Agribusiness Management

Honore ZOH

Flat **, Grange House -The Grange – SE1 3AF - London

*******@**********.*** – ****-***@*******.***

Tel: +447*********/775-***-**** / 207-***-****

PROFILE

I’ve spent the past years in commodities environment.

I gained experience at all stages of the supply chain from farmers to trading.

I possess strong analytical skills and know how to deal with financial and non-financial data along with presenting findings in simple ways to make them accessible to a large range of people through my effective communication aptitudes.

I’m always passionate about project I take on board and deliver results timely and efficiently by prioritizing tasks.

I’ve completed a MSc Degree in Agribusiness Management that provides more tools to analysing, making decisions and maintaining good business relationship with clients.

These skills will be useful on the daily basis to perform duties related to the advertised position.

WORK HISTORY

Jun.2008 – Now: MAZKAN Holdings- Independent Commodity Broker

Working from home, I follow up leads generated to link up buyers and sellers.

My hard work has helped maintaining good relationship with suppliers and even increase their number over the past years.

Oil, Fuel, Stones, Edible and Agricultural commodities.

Duties involve:

-Building-up strong relationship with clients.

-Going through International Trade rules and Regulations.

-Discovering new business opportunities.

-Managing and Training new traders

-Buying on behalf of clients

Apr. 2007 – May 2008: TRADER - GITRADS Ltd.

Duties:

Building-up and maintaining constant contact with Exporters from West Africa.

Finding new business opportunities.

Taking and Managing Futures positions for speculation purposes.

Hedging physical positions against Options.

Analysing daily reports on Balance Sheet

Accessing and Managing Risks

Trading FX, Cocoa and Coffee Futures

The business did not carry on due to lack of funding although the business concept and model was challenging and the business environment in West Africa.

Jan. 2007 – Mar.2007: SCHNEIDER Professional Trader courses

Courses designed to provide all Junior-Trader with essential tools and knowledge of the Inside Markets

Tasks involved in Making Trading Decision:

Markets Fundamentals Analysis

Technical Analysis

Money and Positions Management Techniques of Futures and Options Markets

Trading Performance (Trading Feed-back)

I completed the core of the courses and successfully experience trading Bonds and Commodities with the company money by making some profit.

Nov. 2002 - Sept.2006 Trading Assistant and Logistics

LOUIS DREYFUS TRADING

London

Executing Traffic desk duties and complying with tight deadlines and workload although we have a regular increase of 3-7% year on year of shipments and contracts from 2003 to 2006.

Duties include:

•Execution of Coffee-Cocoa contracts

•Monthly Reconciliations

● Forwarding Coffee-Cocoa

- Checking Shipping Documents

- Booking Vessels

- Liaising with suppliers

- Raising Invoices

- Paying Bills and Invoices from suppliers

- Complying to any weights and incoterms regulations

● Updating AS400 (operating system)

● Managing Graded Coffee-Cocoa lots (Warrants) for Exchange Delivery.

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EDUCATION

Sep. 2013 – Jul. 2016: HARPER ADAMS University- Newport- England.

MSc Farm and Agribusiness Management:

Project Research Methodology and Application

Marketing and Supply chain management

Farm Financial Analysis and Management

Strategic Investment in Farming

People Management

Commodity Markets

Sep. 1996 – Dec. 1999 INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE - ESA

YAMOUSSOUKRO - IVORY COAST

Bachelor Degree in Agronomy and Economy:

• Production and conservation

• Marketing and Statistics

• General economy

• International Trading

SKILLS

• FRENCH is basically my first language

• Analytical and Making Decision skills by being Multi-tasks.

• Project Management

• Working to deadlines through good Organisation.

• Management and Leadership by excellent Communication.

• Teamwork.

• Good knowledge of Futures Contracts and Options for speculation operations and Hedging physical positions.

• Good practice of Commodities, their cycles, Shipping and Trading.

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office package and computer literate.

REFERENCES Available on request.

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