Amanda Xulu

Amanda xulu

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location of Amanda XuluMunicipalità metropolitana di Johannesburg, Gauteng, Sudafrica
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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Core + Strategic Capability Development | Org Effectiveness | Change Management

  • Education

    • Verycool ideas

      2019 - 2020
      Od-etdp
    • University of south africa/universiteit van suid-afrika

      2020 - 2021
      Bcom honours industrial and organizational psychology
    • University of kwazulu-natal

      2008 - 2010
      Bachelor of social science industrial and organizational psychology
    • University of south africa/universiteit van suid-afrika

      2018 - 2019
      Total quality management
  • Experience

    • Kaii brand communication

      Mar 2011 - Mar 2012
      Brand campaign supervisor

      Responsible for end to end brand campaign activation as per client scope and budget. Sourcing of brand promoters and ambassadors and training them on campaign intrinsic. Developing and sourcing sales activation toolkits for activation deployment. Reporting on campaign success, trends and insights and measure and analyze brand activation efforts.

    • Smollan

      May 2012 - May 2016

      Responsible for deriving sales performance reports, analyzing them to identify opportunities and drive execution principles to close on identified gaps. Managing, coaching and developing teams to ensure in trade execution standards are met. Participate in sales activities including customer site visits, trade seminars and shows, product demonstrations/evaluations, customer seminars and channel management. Responsible for the teams (merchandisers) in-store execution principles of planograms, category management, stock health life, product displays, activations, shelf-space negotiation and other point of sale related activities.

      • Field Sales Manager

        Mar 2014 - May 2016
      • Area Marketer

        May 2012 - Feb 2014
    • The heineken company

      Jun 2016 - Mar 2022

      Responsible for driving and sustaining strategic initiatives and develop sales force capability by leading the implementation of specified sales tools and executing programs to sustain them.Responsible for the development of sales competencies and deliver the sales academy strategy. Design and development of content and lead the digitization of sales learning. Lead the induction and functional onboarding of teams and coach line managers to drive and sustain improved business performance. As the first female Draught Master in Africa, my responsibility was to accelerate the development of commercial teams pertaining to technical, quality, and selling intrinsic of Draught beer. I served as the SME for internal and external customers and travelled the world delivering over 200 technical trainings (SADC region), curating and customizing global material and content to adapt it to local market needs.

      • Regional Sales Capability Manager

        Nov 2018 - Mar 2022
      • National Commercial Draught Specialist

        Jun 2016 - Nov 2018
    • Pepsico

      Mar 2022 - now

      Responsibilities of the Integrated change manager involves the incorporation of change management practices into the broader context of the organisation’s strategy. To align change efforts with business strategy, engage leadership, and encourages cross-functional collaboration. My task is to create visibility of the integrated change impact of key initiatives on the business, to ensure that it is optimally planned, paced and managed to enable the delivery of organisational strategy. I own the creation and maintenance of the integrated change management assessment and plan, ensuring that the business value of integrated change management is delivered. I define the PepsiCo SA change management tools and templates and I am responsible for providing training, coaching and enablement to the Change Managers and HR practitioners. Show less

      • Integrated Change Manager

        Aug 2023 - now
      • Capability Lead: Commercial, Marketing & Global Procurement

        Mar 2022 - Aug 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Insights discovery practitioner

      Insights
      Jan 2023