Management Development Associate

Description:

We’re a leader in the pet care industry, which means we’re not only ahead in volume, profit and market share, but our associates dare to Stand Taller. We innovate new products, impart new agilities into existing processes, constantly advance pet nutrition, and always pay it forward in the form of service for our communities and families. Are you up for the dare?

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

For more than 30 years, our Management Development Associate program has developed our future leaders. As a management Development Associate, you’ll embark on a personal and professional development experience a classroom simply can’t offer.

You'll be coached from the beginning, solidifying your career trajectory to learn and grow as a Manufacturing Excellence Management Development Associate. By joining Nestlé Purina you’ll experience information systems, quality assurance, supply chain, engineering, human resources, production, R&D engineering, and operations performance to understand how each of these areas collaborate with the manufacturing excellence. Following from there, you’ll experience driving operational improvement projects as well as working on cross-functional teams to focus on making sustainable gains in reliability, quality, safety, cost, and delivery.

Why a leadership developmental role with us versus somewhere else? Taking the manufacturing excellence path is a full-time position that’s a fast track to management on the manufacturing side of the business. You’re the future leader of our business! Plus, a change in location can offer a whole new perspective. With our relocation assistance package, you'll move to factory sites across the country as you define your purpose, explore your passions, and launch your career.

• Discover a variety of the field concepts, practices, and procedures that will allow you to rely on experience and discernment to plan and accomplish your goals.
• Analyze given data and operating conditions; implement changes and follow-up on results by involving key responsible people (i.e., sponsor, process owner, operator).
• Determine means to reduce material usages, material losses, and rework to achieve energy savings.
• Plan methods to improve efficiency in production.
• Maintain compliance with approved methods and quality standards.
• Support Business Innovation and Renovation Efforts.

Don’t meet all the qualifications listed under “other”? These are preferred, but not required. When you apply for a role with Nestlé Purina, we ensure that individual confidentiality is held to the highest regard. We are intentional about creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. We consider our associates our most valuable assets. Please apply for full consideration.

Requirements

• Must be open to relocation to one or more of our production facilities across the U.S.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business Management, or related discipline attained or expected by June 2024.

Other

• Prior co-op, internship, or practicum experience; manufacturing experience; student organization or other leadership experience.