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1. Presently working as an International Marketing Executive with Emirates Bio Fertilizer Factory, an organic manure and fertilizer manufacturing company in Alain.

Key Role;
Selling and Marketing of organic manure and fertilizer to landscaping projects all over the UAE market and international market.
Work Responsibilities;
Meeting landscaping consultants and explain the technical details about the products to get specified in their projects. Visit contractors, retailers periodically to promote the sales nationally and internationally

worked as a Sales Manager with Desert Group- Turf Machinery and Products Division, Dubai;
An ISO 9001-2000 certified company mainly deals in trading of Turf Machineries and Turf and Landscape crop care products.
WORK RESPONSIBILITY (Sales Engineer)
Work responsibility mainly focused in marketing of Fertilizer, Insecticides, Seeds and Planting Medium in Abu Dhabi, Alain region. It includes enquiry generation, exploring new market and keeping track record of existing customer. Meeting consultant, contractor and individual client to know about their requirement and update them about our product range. With the help of consultants get specifying the handling products to the upcoming projects. Currently dealing with major clients like Al Ryum, Citiscape, Emirates Landscapes, Proscape, Gulf Contractors, Gulf Dunes etc.

Worked as a Marketing Manager for Landscape/Horticultural Productsin Gulf Markets International W.L.L.Kingdom Of Bahrain from October 2004 to June 2012. (8years)

Roles
• Product Management and business development for KSA and Bahrain market.
• Product Consultancy

Key Responsibilities
Sourcing, importing, pricing, marketing of various Landscape products like peat moss (JIFFY/SAB), potting soil- (BIOMIX-JIFFY), granular fertilizers (ADFERT), slow release fertilizers (SCOTTS), water soluble fertilizers (ADFERT/SCOTTS), organic manures (EMIRATES BIO FERTILIZERS), irrigation systems (WEATHERMATIC), hobby products (SCOTTS), lawn edges, anti -transpirants, seeds (COLEGRAVE) plants, insecticides (KSA) shade nets Lawn edge etc. from different countries like Netherlands, UK, USA, Germany, India, UAE etc.

Major Duties & Achievements
• Meeting clients, consultants, contractors and define new product introduction and consultancy.
• Develop and strengthen distribution network and showing commendable growth compare to last year.
• Documentation and preparation of various price enquiries, quotations and follow ups for new business.
• System based age analysis of product line and proposing effective schemes & Proportions in an effective manner.
• Provided the best service to all the Major LandscapingCompanies in Bahrain including Nass Landscapes, Gulf Fencing, Royal Golf Course, Prime Minister Court, Ritz Carlton etc.
• Recipient, two times achiever of the month award, and one time best department award from the Chairman of the company.
• Received a letter of appreciation from Scotts, Netherland for the excellent performance.

Worked as a LandscapeProjects in charge inNass Landscapes, Kingdom Of Bahrain, (October 2002 to September 2004) . Nasslandscapes, the No.1 landscaping company in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Roles
• PROJECT IN CHARGE
• Client and company coordinator

Key Responsibilities
Managed the Landscape Construction and Garden Maintenance of various prestigious projects like, Ritz Carlton VIP villas, Gudaybia Palace, SakeerPalace, VIP Villas etc. with a team of 30 people.

Major Duties & Achievements
• Execution of Targeted landscape and irrigation works.
• Manpower Management
• Day to day coordination with the Project Director.
• Responsible for the client interaction on daily basis.
• Established a very loyal customer database in the assigned and outside area
• Represented on behalf of the company in the Bahrain Garden Expo.

Worked as an Assistant Manager in, Travancore Rubber and Tea Co.TR&T, Ambanad Estate, Kollam, Kerala, India (June 2001 to July 2002)

Roles
• Management Representative

Key Responsibilities
Managed a hill plantation division with 750 acres of Tea, Rubber, nut mug, vanilla and cardamom.With the total labor and staff strength of 300 nos.

Major Duties & Achievements.
• Providing weekly, monthly operational schedule to the Management.
• Monitoring the daily operational activities like plucking, weeding, spraying, manufacturing of tea, collection of vanilla pods, curing etc.
• Weekly payment monitoring.
• Manage to gain labor management strategies.

Worked as a Horticulture Manager in Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) an Indian Council Of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR) project at Kutch, Gujarat, India for 2 years.The first commercial tissue culture laboratory in India for date palm.

Roles
• Management Representative
• Horticulturist/Tissue culturist

Key Responsibilities
Managed a Tissue culture Laboratory and a fully automated nursery for plants and vegetables.

Major duties;
• Monitored the construction works of the same tissue culture laboratory.
• Staff recruitment
• Production of Date palm offspring through tissue culture technique.
• Client interaction
• Conducting seminars to educate farmers on a monthly scheduled basis.


Worked as anAsst. Production Manager in Saudi American Plant and Development SAPAD, Dammam, KSA, for 2 years.

Roles
• Tissue cultured Date Palm production and Growing.

Key Responsibilities
Managed a fully sophisticated Tissue cultured laboratory for Date palm.

Major duties;
• Monitor the production and hardening of various tissue cultured date palm like Medjool, Ajuwa, Anbara, Khalas, Thoory, Nebutseif, Nebtat sultan, Barhi etc.
• Client interaction
• Maintained many Landscaped Gardens VIP gardens inside the western province.


Worked as an Asst. Manager in A.V. Thomas Group Companies AVT, Kochi, Kerala, India, for 4 years.AVT Bio Technology Co. is the pioneer tissue culture laboratory in India.

Roles
• Plant Tissue culturist

Key responsibilities and major duties;
Micro propagation of ornamental & commercial crops.

• Micro propagation of plants in a 100% sterile laboratory conditions.
• Media preparation, culture handling, growth room activities, dispatch activities and hardening.
• Propagated millions of lilies, ficus, white onion, vanilla, cardamom, banana, spathyphyllum, orchids, limoniums, anthurium, rose, calathea, dateplam, syngonium etc.