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Lucian Cojoaca

Horticultural Enginner
Bucharest

Summary

Professional agriculturalist with over 15 years of experience specialized in Marketing and Sale of Horticultural / Agricultural products for international companies.
Develop products for agriculture at local and global levels, strengths developed during the years of activity in business development, business awareness, sales and marketing, which enables to permanently streamline strategies to achieve the results

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Horticulture Sales Manager

Agro-Est Muntenia
Bucharest
11.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for the creation and development of the horticulture department, which will include 6 sales representatives in 2022 and a portfolio of bio nutrition & bio protection
  • Focus on achieving 1 million euros in sales in 2022, and 50% increase per year in next 3 years and
  • Development of network of new clients and key account
  • Implementation of demo lots, new product testing lots, creation of product catalog, leaflets, broch
  • Holding technical meetings and presenting products to end users: bio stimulator, bio pesticides, foliar fertilizers

Administrator

Kheloss Company SRL
Bucharest
01.2016 - Current
  • Marketing services for development of products such as bio stimulator, fertilizers and bio fertilizers, vegetable seeds, development of sales teams, teams of technical promoters for Romanian and foreign market
  • Developing company to increase its market presence, increase its market share, increase sales volumes and margins
  • Creating presentation catalogs, brochures, leaflets, holding technical meetings with end customers, organizing and supporting test lots, product presentation in agribusiness segment
  • Organizing open fields for final clients of companies

Sales & Product Manager

Alcedo SRL
Bucharest
11.2018 - 11.2021
  • Oversaw all horticultural sales, with focus on increasing revenue and cost reducing
  • Development of portfolio with 18% increase in new plant protection products
  • Improving sales strategies and together with team, increased turnover by 22% and gross margin by 40%
  • Testing of bio stimulator, bio foliar fertilizers, bio pesticides, stimulator, water-soluble fertilizers and deficiency correctors in order to develop new department, submission of approval files for 5 new products
  • Forecasting and stock management strategies to reduce losses to less than 1% and not exceed stocks by more than 15%
  • Product presentation meetings and technical support to end users

Sales Manager & Product Management

Aectra SRL
Bucharest
01.2016 - 11.2018
  • Making sales vision and set of strategies to achieve this vision turnover of 3 million euros
  • Keeping sales team informed and aligning with departments involved
  • Training and development for subordinate staff
  • Developing, together with other departments concerned, price list
  • Forecasting

Product Developer Representative

HM. Clause
Bucharest
03.2010 - 11.2014
  • Implement marketing strategy, as well as management portfolio company by developing partnerships with importers, local distributors and directly with vegetable growers
  • Development and organizing of 300 demonstration trials with end user to promoting new hybrids
  • Organizing of open days 10 per year and more then 50 symposium with participation of importer/distribution and all firm's clients to promoting products portfolio
  • Organization of 50 test trials per year, field evaluation, collection and reporting of results
  • Develop of market research, communication materials, monitoring competition
  • Creating in 2014 "road map" of Romanian Vegetable market for next 5 years
  • As result of work performed, sales volume increased by 17% during this period

Sales Reprezentative - Department of Irrigation

Agriferma SRL
Bucharest
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Sales of irrigation systems, fertilizers, greenhouses and plastic tunnels
  • Maintain portfolio and finding new clients
  • Design of irrigation systems
  • Increased sales volume by 7%

Team Leader

JIB Cannon & Son
TownBridge
04.2005 - 11.2008
  • Achieving firm orders to date
  • Regular meetings with company clients
  • Perform daily work plan
  • Making recording of employees
  • Presenting products
  • Establishment of new lots of fruit trees
  • Supervision of specific works: cutting, treatments, fruit thinning, watering, harvesting over 500 tone of fruits
  • Team leader of 50 people from different nationalities

Education

Bachelor of Science - Horticulture

University of Agronomic Sciences And Veterinary
Bucharest
10.2003 - 07.2008

Skills

    Sales Strategies

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Software

CRM Software

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Office Pack

Timeline

Horticulture Sales Manager

Agro-Est Muntenia
11.2021 - Current

Sales & Product Manager

Alcedo SRL
11.2018 - 11.2021

Administrator

Kheloss Company SRL
01.2016 - Current

Sales Manager & Product Management

Aectra SRL
01.2016 - 11.2018

Product Developer Representative

HM. Clause
03.2010 - 11.2014

Sales Reprezentative - Department of Irrigation

Agriferma SRL
01.2009 - 01.2010

Team Leader

JIB Cannon & Son
04.2005 - 11.2008

Bachelor of Science - Horticulture

University of Agronomic Sciences And Veterinary
10.2003 - 07.2008

driving license

category B acquired in 2003

driving license

category B acquired in 2003

Lucian CojoacaHorticultural Enginner