Kasi Rayachoty
Bangalore Urban
Summary
Agriculture professional with over 8 years of experience in sales, procurement, and agronomy. Demonstrated success in managing supply chains and developing farmer networks, resulting in significant growth in farming and floriculture sectors. Expertise in crop production, seed management, and team leadership. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from Annamalai University.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Procurement
Hoovu Fresh
Bengaluru
11.2022 - 01.2024
- Finding new farmers and adding them to Company Database for Pan India
- Monitoring Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai Team- Procurement, Inward, Flower Movement and wastage
- Verification & reconciliation of Inward & Outward stock
- Preparing Sop's for flowers and training the ware house team on flower Sop's
- Frequently visiting flower markets for better understanding of flower prices and to plan for purchase accordingly
- Setting up weekly experiments to improve quality and freshness of the flowers
- Approving farmer bills on dashboard for clearing farmers payments on time
- Submitting weekly reports on flower purchases, flowers usage and wastage details
- Constantly checking with vendors and farmers for new flowers varieties
- Optimising flowers based on colours, price and availability
- Co ordinating with other departments like Sales and Packing to timely plan procurement and dispatches
Head Of Sales
BIOGROW SUBSTRATES
Bangalore Urban
02.2021 - 08.2022
- Establishing Distribution Network in India for Brand Growth
- Meeting Old Clients to Provide Technical Support and to Get New Sales from Them
- Preparing offers and sending them earliest
- Attending and setting up Agri events and expos
- Visiting green houses and polyhouses to generate new sales
- Proper Maintaining of Sale Records and Order Details
- Promoting bio grow digitally to attract more clients
- Maintaining sales on E-commerce sites like amazon and flipkart
- Regular Follow up with Production and Logistics Team to Supply Material in Time
- Timely dispatching orders and collecting payments from clients
- Working with logistics team to update clients about their order status
Agronomist
International Marketing Corporation pvt ltd
Bangalore Urban
04.2020 - 02.2021
- Sales - completing the target given by the company with the help of distributors and farmers
- Field visit - regularly visiting farmers fields to help them on pests and diseases
- Farmers meeting- conducting farmer meetings and other farmer interacting works to promote and increase the sales of the product Sales
Agronomist
Glaze Trading India Pvt Ltd
Bhubaneswar
06.2018 - 03.2020
- Sales - completing the target given by the company with the help of distributors and farmers
- Field visit - regularly visiting farmers fields to help them on pests and diseases
- Farmers meeting- conducting farmer meetings and other farmer interacting works to promote and increase the sales of the product
Assistant Production Manager
Unicorn Pickles - India
Porumamilla
07.2017 - 12.2017
- Gherkin Fruit Production Planning with area/ organizer/ village selection at the Porumamilla location
- Hybrid seeds allocation by the potentiality of organizer and farmer
- Monitoring sowing, population, and area estimation.
- Recommending for advance basis net area and crop status
- Training Field team on crop agronomy, plant nutrition and plant protection
- Monitoring pre and post harvest operations
Field Staff
Monsanto Company
Attur
10.2016 - 04.2017
- Cotton seed production Planning, area/ organizer/ village selection at the Attur location
- Area and hybrid allocation basis potentiality of organizer
- Monitoring sowing, population/ area estimation
- Recommending for advance basis net area and crop status
- Training on crop agronomy, plant nutrition and plant protection
- Ensuring rouging, timely pollination, and best practices appropriately
- Monitoring pre-harvest operations- removal of self, pruning, harvesting and post-harvest
- Timely submission of field quality reports- Sowing and yield estimation and CCP reports as per QMS
- Ensuring, proper drying, sorting and storage & labelling and raw cotton despatch
- Monitoring Ginning activities at Attur & Nandyal and despatch to Nandyal
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Agriculture, General
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram06-2016
Skills
- Retail Sales
- Operations Research
- FIFO
- Procurement strategy
- Market research
- Negotiation skills
- Vendor relationship
- Inventory control
- Vendor sourcing
- Relationship building
- Self motivation
- Multitasking
- Teamwork
- Client relationship management
- Sales operations
- Contact follow-up
- Direct sales
Languages
Telugu
First Language
Tamil
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Kannadaa
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Timeline
Head of Procurement
Hoovu Fresh
11.2022 - 01.2024
Head Of Sales
BIOGROW SUBSTRATES
02.2021 - 08.2022
Agronomist
International Marketing Corporation pvt ltd
04.2020 - 02.2021
Agronomist
Glaze Trading India Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 03.2020
Assistant Production Manager
Unicorn Pickles - India
07.2017 - 12.2017
Field Staff
Monsanto Company
10.2016 - 04.2017
Bachelor's Degree - Agriculture, General
Annamalai University
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