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Sydney Kulelwa is a seasoned agricultural professional with a strong background in sales, marketing, and management. With experience in various industries, including Syngenta Zambia, Bayer, Nelly Mutti Farm, Shorashim Nursery Farm, Agritech Expo, and Zambia Agricultural Research Institution (ZARI), Sydney has honed her skills in customer service, public speaking, research, and project management. She holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences from The University of Zambia and a Diploma in Advanced Agriculture from The Ramat Negev International Training Center for Advanced Agriculture.

Experience

  • Syngenta Zambia
    • Choma, Southern Province, Zambia
    • Technical Sales Representative
      • Feb 2023 - Present
      • Choma, Southern Province, Zambia

      *To sell and promote Syngenta vegetables seeds to all assigned existing customers portfolios and prospective accounts like Young Plant Raisers. *Directly manage identified key Agro distributors, take orders and coordinate deliveries and payments.*Create demand by running demo trials and participate on field days / expositions, execute campaign plans agreed with marketing operation lead.*Share demand plan / forecast with operations teams on a monthly basis.*Run a certain amount of screening trials in EZ capture to support future new products introductions and provide feedback to product development specialists.*Support the promoters and merchandizers in their daily activities.*Provide sales training to Agro dealers, stockists and agents.*Ensure all customers are handed and serviced within accepted Syngenta policy and standards with use of sales force.com.*Provide timely monthly sales report to Africa South Vegs Operations Manager and join monthly Sales and Operations meetings.

  • Bayer
    • Lusaka, Zambia
    • Bayer Zambia Sales And Marketing
      • Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
      • Lusaka, Zambia

      Bayer Sales Officer (Luapula & Lusaka) *Making Radio Programs for demand creation. *Organising farmer field days. *Offer advice to Farmers about Bayer products. *Supervising merchandisers and demo attendants during sales peak periods. *Strategic placements of demos and monitoring of marketing and development trials. *Putting up strategies to help increase sales with customers. *Accessing for potential recruitment of new agro dealers.*Participating in agricultural and commercial shows by explaining Bayer products (Crop Protection and Maize hybrids).

  • Nelly Mutti Farm
    • Lusaka, Zambia
    • Farm Supervisor
      • Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
      • Lusaka, Zambia

      *Planning and execution of day to day farm activities that included making spray programs and advice on what chemicals to use.*Running of the irrigation schedule and timely unclogging of emitters.*Plan on what horticultural plants to plant.*Supervising other farm workers.*Keeping of farm records such as deworming and vaccination of farm animals.

  • Shorashim Nursery Farm
    • Southern, Israel
    • Internship Trainee
      • Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
      • Southern, Israel

      *Participated in the daily farm routine of Planting of Seedlings. *Grafting of Tomato and Watermelon. *Following of irrigation schedule of state of the art of green houses.*Spraying of Insecticides and fungicides on seedlings.

  • Agritech Expo
    • Chisamba, Zambia
    • Operations Assistant
      • Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
      • Chisamba, Zambia

      Was part of the operations team for the event for two times in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

    • Laboratory Assistant
      • Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
      • Chilanga , Zambia.

      Worked in the following departments Soil chemistry, soil physics and soil microbiology laboratories.soil chemistry: Determination of Nitrogen, Total Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Total Phosphorous, Organic Carbon, Bases, lime requirement and pH.Soil physics : Determined Infiltration rate , bulk density and soil texture.Soil Microbiology: Prepared mannitol agar, cultured rhizobium bacteria and made nitrozam.

    • Child Media Jounalist And Repoter For Mazabuka Times
      • Aug 2009 - Dec 2011

      Writing Newspaper Articles,Attending And Commemorating Important Events,Making Of Radio Programmed Aired On Mazabuka Radio,Conducting Interviews On Various Topics In Schools And Society And Taking Part In Debates.

Education

  • 2013 - 2020
    The University Of Zambia
    Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences, Soil Science
  • 2018 - 2019
    The Ramat Negev International Training Center for Advanced Agriculture
    Diploma in advanced agriculture, Agriculture
  • 2007 - 2011
    St.Edmund`s Secondary School
    General Certificate Of Education(School Certificate), 12

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