Head of Corporate Development

ABP Food Group is one of Europe’s leading food processors, in business since 1954. ABP Food Group has operations throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe with annual revenues of €5bn1.

ABP Food Group delivers high quality, fully traceable, award-winning meat products by working together with our partners – from farmers and retailers, to experts in the fields of animal welfare and sustainability. ABP Food Group was the first food company in the world to achieve Quadruple Accreditation from the Carbon Trust. Our core business – ABP Beef – is supported by our renewable, pet food and protein divisions, which combine to ensure the value of by-products is maximised and the environmental impact of our business and customers is minimised.

The Corporate Development Manager will be tasked with providing strategic and technical leadership, and the necessary level of expertise to develop and implement ABP’s business and corporate development strategy. They will be responsible for prioritising and executing organisation-wide opportunities, as well as supporting Business Unit-specific initiatives to create new revenue streams for ABP. This role involves identifying and delivering breakthrough growth opportunities for the organisation.

The individual will work closely with the Executive Team and Board of Directors to shape and implement the business and corporate development strategy, in collaboration with Business Unit leaders and core support 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

▪ Lead the development and identification of strategic, organisation-wide opportunities. Support executive leadership in the ideation process, and conduct market and sectoral research and analysis to proactively identify growth opportunities.

▪ Analysis of potential acquisition opportunities / review of potential acquisition targets

▪ Execution of corporate development initiatives to include acquisitions and divestments

▪ Business partnering to include working with divisional management teams to monitor and review the key drivers of divisional operating performance

▪ Review and assessment of divisional investment proposals to include investments in automation and development / rationalisation of operational footprints

▪ Management and coordination of the Group’s annual strategic planning process to include preparation of 3 year rolling financial plan for presentation to the Group Board

▪ Assist with the preparation of the Group's annual budget

▪ Supporting Group Management and Divisional Management Teams with strategy implementation

▪ Ad-hoc projects

The ideal candidate will be a strategic, results-driven thinker who demonstrates:

• Excellent communication skills, with strong commercial acumen and technical expertise
• A proactive, self-starter approach combined with strong leadership capability
• Resilience, determination, creativity, and curiosity
• An innovative mindset with a strong entrepreneurial approach

Essential Criteria

• Experienced in financial modelling, corporate finance, transaction services, deal advisory, or investment banking
• Qualified accountant with a minimum of 5–7 years’ post-qualification experience
• Proven track record of providing financial insights and recommendations to support business decisions 

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