"Regardless of position, the people in this company really want to hear your thoughtsand ideas."
Department
Purina Pet Specialty Group
Position
Category Analyst
Role
Analyzes and reports on store level, territory and market level POS performance in Key Brand growth, retail deliverables compliance and retail executions.
Time with Nestlé Purina
7 years
Pets
Olivia Jane (Border Collie mix), Jenny (Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix), Madeline (Siamese cat), and Gwendolyn (Calico cat)
What made you choose to work for Nestlé Purina? What makes you stay at Nestlé Purina?
I’ve been with Nestlé Purina PetCare Company for 7 years. I chose to work here for several reasons. Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is a very family-oriented company that respects my family time and responsibilities. At the time I started, I was a single parent and Nestlé Purina PetCare Company provided a compensation package (salary, healthcare/insurance, retirement, etc.) that allowed me to feel more secure about the future for me and my son. I stay at Nestlé Purina PetCare Company for the benefits, salary, location, company reputation, and servant leadership philosophy.
How has Nestlé Purina helped you grow professionally?
I feel more confident in my contributions to Nestlé Purina PetCare Company and feel comfortable expressing my thoughts and opinions.
If you knew then, what you know now, what's one piece of advice you would give to someone coming into the company?
Be present and engaging in all meetings/job functions. Regardless of position, the people in this company really want to hear your thoughts and ideas.
What are some perks at Nestlé Purina that you enjoy?
Flexible working hours, accomodate family obligations, group functions, pets allowed at work
Describe your experience working at Nestlé Purina in one word.
Rewarding
What is the most exciting thing you are involved in outside of work?
We’re very active socially with friends and family – nothing exciting, but it is rewarding.
What items in your office could you not live without?
My son’s artwork. People come by just to see the latest by Caleb.
What’s your favorite place in St. Louis to relax and unwind?
The Loop
If you weren’t doing your current job, what would you be doing?
If I could go back to school and was somehow independently wealthy, I would be an archeologist searching for treasures in Egypt.
What’s your favorite quotation?
"To share often and much; To leave the world a little better; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. That is to have succeeded." – Ralph Waldo Emerson