Experience

TriCal Australia

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• State Manager - QLD

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  TriCal Australia supplies high-quality fumigants and services for pre-plant soil treatment in agriculture. Key Responsibilities: ▪ Developing new business opportunities and leading the sales growth of soil fumigants through the active management of client relationships in Queensland and New South Wales. ▪ Organising the logistics for the supply of soil fumigants and application equipment to farms in Queensland including managing timing, cost and service. ▪ Providing technical support and high-level professional advice about fumigants and agronomic management. ▪ Establishing and implementing protocols and conducting field trials with soil fumigants to control soil borne diseases and pests in different crops.▪ Delivering training relative to new technologies, best operational practices and work safety procedures and directions for the best performance of supply chain in relation to the grower’s business. Key Highlights: ▪ Trained 25 users about technical concepts using pesticides, which led to reduction in the operation time for fumigation work per hectare by two hours.▪ Oversaw and reported on the harvest of three major pineapple growing projects following assessment of the canning factory, which helped to identify the optimal soil treatment to meet fruit quality requirements. ▪ Developed new relationships with four growers associations, gaining access to participate in development programs with growers within Queensland State.



Hendrix & Dail Colombia

• National Manager

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2019

  Hendrix & Dail supplies high-quality fumigants and services for pre-plant soil treatment in agriculture.Key Responsibilities: ▪ Providing advice and technical support to growers for a successful crop development when using soil fumigants.▪ Planning annual operational programs and budgets in order to meet the forecast of business development nationwide and performance targets set for cost, volumes and services.▪ Coordinating the logistics for import and export operations of agricultural chemicals as well as the logistics for local transportation of goods and machinery.▪ Maintaining regular communication with providers, wholesalers and customers.▪ Reporting to the Regional Manager regarding the sales goals, forecast supply, budget execution, new market opportunities.▪ Leading and motivating the team towards the achievement of commercial and operational objectives.Key Highlights: ▪ Established operations of the company through setting up the general facility and supply chain for agricultural inputs, purchasing equipment, obtaining permissions from health and environmental authorities, and hiring personnel, with which the company began direct operations in-field, thus increasing the profit by 20%.▪ Connected with a larger market for soil fumigants, improving plant health and agricultural performance with 5 biggest potato growers associated with a multinational factory as providers of raw materials and seeds.▪ Obtained registrations for three new fumigants by complying with the regulatory framework and providing support with technical, environmental and health studies.▪ Established and negotiated commercial conditions with three wholesalers in two regions of the country and got a 30% of share in the carnation market in the first year of operation.



Agrinos

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering - Research & Development

  • May 2011 - May 2012

  Agrinos is one of the top ten providers of biological crop input products to the agricultural industry in America. Key Responsibilities: ▪ Implementing and setting up trial protocols to evaluate biological inputs in horticulture and ornamental crops.▪ Measuring and analysing key parameters for crop development and incidence and severity of plant diseases.▪ Documenting trial developments and keeping the trial reports available and updated. Key Highlights: ▪ Designed and delivered reliable efficacy trial reports and submitted to national authorities for the registration of four new biostimulants for use in horticulture crops. ▪ Implemented and reported eighteen trials to evaluate biological inputs effects in vegetable crops, which were the basis for technical recommendations and market development.



Suagá Organic Herbs SAS

• Crop Manager

  • Sep 2010 - May 2011

  Suagá grows premium quality certified organic herbs to supply American and European markets.Key Responsibilities: ▪ Managing the cropping activities including land preparation, monitoring, planting, irrigation, fertilizer and crop care product application, and the harvest and post-harvest process.▪ Coordinating and supervising the staff required for operational activities by planning effective work rosters in both crop land and the postharvest area.▪ Implementing organic production, safe and efficient agriculture practices and quality standards to supply raw materials to the oil factory.Key Highlights: ▪ Led, as auditee, the certification process in Good Agricultural Practices and Organic Production standards with zero non-compliances, which allowed the company to access the European market. ▪ Coordinated a team of 35 people in agricultural and post-harvest activities for the sustainable development of the farm, leading to improvement of crop yields of 25%.▪ Improved the harvest and selection on-farm of raw materials through the implementation of a maintenance program for tools and machinery and the design of a tray to collect the harvested product, which cumulated in a reduction of the product rejected by the oil factory from 50% to 20%.