    
    
  • Training and leadership coaching, both in groups and individually.
    
    
• Coaching
  
  
• Developed a coaching model to develop coaching capacity in leaders to incorporate it as part of the organization culture.
  
  
• Framework coaching of I-Coach students.
  
  
• Coach the Change Agent of a medium size Manufacturer through a change and restructuring process.

Industry Leadership Positions

• Previous:
  
  Member of industry management committees pertaining to:
  
  
• Employee benefits, (National Textile Industry Provident Fund, National Textile Industry Sick Fund, Romatex Provident Fund)
• Dispute resolution, (National Textile Industry Bargaining Council Dispute Panel, Trained Conciliator and Arbitrator by CCMA)
• Negotiation, (National Textile Industry Bargaining Council Wage Negotiation Team)
• Centralised Bargaining: (Cape Clothing Employer Association, Vice Chairperson and member of the National Wage Negotiation Team)

• Current:
  • Industry Competitive Improvements, (Cape Clothing, Textile and Retail Cluster, Vice- Chairperson and Chairperson of the Human Resources Development Technical Steering Committee)
  • Industry Leadership: Vice-Chair of the Cape Clothing Employer Association