Quality Assurance Intern

**Position Snapshot**
**Business area**: Nestlé Canada
**Job title**:Quality Assurance Intern
**Location**: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8; Hybrid

**A little bit about us**
While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of Changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

**Position Summary**
We are looking for a Quality Assurance Intern based at our North York Head Office for the months of May to August 2025. This role is a great opportunity to work on Quality activities for all Nestle Categories of products. You will be working daily with quality management professional and some cross-functional teams’ members to strengthen quality process to ensure compliance to Nestle Standards, CFIA and Health Canada regulations

**A day in the life of a Quality Assurance Intern**
As a Quality Assurance Intern, you will be responsible for driving & sustaining successful change management through identifying opportunities to optimize product specification and quality release process while also developing the capabilities of the department colleagues and 3rd parties in Lean tools, processes, and thinking.

The key activities are the following:

- Implementation of Quality Tools.
- Evaluation of Power BI data.
- Follow up of action plan and planned activities.
- Training to 3rd parties on the available Digital Tools with proper coaching.
- Support the VMHS team with daily activities as well as some specific tasks (i.e. update of bulk specifications, update list of disqualified products, etc.).
- Upload and evaluation of documentation to ensure flawless product release execution.
- Follow up of closure of consumer complaints investigation.

**What will make you successful?**
- Undergraduate student pursuing degree in Pharmacy & Biochemistry, Food & Nutrition, Food Science, Chemistry and Engineering (Food, Industrial, Chemical), or equivalent.
- Have strong communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Has knowledge about LEAN and Total Productive Maintenance principles.
- Self-motivated, proactive, results focused, agile, innovative, and intellectually curious.
- Fast learner, and must be comfortable working within a dynamic, challenging environment.
- Strong computer proficiency (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towards the exciting Operations career you’ve always wanted.

**Benefits**
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

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