RANCH MANAGER - CATTLE

Full Time 1 month ago South Africa, South Africa

Employment Information

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
 

  • Agricultural Diploma/Degree advantageous
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in agricultural field
  • Proven experience with cattle
  • Good stockmanship
  • Maintenance and mechanically orientated
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Ability to lead and work with a team
  • Computer literate
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Valid passport
 
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
 
Strategic System Transition:
  • Execute the planned shift from open-range grazing to a structured paddock system (including both physical infrastructure and managed-movement units).
Production & Reproductive Performance:
  • Establish and enforce rigorous protocols to achieve elite industry targets for neonatal survival, calving percentages, weaning weights, and body-condition scores.
Health & Bio-Security Management:
  • Standardize veterinary interventions and bio-security protocols, ensuring strict adherence to vaccination, dipping, and production-based culling schedules.
Operational Reporting:
  • Translate field data into comprehensive executive reports.
  • Facilitate (in collaboration with administrative management) the organizational rollout of the Ranching ERP, ensuring high-quality data gathering from the field and using system analytics to drive operational decisions.
Logistics & Supplies:
  • Responsible for the timely ordering, stocking, and distribution of feed, supplements, veterinary medicines, and other operational inputs for the ranch.
  • Oversee safe and efficient usage of the ranch fleet and mechanical assets, including heavy-duty trucks, tractors, and processing equipment (mills/mixers).
 
 
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
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