Experience

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  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.

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  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).

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Zambia Agricultural Research Instistuion ( ZARI)

  • Chilanga , Zambia.

  • 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.

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  The Children's Press Beureu(CPB) And Mazabuka Times Newspaper

  • 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.