Category Head - Fresh Fruits & Vegetables PAN IndiaLead P&L for new business.Strategy designing & implementation of change in organization. ▪︎Identify new emerging business models and explore sustainable pilots.▪︎Value Added Segments: Set up new projects in conventional and organic & IPM segments in Mango, Banana, Tomato, Chilli etc.# Procurement Head - Strategic sourcing & supply chain of key fruits & vegetables from farmer groups and FPOs >1LMT Vol.▪︎Enable ITC MAARS phygital Ecosystem for farmers & FPOs across states for traceability, sustainability & empowering rural area.▪︎Explore partnerships with key stakeholders including Govt & Institutions for collaborative farm tech prosperity.▪︎Building India's best FPO groups in F&V.▪︎Identify & Develop Sustainable Value Chains for Domestic & Exports.Direct & Lead Change:Startup approach to establish conglomerate ethical & sustainable solutions for key stake holders - Farmers | Employees | Customers

P&L Head for Domestic Business & Export Operations PAN India - Banana Division Sales & Marketing Saboro Banana | Sourcing Strategies | Operations Management | Talent Acquisition | Training & Development | Evolve & pilot on Farm to Fork B2B Sales & Distribution Models #Shadow Board Member - MASL

Procurement Head - Domestic and Export for PAN India. Build farmer network with farm tech sustainability vision & empower to scale. Nurture new ideas and adopt business to resilient stage in corporate farming, contract farming and relationships farming. Strengthen operations team to optimize best quality & cost across value chain. Setup efficient supply chain for better product delivery.New models execution in Procurement & Operations Management.

South Procurement Head | Initiated & established export operations in New territories - Anantapur AP, Theni TNEstablished mission 300MT/Day operations set upTeam motivation| Training on Ops & Quality | Cost management | Stakeholders management | Farmer network developmentLarge scale operations, procurement for Domestic & Exports Lead team of 22 members across Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil nadu

 Technology Transfer Project Manager - Advancement of Banana Crop cultivation practices to increase productivity & high quality fruits for export business & implementation of fruit patio | cable way in Gujrat.  Strategy Planning for Corporate Farming for better profitability around year supply.  Cost optimization projects- packing station, cultivation practices, farmer or vendor development etc. New area/vendor development-SWOT & PEST analysis for business augment.  Cost benefit analysis of critical areas to control per Kg cost viz. labour efficiency tracking & cost involved in critical areas of business - packaging material, logistics, storage etc.  Operations management of corporate farm & contract farms across 4 states.  Development of organizational culture through change management process. Kaizen implementation in Operations: Identify scope to improve production & profitability in the business. Manage & Lead team of operations at corporate farm: 9 (Direct report) & 3 (Supportive) total 12 Nos. Develop managerial skills into second line of staff to future manager role for business expansion.  Create good place to work & develop ambitious goals for team spirit & excellent achievements.  Do continuous improvement through GAP Analysis & direction to corporate farm team to meet the targets. Implementation of QMS 9001-2015 in operations of corporate farms in Gujarat.

Hybrid Seed Production in North India RegionTerritory: Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Punjab. Production Role:1) Plan production for entire North India & set up window to reduce risk of climate & increase success ratio.2) Amend policy to deal with Farmers according to province in India business.3) Conduct internal quality audits for fields to assure best practices at place.4) Deliver quality seed that meets global standards. 5) To develop farmers & vendors skills that meets company quality standards.6) Conduct farmers meet at large areas, to address common issues & create awareness about product quality, payment terms, safety & standard practices. 7) Develop mechanization, encourage local machine designers & modify according to business need to minimize labor dependency.8) To comply ESH & COC policies to have safe & transparent business with all.9) Develop vendors & field staff to handle bigger area for large production i.e. capacity building in terms of potential key farmers & field staff in the territory. 10) To facilitate opportunity to grow export oriented varieties in India for better delivered margin & profitable business.  Technology Adoption: To adopt crop management practices of Chile & Europe for more profitable production in India. Strategic support function:1) To support India business road map in establishment of cauliflower & cabbage seed production program in India.2) Utilize relationship & networking in Universities to access location historic climate data.3) Analysis, scouting, network development in new areas for establishment of new varieties & parent seed multiplication.To conduct location compatibility analysis for implementation of success factor by PEST & SWOT analysis.Made breakthroughs by building sustainable production practices in CMS Hybrid Cauliflower Seeds Production and marked global presence by achieving 200kg/ac biggesthighest ever output in India.

Exclusive project of Monsanto’s Business Partner- Azhar PathanWORKED AS A PRODUCTION MANAGER (KRA: PROJECT IN CHARGE)CROPS HANDLED: TOMATO, HOT PEPPER, WATER MELON, SWEET PEPPER, CUCUMBER, BITTER GUARD, ONION AND CORN. Financial Management: To execute developmental projects according to priorities and resources. Optimize cost in all inputs to control project cost. Compliance: To ensure implementation of ESH, HR & CSP standards on site. Budgetary Control: To estimate crop production cost and control expenses. Work out on Time-Money-Energy module to minimize the overheads & get best output. Every kilo counts, was bottom line of all crop production controls.  Farmer’s meet: Encourage farmers to adopt best practices of GSPP, CSP & site safety.  Resources& costing: To plan well in advance supply of all inputs & resources to ensure its timely availability. Align procurement with negotiation to best deals. Administrative role: To have better command on day to day activity of farm including security, safety & work accomplishments.  Technical Role: To ensure that all package of practices will yield as per expected base rate.  To ensure timely planting of best seedlings/seeds as per production window planning & train sufficient skilled labors & supervisors to produce planned quantity & quality seeds of crops. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Established production site with newly trained work force of 100+ for consistent quality production of all Major target crops of site. Trained more than 60 workers for high tech pollination, P&D controls, Clean Seed Protocols etc.  Accomplished establishment of this project in timeline of 1 year with cost control. Recognized utilization of 15Acres NVPH polyhouse and build cost effective seed production units.Enabled local employment by training women & young villagers (100+) and executed sustainable farm model for further developments of Home Farms in India to have germplasm security.

Institutional Sales | Distribution | Subsidy Business | Business Development  Sales & Marketing - GTM, Branding, Expansion of distributors network in Maharashtra, Karnataka & Gujarat  Facilitate best deals to dealer network with space of time to trigger sales in peak season. Select best new dealers in untouched areas on the basis of minimum 5 year plan of development. Develop loyal business partners in the form of progressive farmers to percolate & make vertical entry in the competitive market.  Media planning and designing product brochures & management at Agri-exhibitions. Drive best customer relationship management with team. Marketing strategy planning with 7 P’s. Coordinate & execute state government subsidy business. Facilitate demonstration with key channel partner companies - John Deere & Mahindra Tractors

Administration | ESH | Resources Planning & Operations Management  Acting manager for one of biggest & owned research farm of Monsanto in India. To perform ESH contact for the site & co-ordinate safety department. Lead & facilitate change by training, visits & events management.ACHIEVEMENTS  Station management system was appreciated by Global ESH department & OHSAS audit. Successfully implementation of crop contract system (Strategic role with management) Stakeholders management- Rural network & Key, Service providers & Lead farmers.