Production Operations and Regulatory Manager at Rachna Agri Business (2025-09 – Present)
- Oversee corn production operations including field management, quality assurance and operational activities.
- Leading end-to-end operational management across the entire production value chain, from field production to multi-stage processing, ensuring operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and technology adoption.
- Collaborate closely with R&D, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Regulatory Affairs, and other key stakeholders to align business objectives and optimize performance.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to production, processing, and grower teams, ensuring compliance with quality standards and best agronomic practices.
- Develop and manage periodic forecasts, and resource allocation to maximize cost efficiency while maintaining the highest quality standards and contributing to organizational profitability.
- Developing organizational capability by implementing train the trainer programs for field staff and farmers.
- Led and coach professional production team to improve field execution, productivity and operational performance.
Project Manager - Silage at Lucky Core Industries Ltd (Formerly ICI Pakistan) (2020-02 – 2024-09)
- Overall responsible for silage operations through the execution of crop procurement, grower retention, provide extensive field/agronomy services, planing & budgeting crop input, silage costing, make sure silage machinery purchase, repair & maintenance.
- Active member of the Business Executive Team (BET).
- Delivering significant productivity through production planing and process improvement, sales volume increase 31% to 221.63% and in terms of value increase 155M to 686M PKR.
- Accountable for the development and delivery of the Silage Business plan through aligning with Commercial team on silage different variants, technical training, field demonstration, dealer and grower support needed to deliver the commercial team.
- Developing organizational capability through train the trainer program for field staff and farmers.
- Led and coach professional production team.
- Efficiently use production module in SAP/4HANA.
- Make sure compliance of EHS during operation and to educate growers as per EHS guideline for operational excellence.
Seed Consultant at Farm Dynamics Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd (2019-01 – 2019-12)
- Led the business of Rhode Grass / Alfalfa imported from Australia/USA. Continuously worked to improve product line and got joint venture with Thai based company on hybrid corn seed.
- Proactive and continuously looks for ways to improve the sale process for the company to grow and capture market share. Setting sales team objectives & priorities in alignment with company objective & priorities.
- Conducted high profile and small farmers gathering. Developed dealers network in Punjab, KPK & Gilgit Baltistan.
- Business achievement, sales increased from 3M to 22.8M which is around 300% growth through the execution of better planing and resource optimization.
Business Manager at Muhammad Din & Sons (MDS) (2017-01 – 2018-02)
MDS is a local seed importer, based at Gujranwala. Major distributor of Seminis, Chia Tai, Harris Moran, Takki, Nongwoo Bio, and CP seed in Pakistan.
- Developed corn hybrids CP, Thailand brand in Pakistan market. Corn seed volume increased from 20MT to 80MT through strong field work.
- Led the hybrid vegetable and corn seed and commercial crop seed of wheat & rice sales in Punjab.
Plant Operations Manager at DuPont Pioneer Pakistan (2015-05 – 2016-08)
- As a Plant Lead responsible for corn seed quality through drying / shelling & conditioning. Active member of the Country Management Team (CMT).
- Ensured & monitored production target to meet lead time for supply chain. Closely worked with supply chain to make sure timely product availability for sale.
- Good analytical approach & frequently use Minitab in Plant Operation & in Quality Assurance to minimize non-conformance & eliminate waste/defects from processes through analysis.
- Developed & implemented QMS & SOP for process improvement.
- Make sure safety compliance during the operations & involved in safety audits & make sure the implementation of employee's safety & core value recognition program with the help of SHE resource.
Quality Assurance Manager at DuPont Pioneer Pakistan (2014-05 – 2015-04)
- As a Quality Assurance Manager responsible for the highest quality standards for Corn, Pearl Millet, Rice and Mustard seed to lead the company efforts in adopting sound quality management practices in Quality Assurance.
- Closely worked with Supply Chain team for quality supply import, inventory management and logistics and 3PL activities.
- worked with my Quality Management/Assurance teams (USA, India, Australia, Thailand and Philippines) to achieve greater productivity and effectiveness.
- Analytical approach & frequently use Minitab in QA analysis.
Quality Supervisor / Quality Supply Operations Lead at DuPont Pioneer Pakistan (2005-05 – 2014-04)
- As a Quality Supply Operation Lead responsible for seed drying / shelling & conditioning and ensured production target compliance.
- On the basis of seed quality testing and regular stock monitoring took timely decision for material liquidation and help out commercial and supply chain team for timely dispatches to avoid seed discard / write-off.
- Analytical approach & frequently use Minitab in Plant Operation / QA analysis.
- 100% compliance in operations safety & trained staff in safety audits. Motivated plant team on different recognition program and trained plant team on Continuous Improvement.
- Responsible for the following supply chain activities. Independently handled the Import activities including import communication with source country.
