Livestock Buyer - NSW
Primary Processing
Roma, Queensland, Australia Remote
About the role
Operating remotely in the Northern NSW region and reporting to the Livestock Manager, based in Roma Qld, this primary purpose of this role is to ensure timely supply of livestock to ACC Properties and Feedlots in line with the required volume, specifications, quality and pricing schedules.
Attend livestock saleyards / events
Build and maintain mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships with vendors and suppliers based on transparency, trust and loyalty
Proactively engage producers, agents and vendors and provide timely, honest and constructive feedback to vendors on cattle performance
Maintain an informed awareness about industry trends, seasonal influences and risk to livestock supply
Ensure livestock suppliers uphold ACC’s standards relating to quality and animal welfare
Liaison with livestock transport and logistics providers
Prompt and accurate data capture and internal reporting
Ensure accurate and efficient processing of livestock transactions, approvals, documentation and compliance records
Identify and share improvement opportunities in strategic sourcing and industry partnerships
About you
We are looking for a well-established, industry professional with demonstrated success in a similar capacity (either agency or buying) who can hit the ground running! Along with being ready and available for frequent regional travel, the successful candidate will:
Have demonstrated experience and highly effective skills in correctly assessing various cattle classes and accurately drafting to specification
Maintain a highly credible professional and personal brand as an ACC ambassador
Confidently and positively engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders
Exceptional relationship building skills
Be able to effectively negotiate and influence
Use sound analytical skills and data to make informed decisions and recommendations
Operate effectively under pressure to deadlines within tight time constraints
Be competent with technology and have sound computer literacy
Have exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving ability
Have a commitment to working safely and be able to proactively manage own fitness for work
What's in it for you
Along with genuine long term career development opportunities, you'll be rewarded with:
Competitive salary
Short term incentive scheme
Tool of trade vehicle
Laptop & Mobile
Corporate clothing
Employee Assistance Program
About us
Australian Country Choice (ACC) is a proud industry leader in producing and supplying the highest quality beef products to both local and export markets. We employ over 1500 team members and together our diverse operation runs 300,000 head of cattle across our large-scale breeding, backgrounding, farming, and feed lotting through to our modern food processing and value add packing facility.
We are the largest, Australian owned and privately operated, fully integrated beef cattle supply chain. This means you really do get the best of both worlds. You get the opportunity and security that comes with a progressive corporate pastoral operation who continue to grow, develop and innovate, along with the support and personal interest that comes with being part of a family business.
We strive to earn our stripes as masters of our craft with a commitment to “being right” in everything we do, and, how we do it by delivering the highest standards in safety, customer, operational excellence, and our people. We do this by living our “Be Right” values of: Belief, Energy, Responsibility, Integrity, Grit, Humility and Team.
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