Profile: Amanda Horne

Tips on building a successful career with Amanda

Meet Amanda Horne, Account Manager for Property Services in New Zealand, who has taken our philosophy “it’s your career, your opportunity!” and run with it.

Amanda started her career working in the construction industry, where she gained invaluable experience in admin and accounts for five years and an understanding of account management. An opportunity then presented itself to join Programmed Property Services, where Amanda has been for almost three years. She started as a National Sales & Admin Coordinator, and through hard work and determination to progress, she is now an Account Manager.

Amanda shares with us her tips on how to build a successful career at Programmed.

1. Always take on challenges, even if you don’t think you’re ready for them. It might seem daunting at the start, but I have found from experience that it’s helped build my confidence and my experience.
2. Speak Up. Have a career conversation with your manager. Tell them what your career goals are and how you plan to achieve them with their support.
3. Seek a mentor that you trust and has your best interests at heart
4. Always be your authentic self!
5. As busy as we all are, invest the time in learning new skills to grow and develop personally and professionally.
6. Maintain a positive attitude. Being the lighthouse that everyone wants to work with. It helps with networking, and having a positive attitude to take on new tasks and undertake new challenges is greatly appreciated by the people in your workplace that can support you in your career.

It is not only at work that Amanda applies this can-do attitude. Outside of work, Amanda is a one-time marathon runner, enjoys hot yoga, cooking and baking, is learning Te Reo Māori and has recently successfully gained a Level 5 Business Diploma, all with the support of Programmed.

She is a strong advocate for equality and inclusion, especially for gender balance in male-dominated workplaces, and received a Programmed Difference Award within her first year at Programmed for her efforts in fostering inclusion and diversity in the workplace.

To hear more from Amanda and her career at Programmed, watch her recent interview with Explore Careers NZ, or if you would like to reach out to Amanda directly, email womenintrades@programmed.com.au