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A consultant in agriculture engineering, Expert holds a diploma in Business Management and an MBA in Finance. He is a seasoned professional with over 29 years' experience in senior management roles -- CEO, MD, and COO -- in agriculture and in the food processing sector.

Expert's experience and applications include large-scale, modern high-tech farming; agro-processing; plant installation, operation and maintenance; supply chain management; sales and marketing; quality certifications, and other subcomponents of farming. His company has established well-known organizations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Expert has successfully planned and implemented 45 projects, which cover 100,000 ha (hectares). His work experience includes 5 large-scale food and juice processing units at $300 million, as well as contract farming.

Expert has efficiently developed and implemented supply chain from farm to export. He has been responsible for complete supply chain, business planning, and P&L.

An astute leader, Expert has accrued over 29 years' rich experience in heading farming, processing and profit center operations with complete profit accountability in the Agriculture and Food Processing industry. His expertise includes:

Large-scale commercial farming
Strategic Planning development and implementation
Planning and implementing outgrower projects

Profit Management: Top and bottom line
High-tech agriculture
Modern high-tech farming: Hydroponics, greenhouse farming, high-tech water saving irrigation systems
Innovative post-harvest management solutions
Supply chain management.

Technical platforms:
Farm ERP
Digital platforms

Fruit processing: Plant erection and commissioning, production, certification, maintenance, and related fields

Establishing international quality standards
Food safety standards: ISO, Global-gap, HACCP, TESCO, Ethical, Organic Certification (35 projects)
Environmental Impact Assessment
RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) standards for oil palm plantation

Sales and Marketing strategy

Retail market development
Brand development
Introduction of innovative packaging

Domestic Markets: Retail (numerous name brands, alongside direct home delivery)
International Markets: Europe, Africa, and the Middle East

Key achievements: Expert has:

Successfully exported organic and conventional fresh and IQF products to international market.
Successfully developed outgrower projects and value chains in Agric sector.
Undertaken brand development of organic and conventional fresh and IQF products to international market.

He has been responsible for:

New Product Development: All types of exotic vegetables and fruits, IQF and processed fruits, Agro-commodities and dehydrated products.
Budget, financial planning, implementation, reviews, and operational management.
HR management: Setting strategic goals, KPI implementation, reviews, organizational structure design, JD, talent management.
The creation of Human Resources vision, mission and implementation.

Expert has developed 45 agro- and food processing projects (over USD $300 million) and installed cumulative processing capacity at 2,000 Mt/day. He has developed projects from scratch to export oriented units.

Expert has obtained AECF, AGRA, Italian, Dutch and Indian agencies.

He is an effective communicator with strong interpersonal, people management, coordination and analytical skills.
He has demonstrated abilities in establishing short- and long-term budgets, as well as corporate strategies for the achievement of business targets in line with the approved business case.
Expert possesses 15 years' international working exposure in Middle East and in Africa. He has held multiple senior management positions during his 14 years in India, where his responsibilities included organic and conventional agribusiness.

Core Competencies:

Strategic Planning: Formulating large-scale farming strategy for all regions, reviewing the business corresponding as per the market needs.
Conceptualizing and implementing strategies as a keen planner, strategist and implementer with proven abilities in sustaining profitability and the cost-effectiveness of agricultural and food business operations.
Establishing and maintaining strategic alliances with well-known international companies.

Sales and Marketing:
- Following marketing strategies to build customer preference and generate volumes.
- Ensuring maximum brand visibility and capturing optimum market shares.
- Creating awareness in the market for new customer acquisition, thus increasing the sales volume by introducing various alternate channels for sale of processed and fresh fruits in local and European market -- as well as organic rice, wheat, and similar products.

Business Development:
- Conducting competitor analysis by keeping abreast of market trends and competitor moves to achieve market share.
- Analyzing business potential.
- Implementing plans to drive sales.
- Supplementing turnover.

Product Promotion:
- Framing strategies for establishing greater awareness about company and its products.
- Executing the pre/post launch sales promotional activities for brand building and market development.
- Conducting customer relationship management programs in the territory to ensure proper promotion of products.
- Adhering to ISO, Global-Gap, HACCP, TESCO, Ethical and Organic Certification standards (45 Projects).

Client Relationship Management:
- Identifying and networking with prospective key clients generate business from the new and existing accounts and achieving increased sales growth, thus increasing profitability.
- Building and maintaining healthy business relations with the dealer.
- Ensuring maximum customer satisfaction by achieving delivery and quality norms.

Team Management
- Managing the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in business operations.
- Recruiting sales team and meeting of revenue and sales targets.
- Assigning sales targets of the entire sales team.
- Selecting and appointing distributors and the sales team.
- Conducting customized trainings for the team members to enhance their skills.