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Tamer Semida

Agr

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Agro-Executive DirectorFull Time

    Savola Food Group - AUCR

    Feb 2016 - Present -9 yrs, 4 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:The Savola Group was established in 1979, with the objective of manufacturing and marketing edible oil and vegetable ghee in Saudi Arabia. It is now one of the most successful and fastest growing multinational food groups in the Gulf and the Middle East Region, North African and Turkey (MENAT), and has a wide portfolio of businesses & activities including (Edible Oils, Vegetable Ghee, Sugar, Pasta, and Retail (Hypermarkets , Supermarkets and convenience stores ). http://www.savola.com/SavolaE/About_The_Savola_Group.php Duties and Responsibilities:  Strategize the company future plan to be based on the self-farming projects.  Preparing the project annual & 5-years business plan.  Developed and lead farming operations activities and Ag-teams for 52,000 acre.  Develop the cropping system in order to get diversity, sustainable, and profitable cropping system.  Improve the sugar beet crop production program in order to achieve the global bench mark of root & white sugar yield (more crop to the drop).  Issuing the action plans for the projects and several crop seasons.  Optimization of the cropping financial returns  Plan and direct the development and production of hybrid crop varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics.  Survey, and choose the proper available land for the farming projects in Egypt.  Develop and update the Agriculture Procedure booklet to match the various project and crop activities.  Develop baseline measures of sustainability and chart progress over time.  Promote the well-being of our customers and the people working in our operations and communities.  Create the annual plan of the needed machineries, raw materials, spare parts aligning with the concerned teams.  Hire, discharge, transfer, and promote workers, enforces safety regulations, and interprets policies.
  • Technical ManagerFull Time

    Al Dahra Agriculture

    Mar 2015 - Jan 2016 -10 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Developed and lead farming activities and team for where 18,000 acre farmed with forage and grain crops and 2,000 acre farmed with citrus crops;  Negotiated and closed deals to link neighboring farms to for economic units.  Survey, and choose the proper available land for the farming projects in Egypt;  Preparing the agricultural and production annual plan for the projects;  Issuing the action plans for the projects and several crop seasons;  Optimization of the cropping financial returns  Plan and direct the development and production of hybrid crop varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics;  Choosing the required machinery, equipment, and supplies, such as tractors, seed, fertilizer, and chemicals;  Hire, discharge, transfer, and promote workers, enforces safety regulations, and interprets policies;  Direct and coordinate work activities, such as planting, irrigation, fertilizer application, harvesting, grading, and record keeping;  Analyzing agricultural data to diagnosis the works done to improve production quantity and quality, further to optimizing production cost;
  • Agricultural Planning and Development Manager Full Time

    Savola - Egypt

    Aug 2014 - Feb 2015 -5 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Strategies the policy, plan, and investment for the agricultural companies in Savola group in Egypt.  Plan and develop the agriculture and production business and activities;  Participate in the preparation of annual budget for agriculture business and follow up their implementation;  Develop and monitor the agricultural sector activities in ASC-Alexandria for Sugar Company;  Plan the infrastructure and project requirements for new project in AUCR-Alexandria United Company for Land Reclamation;  Develop the outsources input materials;  Provide the company with the production cycles requirements such as crop seed “varieties and quality”, fertilizers “types, rates, and action plan”, irrigation water “rates, and action plan”;  Follow up the implementation of the approved plan activities  Technical supervision departments of agriculture and the control of insects, pests and weeds;  Assign the type, and qualities of seeds, fertilizers, and other input to be used in agriculture production;  Preparation of studies needs any additional agricultural equipment;  Periodic visits to the several sites to follow the progress of work and implementation plans;  Prepare periodic reports on the company's agricultural business;  Setup / monitor and supervise the implementation of agricultural crop trials and different irrigation systems;  Communication with universities and research centers to follow the latest scientific developments in the field of agriculture;
  • Ag Operation ManagerFull Time

    Olam International

    Jan 2014 - Aug 2014 -7 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details: Strategize the company future plan to be based on the self-farming projects;  Survey, and choose the proper available land for the farming projects;  Preparing the agricultural and production annual plan;  Develop sourcing model to reduce or eliminate the use of man power and increase control of the agricultural supply chain:  Develop forward contracting schemes with growers & associations  Maximize the sourcing of raw material from large scale growers  Prepare the plan depending on using the modern equipments and machineries in the mechanized farming  Maximize the use and productivity of Olam high solids onion varieties  Conduct variety trials to evaluate and recommend production plans  Using expertise from U.S. Ag Operations and own learning from trial work, manage cultural operations to maximize yields, solids, and quality  Optimize the use of large scale growers for direct seeded, mechanically harvested onions  Food Safety & Traceability  Teach and employ SVI Good Agricultural Practices to achieve compliance with the use of crop protection chemicals  Strive to add traceability of finished product back to the area and field  Learn and comply with international standards for food safety  Sustainability  Learn and understand the key sustainability values of Olam and SVI  Promote the improvement of agricultural productivity (more crop to the drop) and measures that improve the environmental health of the agricultural food system  Develop baseline measures of sustainability and chart progress over time  Seek funding opportunities from NGO’s or government organizations in support of sustainability measures  Promote the well-being of our growers and the people working in our operations and communities
  • Education

    • Soil Science and Plant Nutrition in Field Crop procduction

      Suez Canal University (SCU)

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2010 - 4 yr

    • Agriculture Sciences in Soil and Water Sciences

      Suez Canal University (SCU)

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2003 - 4 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      el sadat secondry

      Jan 2009 

    Skills

    • Microsoft Office
    • Contract Farming
    • Crop Production
    • Land Recalmination
    • Forage Production
    • Farm Management
    • Project Management
    • Project Planning
    • Water Management
    • Soil Management
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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • GLOBAL GAP

      SGS·2015
    • Quality Management System

      FoodLink for Consultation, License ISO 9001·2010
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