willie sibiya

assistant farm manager

About

Experienced Agricultural Economist with a demonstrated history of working in the Farm management & Marketing industry. Skilled in Research, Crop & Animal farming, Economics, and Team Leadership. Knowledge of Marketing, Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Trade,Packhouse Management, Fruit and Vegetable Production. Strong professional who graduated from the University of North West, Faculty of Natural And Agricultural Sciences.

Country

south africa

City

south africa

Industry

farming

Skill

microsoft office, research, farm management, marketing, financial statements, animal nutrition, budgeting, market research, market analysis, operations management, project management, sales management, strategic planning, microsoft excel, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft word, spss, stata, customer service, business relationship management, client services, communication, leadership, management, team management, crop production, econometric modeling, business relationship building, contract farming, organic farming

Experience

intern: farm packhouse management

department of trade and industry

2017-11 - 2018-10 · 1 yr

sales and marketing specialist

credico marketing limited

2013-1 - 2013-12 · 1 yr

Direct sales and Marketing of our client's products in their premises. This includes loans e.g credit cards and agricultural products e.g machinery such as tractors and other farm material

assistant farm manager

umbhaba (pty) ltd

2018-10 - Present · 8 yrs

Over seeing the overall farm operation from soil preparation, fertility, loss minimization, harvesting and marketing of final produce. Preparation and doing check ups on financial statements such as income statement and balance sheet for the company, building relationships with clients and bringing new business to the organization. Managing a team of up to 500 employees and doing task allocation and evaluation on a daily basis for each employee. Keeping the the Farm profitable at minimum cost possible.