Position Title: Ranch Operations Manager
Name of Ranch/Business: Diamond A Ranch / Cholla Livestock, LLC
Location: Seligman, AZ
Position Description:
Oversee all ranch operations of the Diamond A Ranch in Northern AZ. The Diamond A Ranch consists of 725,000 acres and runs 7,000 mother cows as well as an extensive stocker operation on the ranch.
The Diamond A Ranch, or also known as the Big Boquillas Ranch, is operated by Cholla Livestock, a part of the southwest’s largest fully integrated ranching/beef company with ranching, grazing, and cattle feeding operations throughout the west. The legendary Diamond A Ranch and its historic past has always been known for its vast size and beauty as well as the strong grasses of the Cataract Plains, making it one of the crown jewels of the Southwest.
Qualifications:
- Education: Proven ability to solve problems and learn from mistakes
- Experience: Agriculture background required as well as willingness to embrace the current operations goals and focus.
- Enthusiasm: Ability to be a leader and build confidences in and with ranch employees.
Responsibilities:
Oversee and manage all on ranch related operations. Ranch Manager would work directly with mid-level managers and ranch employees to implement better ways to solve problems, team building, organization and, most importantly, communication.
Although other team members are involved, the Ranch Manager is ultimately responsible for:
- Mid-Level Management (cattle manager and division managers, projects manager, horse manager, maintenance manager)
- Direct contact from ranch to office, office manager and operations owner
- Care for the well-being of ranch employees and their families
- Cattle, horses, equipment care and condition
- Monthly cattle inventories reports and Cattle Movement Reports (CMR)
- Budgeting and budget analysis each month, quarter, year
- Purchase invoice coding and breakdown for cost allocation
- Forward purchasing and projecting uses of commodities, hay, equipment, fuel, etc.
- Team building, overall ranch communication and enthusiasm.
Estimated Salary: Industry leading base salary for strong qualified candidate. Family health insurance and aggressive performance-based bonus programs are included.
Ranch Contact: Rick Kieckhefer || (602) 220-9820 || rick@chollalivestock.com
For more information, please view: CL-On-Ranch-Manager.pdf