Quality Assurance Management Development Associate

About the role

Join Nestlé Purina’s Management Development Associate program as a Quality Assurance Management Development Associate. You will rotate through multiple functions—including safety, supply chain, engineering, HR, production, R&D, and information systems—to see how each collaborates with quality assurance while gaining hands‑on experience in GMP, quality analysis, and food safety.

Key responsibilities

• Perform quality assurance and control functions for production, quality assurance, and food safety associates.
• Train with all departments to understand how quality interacts across functions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement during factory and quality assurance department training.
• Collaborate with quality assurance staff to improve training plans and checklists.
• Gain experience working across all three shifts and participate in shift meetings.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Biology, Microbiology, Animal Science or a related scientific discipline (expected by June 2027).
• Willingness to relocate to any of Nestlé Purina’s 24 U.S. manufacturing sites during the program.
• Start rotation at one of the following factories: Crete, Nebraska; Clinton, Iowa; or Davenport, Iowa.

Required skills

• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) implementation.
• Quality analysis techniques.
• Food safety support procedures.

What we offer

• Starting salary of $72,000 per year.
• Performance‑based incentives and a competitive total rewards package.
• 401(k) plan with company match, healthcare coverage and other benefits.
• Relocation assistance for each site move.