Job Description

Are you an experienced livestock professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for animal welfare?
Our client is seeking a Livestock Operations Team Manager to oversee a dynamic team responsible for managing calf collection centres and ensuring smooth operations across the region.
In this pivotal role, you will lead and support collection centre managers, ensuring efficient throughput of calves from dairy farms and hauliers while maintaining the highest welfare standards. You'll also manage team activities outside the centres, including taking bookings, visiting suppliers, and preparing for weekly operations. A key part of the role involves managing farm software systems, so experience with farm management technology is essential.
Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee weekly operations at calf collection centres and manage regional team performance.

• Coordinate calf bookings in line with forecast and liaise with transport managers and hauliers.

• Maintain and improve calf specifications to meet company standards.

• Collaborate with genetic partners to optimise operational performance.

• Work closely with farm assurance teams to ensure compliance and uphold welfare standards

• Have the flexibility of regular travel as required for the needs of the business

About You:

• Background in dairy or livestock farming with a strong understanding of animal welfare and logistics.

• Proven experience managing field-based teams and building strong supplier relationships.

• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to remain calm under pressure.

• Competent in farm management software and confident in data-driven decision-making.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking business and play a key role in shaping livestock operations across the region.
Remunerations:
Competitive Basic Salary + Bonus Scheme + Benefits + Car + Fuel
To apply:
For more information and an informal confidential discussion please call Rupert Kettle on: Office 01885 485523 or e-mail your CV and covering letter to rupert.kettle@delacyexecutive.co.uk
De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you 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.
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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