Job Description

Do you have great communications skills and a passion for Cattle management?
Here is your opportunity to take on an exciting role that will play to your strengths and allow you to manage cattle on a commercial scale, with high throughput, and maximum volume, while maintaining the highest standards.
As a Calf Collection Centre Manager, you'll manage two calf collection sites, acting as a liaison between the calf breeders, the hauliers and the calf rearers.
On the weekly calf collection days, you'll manage the calf inventory, equipment procurement, the haulage and logistics, and the quality assurance of the animals, prioritising quality and volume. You'll be a great communicator and be ready to go full steam ahead.
To succeed in this role, you'll need a strong understanding of beef farming and the ability to build lasting, productive relationships with farmers.
Responsibilities:
Calf Procurement & Sourcing

• Source calves from existing supplier farms and onboard new local farmers into the scheme

• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure consistent quality and supply

Inventory & Compliance

• Book in calves, manage transport documentation, and ensure regulatory compliance

• Verify calf weights and specs; query suppliers or hauliers on non-compliant animals

Logistics & Coordination

• Organise hauliers and coordinate regional supply chains for smooth, timely deliveries

Quality Assurance

• Maintain and monitor calf specifications to meet internal standards

Data Management

• Input and manage livestock records using AgriWebb

You will have:

• Great communication skills

• Strong understanding of beef sector

• Strong experience in cattle management and wider husbandry

• UK driving licence

• Willing to travel around North West England (Cheshire/Lancashire)

• Previous procurement experience (Advantageous)

Remuneration:

• Strong basic salary + bonus scheme

• Company vehicle

• Pension

How do I apply?
For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Rupert Kettle on: 01885 485523 / 07498665961 or e-mail your CV (in word format) and covering letter to rupert.kettle@delacyexecutive.co.uk , thank you.
De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application.
More information about our processing activities can be found at www.delacyexecutive.co.uk/privacypolicy.
Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission.
Please note that this advertisement is not a job description and you should satisfy yourself about the full details at interview.
De Lacy Executive Recruitment is an Approved member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which promotes high standards in recruitment practice, and is registered with the Information Commissioners Office. De Lacy Executive Recruitment complies with all relevant data protection legislation.
Company
De Lacy Executive is a recruitment consultancy that supports farming and agri-business.
Since 2000 we have been recruiting within agriculture, horticulture, sustainability, food supply chain and other rural sectors across the UK and Internationally. We arguably have the largest network of candidates and regular employer clients within the sectors we operate in.
Over this time, we have been privileged to help countless companies and jobseekers to achieve their employment goals. We engage at all levels from trainee through to senior executive and in disciplines from production to technical and commercial.
Our team is friendly, knowledgeable and experienced. We welcome your enquiries and offer our very best advice and service whatever the employment situation.
Most of us are agriculturalists by upbringing or education and have experience of working in the sector we serve before entering the recruitment industry.
We are well trained in recruitment practice and De Lacy Executive is a corporate member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which promotes high standards within the recruitment industry.
We maintain the highest levels of confidentiality and are registered and conform to the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
We look forward to hearing from you.
De Lacy Executive Ltd. Suite 1 First Floor, Oak House, Bromyard Road, Worcester, WR2 5HP.
Tel: 01885 483440. E mail:
Company info Website Telephone 01885 483440 Location Suite 1, First Floor
Oak House
Bromyard Road,
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR2 5HP
United Kingdom
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