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WHAT IS ABP FOOD GROUP ?
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My name is Shane Brennan and I am a Procurement Graduate
WHAT IS ABP FOOD GROUP ?
ABP Food Group is one of Europe ’ s leading food processors , providing quality beef to thousands of customers across the world .
We employ over 10,000 people across the group , and have developed a global reputation for quality , efficiency and innovation . These values run throughout the company , and have been essential in making sure that we are able to deliver exactly what our customers need .
Our core business – ABP Beef – is supported by our renewables , pet food and proteins divisions , which ensure that the value of our by-products is maximised , and that our environmental impact is minimised .
10 in ABP Clones . I ’ m from Newtowncashel in Co Longford . I come from a farming background , my father is a full time farmer and that kind of led me on to where I am today . I started in Ag College in Mount Bellew , then Agricultural College Galway , did 2 years there and I went on and did a Level 8
Business Degree in GIT in Galway . .. The career prospects in ABP are excellent . It ’ s such a broad area , there are so many different areas like Procurement , Quality Assurance , HR all those kind of areas so they are always looking for staff and always looking for graduates to start at the bottom and work their way up .
Kelsey Robson , Quality Assurance graduate at ABP
Ireland . Hi , I ’ m Kelsey Robson and I work in Quality Assurance . I grew up in Seattle , I did my Bachelor ’ s Degree at Seattle Pacific University and I came to Ireland to do my Masters in UCD in Food Safety and Risk Analysis .
Starting out with ABP Food Group
I started in ABP about a year ago , my mentors as well as the graduates in the group made me feel welcome , we would hang out , they showed me
around and showed me what to do . They didn ’ t expect me to know everything and took me step by step till I knew what I was doing . After the first couple of days I felt like I could fit in and I felt like I could keep going .
Being involved with ABP Foods Coming into ABP ’ s Graduate Programme you feel very
involved , lots of feedback , lots of communication and it makes you feel like what you are doing is going to be remembered . What you ’ re doing does hold a place in the company and is of value .
Hi I am Caoilfhionn Dodd , and I am working with ABP Food Group . I started with ABP on their Production Graduate
Programme , having completed a Bachelor Degree in Animal Science in UCD . I love the support the graduate programme has given me . I would recommenditto anyone who is willing to work hard and wants to be involved in a growing company . Progressing with ABP Foods Since I have been working here I have seen the career ladder that exists in ABP and it is one that just doesn ’ t end , it is hugely motivational . People have come in here at the age of 18 straight out of school and they have made it the whole way to the top , it is truly inspiring . On my completion of the Graduate ProgrammerecentlyIwaspromotedtoaGroupSales Analyst Role which is based in our Head Office . That ’ s really important when you are starting a position , to be able to see the future and to see your future within a company . If you love the company you want to stay in it , you want to build your career within it and that is why I love working for ABP because I can see a huge future with them .
Colm McCabe My position is Health & Safety Graduate in ABP Clones . I come from Leitrim and have a small farming background there ; we have a suckler herd . I studied Health & Safety Systems in Galway … My role in Health & Safety here with ABP is very hands on , I am constantly out on the floor , in the abattoir , the boning hall or cold stores and it ’ s extremely important that safety is upheld throughout the
factory … In ABP Foods management have a clear vision of where you could go and they try to nurture your talent or responsibility in your role to try and bring you along , and hopefully into a management position in the future .
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