Operations Management Development Associate

Operations Management Development Associate

To save time applying, Hormel Foods does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas for this position at this time.

Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food company with over $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters, Skippy, SPAM, Hormel Natural Choice, Applegate, Justin’s, Wholly, Hormel Black Label, Columbus, Jennie-O and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report, one of America’s most responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized on Fast Company’s list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, received a perfect score of 100 on the 2023–24 Corporate Equality Index and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts.

The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food. — to bring some of the world’s most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit

There may be no better place to launch or advance your supply chain career than at Hormel Foods Corporation. That's because we've structured our Operations Management Development Program (OMDP) in a way that enables you to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain, gain enriching and diverse experiences and work side by side with experienced leaders to power your career.

In this program you’ll bring your talent and drive to build and manage our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands and help us to bring some of the world's most trusted brands to tables across the globe.

• The Operations Management Development Program (OMDP) at Hormel Foods is designed with one thing in mind, YOUR career in Operations Management.
• During the 33-36 month rotational program, you’ll gain challenging experience working diverse assignments in all the functions of Manufacturing, Production Planning and Operations Management. Additionally, you will learn our processes and procedures while also being exposed to People Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and LEAN/Operational Excellence. Throughout the program, you will gain invaluable skills and capabilities through structured personal and professional development sessions.
• The scope of each assignment is designed to build your operations foundational skillset. In addition, you will sharpen key leadership skills & operational knowledge needed to accelerate your career at Hormel Foods Corporation. The OMDP program is ideal for individuals who are passionate about pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone to develop into an operations professional.
• The focus of the OMDP program is to challenge each participant in a variety of cross-functional development rotations through robust assignments across Hormel’s North America operations organization. At Hormel Foods, you’ll find a community of operations professionals that are aligned around developing our operations leadership pipeline. As a OMDP participant, you’ll receive mentoring & leadership connection opportunities to build your network & help you to envision potential career paths at Hormel Foods.
• Hormel Foods OMDP program provides an exciting development program consisting of three rotational assignments focusing on our greatest assets our people, our food and our processes while gaining exposure to other areas of our company. To provide a well-rounded experience, you will be based at one of our critical manufacturing operations while being exposed to challenging assignments and experiences.

The assignments will provide OMDP participants with:

• Structured & deliberate exposure to critical experiences to expediate development of key Supply Chain & Leadership competencies
• Exposure to Safety, Quality, Manufacturing, Human capital management, project management, business acumen, and LEAN/Operations…