What are the responsibilities and job description for the Feedyard Manager position at Cobalt Cattle Company LLC?
Overview: Manage and lead all activities involved at an assigned feedlot in order to meet personnel, productivity and profitability objectives. This includes administrative, cattle, mill, feeding, animal health, maintenance and commodities.
Essential functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Essential functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Develop, monitor, and is accountable to, the feedlot operating and capital expense budgets.
- Manage, develop and lead staff.
- Promote a safe and healthy work environment.
- Communicate with the EVP Cattle on current and future capital expenditures.
- Work with other managers in the development and/or improvement of future and existing feedlot operations and procedures.
- Ensure that required records and reporting are developed and maintained to comply with environmental, safety, and regulatory issues.
- Ensure that yard activities are carried out in an efficient manner through personal observations and meetings (formal/informal) with appropriate management and line employees.
- Ensure that supervisors and consultants are directed toward performance goals.
- Oversee the marketing of fed cattle.
- Work with Cattle Procurement to achieve goals.
- Represent Cobalt Cattle Company at community and national events.
- Participate and/or head up company wide feedyard planning projects.
- Responsible for preparing information and selling resale cattle.
- Act as backup for any of the department managers and/or line workers.
- Maintain rapport with outside vendors.
- Evaluate personnel for job performance and bonuses.
- Ensure compliance with all ISO/HACCP and OSHA/Safety procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Display consistent skills, behaviors, and attitudes congruent with the values and strategies of Cobalt Cattle Company; model high performing level of motivation, performance and personal integrity that others strive to emulate; match actions and words.
- Understand the organization, strategic objectives, structure; work effectively within the organization to achieve results.
- Know customers in the market territory; keep up to date on key competitors; understand and respond to the needs and expectations of relevant customer segments; establish effective working relationships with customers to gain respect and loyalty; identify opportunities presented by changes and shifts in the marketplace.
- Understand the financial implications of various actions; make effective use of various sources of financial information (e.g., operating reports, spreadsheets, etc.) establish and meet realistic budget goals based on sound cost analysis; take continuous action to control costs while maintaining high quality performance.
- Meet or exceed technical/functional expectations.
- Provide consistent, clear work direction relative to current priorities; delegate and assign work based on employee skill, experience and development needs; monitor work progress against goals; manage conflicting requirements; remove obstacles; instill a sense of urgency relative to task.
- Communicate in an open, straight forward, honest and respectful style; check for message clarity; understand the effect the communication style has on others, including nonverbal communications; plan for and adapt to the wide variety of communication preferences and needs of others.
- Keep personal feelings in check; remain impartial; gather relevant data before taking action.
- Deal with others in an honest, ethical and fair manner; act in ways that are consistent with beliefs: openly address conflicts when they arise; provide clear and appropriate reasons for decisions.
- Supervisory responsibilities
- Assist with the oversight of all Department Managers
Work environment
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Physical demands
- Regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
- Frequently required to talk or hear.
- Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Travel required
- None
Required education and experience
- College Degree or 5 years industry experience and a complete knowledge of the cattle feeding industry.
- 5 years supervisory or management experience of others.
- A good understanding of OSHA/HACCP guidelines is preferred as well as an understanding of a cattle accounting system.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software, Spreadsheet software, accounting software, and Internet software.
- Strong MS Office experience and proficiency with developing and using spreadsheets and/or databases.
Competitive compensation and benefits including:
- 401K Company Match
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off(PTO)
Work authorization/security clearance requirements
Cobalt Cattle Company participates in E-Verify. You must be authorized to work in the United States.
Affirmative Action/EEO statement
Cobalt Cattle Company, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer
Note: Specific statements in each section of this Job Description are not intended to be an all-inclusive explanation of work to be performed. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Nothing in this document restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Employees are expected to perform any and all duties as assigned to the levels expected by management. This job requires regular and predictable attendance. The Employee’s signature below is only an acknowledgment of receipt and understanding of the job description and in no way alters the Employee’s “at will” employment, and neither implies nor constitutes a contract of employment for a definite period of time.
Cobalt Cattle Company participates in E-Verify. You must be authorized to work in the United States.
Affirmative Action/EEO statement
Cobalt Cattle Company, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer
Note: Specific statements in each section of this Job Description are not intended to be an all-inclusive explanation of work to be performed. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Nothing in this document restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Employees are expected to perform any and all duties as assigned to the levels expected by management. This job requires regular and predictable attendance. The Employee’s signature below is only an acknowledgment of receipt and understanding of the job description and in no way alters the Employee’s “at will” employment, and neither implies nor constitutes a contract of employment for a definite period of time.
