AB Agri Limited

Graduate jobs explained

AB Agri has four different graduate schemes. Each consists of a number of placements in various fields. The four schemes are:

• Commercial: 18 months to two years in length, spent rotating through key divisions of sales, marketing and customer support. In addition, placements will be conducted in various leading brands under the AB Agri banner, such as KW Alternative Feeds.
• Supply chain: Up to two years focusing on operations management and production management. This will introduce graduates to the whole manufacturing processes.
• Nutrition: Up to three years advising on, researching, developing and selling products. The programme is up to three years in length.
• Finance: As much as three years long, the finance programme includes two commercial placements. The focus will be on accountancy at AB Agri.

Locations

Typically, at least one placement for any scheme will be conducted in the head offices in Peterborough. Further placements could then be conducted at any of the following sites:

• Andover
• Banbury
• Bury St. Edmunds
• Cullompton
• County Antrim
• Dalton
• Driffield
• Edinburgh
• Enstone
• Fife
• Gainsborough
• Northallerton
• Marlborough
• Paisley
• Sherburn-in-Elmet
• Walsingham

Training and development

Graduate training starts with an induction lasting a week or so, at which the new starters will be introduced to the company, its markets, and its senior executives.

Beyond the initial induction, much of the training on the graduate scheme is provided through on-the-job experience on a variety of different placements. There are also some core modules that are taught at the outset of each graduate programme, focusing on general skills required in business and management positions.

Professional accreditation

The finance programme is the only graduate scheme on offer from AB Agri that involves working towards an official qualification, either through ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), ACA (Associate Chartered Accountant) or CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).

Support during the training scheme

Graduates will be assigned a mentor when they join, to advise and guide them through the training programme. There is also additional backup in the form of line managers, previous graduates, and other senior colleagues, so there is plenty of support available.