Experience

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  South african transport services

  Jan 1985 - Jul 1986

  Vocational officer

  Contractual Bursary ObligationResponsible for the administration and facilitation of a Customer Care training programme for all staff in the Western Cape Region. Administered Psychometric tests, score and provide vocational guidance to staff. Evaluate staff for promotion. Council problem workers and report progress to their managers.

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  National training institute

  Aug 1986 - Jul 1987

  Junior facilitator

  Provide a training and development service to customers with regards to their training strategies, training needs, the research, development and presentation of training programmes, evaluation of training programmes, development of budgets and the administration of the programmes. Responsible for the management of 2 training centres for the unemployed.

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  Everite

  Jul 1987 - Jul 1991

  Head of training

  Responsible for the management the Southern Sector's Human Resources Development function which include the total spectrum of Training and Development, Organisational Development, Career Management and General HR activities.

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  Agricor

  Aug 1991 - Jun 1993

  Manager - recruitment and selection

  Manage the Recruitment and Selection Department. Responsible for all recruitment and selection activities and manpower planning up to middle management level. Manage the bursary (104 students) and apprentice (6 apprentices) scheme with full responsibility for placement of the students. Perform general HR functions

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  Directorate for development planning

  Jul 1993 - Apr 1995

  Operational manager (development)

  Responsible for the administration and processing of the total Bopthuthatswana Development Budget. All project plans and applications for government and donor development funding was received and processed by this office for final approval by the then President of Bopthuthatswana. The total Development Budget amounted to approximately R 780 million. Close liaison with all the government departments was critical to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of the various developmental projects. After the democratic elections the applications for RDP funding was also processed. Develop a dynamic developmental budget system in Clarion. Manage the Support Function for the Directorate with regards to the Secretariat Services to the Presidential office, Government Departments at Ministerial level and Social Development Agencies. Responsible for the Directorate’s Human Resources and Financial functions, Public Relations and general office administration. Show less

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  Ncp

  May 1995 - Jan 1997

  Senior human resources manager

  Reported to the Divisional HR Manager (Chlorchem). Responsible for all HR site activities and services. Total staff complement of site was 508 people. Provided a training service to the Chlorchem Division.Transferred to the Group Training (Performance Support) function where responsibilities broadly included the following: development of an integrated HR system, development of Protean (Business Solution Software) training programme and implementation thereof, introduction of computer based training methodology into company, negotiate external training contacts, implementation of ABET programme, site audits, COAITB (Training Board) activities, and other specialist input. Show less

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  Ncp (part of sentrachem)

  Feb 1997 - Apr 1998

  Group manager: training and development

  Report to the Group Manager: Human Resources. Overall responsibility for the Training and Development strategy in the company. Other responsibilities include: leadership development (senior management) and integration thereof with management level; integrated HR system; project leader for the manpower development task team (PeopleSoft); development of site training managers; organisational development and creation of a learning culture; management of competencies; development of technology based training; broad banding and other specialist inputs. Member of the Steering Committee tasked with the implementation of Protean (Business Management System) on all sites. Sentrachem bought by Dow Chemicals. Show less

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  Dow chemicals

  May 1998 - Aug 1998

  Implementation leader (hrd)

  Report to the General Manager: Human Resources (Sentrachem). Responsible for the implementation of the Global Dow HRD Strategy, processes and global competencies. Managed the South African HRD team and their activities.

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  Plastics federation of south africa

  Sept 1998 - May 2011

  Training director

  Responsible for the strategic management and leadership of the Training Division as a Business Unit. Reports to the Executive Director and is accountable to the Federal Council and Management Committee. The main responsibilities, amongst others include:Training and DevelopmentOperational ManagementFinancial ManagementHuman Resources ManagementInformation Technology

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  Plastics | sa (previously plastics federation of south africa)

  Nov 2010 - now

  Executive director