Ramar Sangaiah

Extensive experience in managing cross-functional agricultural operations in a multi-site global environment including India, Kenya, Cambodia & Vietnam with over 25 years of career success in developing & executing operational strategies to accomplish top & bottom-line profitability across in Sugarcane production. Currently managing a team of 250 members for smooth operations.
Strategic and performance-driven professional with merit of delivering transformational change in agricultural operations and production; spearheaded end-to-end agronomy, finance & factory production, managed complete group’s agriculture department & large scale nucleus farms, developed budgeting & administration strategies, administered transport, automobile workshop, project implementation, identified new agri-business opportunities & projects and supervised end-to-end P&L of Agriculture Department.
Highly skilled in formulating budgets, SOPs & policies, designing systems & processes, instituting process improvement & enhancement techniques. Gained expertise in irrigation systems for small scale as well large scale farming. Led the expansion of land development activities, best crop management practices, harvest & transport operations. Consistently achieved factory targets, delivered technical & financial advisory services and training to smallholder farmers Managed end-to-end functions of new site clearance, design farm layout, land development and crop development for large scale Nucleus. Successfully developed out growers management model. and Built strong relationship with government officials.
Impeccable record of enhancing crop surface area development through contract farming as well as company owned nucleus farming, improving yield by adopting modernized crop management practices and farm mechanization. Contributed in fieldwork digitalization & bank operating system implementation for over 100,000 farmers. Pioneer in introduction of sustainable sugarcane initiative in Kenya.