Summary

Experience Profile

Presently working
1. Head of Agro Supply chain
United Snacks Pvt Ltd
2. Research Manager
Jaffer Brother Pvt Ltd
3. Technical Services Officer/Farm Manager Fatima Fertilizer Ltd
4. District Sales Agronomist/Quality Assurance officer Pioneer Pakistan seed Ltd

Projects

Fertilizer & Potato Project

Experience

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Head of Agro Supply chain
United Snacks Pvt Ltd
Sep 2017 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan

Direct or coordinate Crop planning, Implementation of Best Agronomic
practices, Training & organization of field team & farmers, purchasing, financial
forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, crop
management, and services. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for
streamlining activities. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of
inventory.
• Manage the entire process in the planning of procurement and supply
chain activities, inventory control, logistics and Vendors.
• Ensure effective lines of communication between the Management and
the procurement team to ensure priority requirements, timely delivery.
• Manage relationships with vendors, suppliers (Farmers) and contractors
that facilitate smooth flow of raw material.
• Develop strong relationship between Govt. Department & Allied agro
industries.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual procurement plans and progress
reports
• Lead, prepare & implementation of professional procurement, Crop
planning, Agronomic practices & field activities (Sowing time & method,
Irrigation, Fertilization, Insect pest & Disease management, Harvesting)
through agro team.
• Monitor life-cycle/shelf-life & quality of potato daily in cold stores.
• Ensure all cold stores equipment working safely, correctly and securely.
• Ensure regular submission of procurement activity reports, logistics and
assets reports to management.
• Monitoring, organization & Training of field team, cold store team &
farmers activities.
• Control spends & builds culture of long term saving on procurement cost.

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TECHNICAL SERVICES OFFICER
Fatima & Pakarab Fertilizer Limited
Feb 2013 - Present | Shaikhupura, Pakistan

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Research Manager
Jaffer Brothers (Private) Limited
Oct 2014 - Sep 2017 | Sahiwal, Pakistan

Research Manager (Jaffer Brothers Private Ltd). (10 Oct 2014 to 11 Sep 2017)
• Potato Varietal trials Site selection, Planning, layout, conduct & responsible for Salt Tolerant Potato
Varieties & French Potato varietal replicated trails in Punjab, KPK & Sindh.
• Plan and execute all activities regarding seed multiplication and storage of Potato seed
• Coordinate with team at Sindh & Punjab for farmer and site selection for Potato varietal trails.
• Plan and execute all activities such as land preparation, seed issuance, sowing, crop monitoring, and crop
management of Potato Multiplication, Replicated and Demos trails.
• Strategic planning with leadership & international donors (USAID) for import of new Potato verities seed.
• Providing feedback regarding environmental adoptability of old and new imported Potato seed.
• Procurement of seed after harvesting.
• Coordinate with Potato Research Institute for Salt Tolerant Varieties election & approval.
• Conduct trails with NARC, Potato Research Station Sahiwal, Sialkot, Gilgit & Hazara Research Station
Abbottabad.
• Planning & Execution of fertilizer research trails on Potato crop at different farmer’s locations.
• Trained and educate farmers and project team regarding production technology, seed handling, storage of
Potato in Sindh and Punjab.
• Result Demonstration of various potato verities characters & its competitive advantages to internal &
external customers.
• Result orientation of new verities to donors & other international stake holders in different environment.
• Site selection, lay out and planting replicated trials on new formulations fertilizer on Potato, Wheat, Rice
and on Maize crop. Management of all of these trials as per protocol.
• Soil & water sample collection and analysis for salinity analysis at different crop growth stages.
• Proper storage of seed obtained from salt tolerant potato & French potato varieties.
• Data collection & analysis at various crop growth stage

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Technical Services officer/Farm Manager
Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited (FFCL)
Oct 2009 - Oct 2014 | Sialkot, Pakistan

. Technical Services Officer & Farm Manager Fatima Fertilizers Ltd (2009 to 10 Oct, 2014)
• Provide technical, advisory to high profile farmer
• Conduct Side by Side product evaluation trails in potential pockets.
• Fertilizer dosage adjustment trails for different crops in Northern belt.
• Draft Rice & Wheat technical literature.
• Conducting High profile farmer seminars in research Institutes.
• Liaison with Research Institutes e.g. RRI KSK, Agri Ext. Dept.
• Analysis & Presentation of Research Data of North zone.
• Sales team technical orientation &training.
• Soil and water sample collection & testing.
• Management of 1000 Acre Pak Arab Fertilizers Farm.
• Budgeting, crop rotation, farm profitability maximization.
• Supervise 56 FTE’s including7 supervisors.
• Manage smooth linkage with Punjab Seed Corporation for seed production.
• Develop high value crop (Tunnel) and potato successful farming.

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District Sales Agronomist/Quality Assurance officer
Pioneer Pakistan Seed Ltd.
Jan 2006 - Oct 2009 | Sahiwal, Pakistan

District Sales Agronomist & Quality Assurance Officer Pioneer Pakistan Seed Ltd.
• Supervised hybrid seed production trials.
• Conduct Side by side, Multi Selection Trails and Multi Environment Trails.
• Liaising and networking with customers and organization.
• Managing farmers network planning & product placement.
• Quality assurance and safe seed handling.
• Technical Trainings to Dealers and Agriculture officials.
• Planning, execution and evaluation of research trials PAT/WAT.
• Selection of hybrid to meet Pakistan\'s local environmental conditions.
• Seed quality testing for physical purity, germination, vigor, warm test, cold test, aging &fast green test.

Education

Gomal University
Masters, Masters in Science, MSc Hons Agriculture Agronomy‎
Agronomy
Percentage 80%
2005

Skills

Expert Handling Assignments

Languages

Expert Punjabi
Expert Urdu
Intermediate English