Quality Assurance Associate, Produce

US1107 FreshPoint Dallas, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco Corp. is seeking a Quality Assurance/Production Inspector to inspect products and assist with repacking as needed. The role involves daily cooler walk-throughs, identifying quality issues, and ensuring proper product rotation and labeling.

Responsibilities include communicating issues to buyers and management, removing distressed products, and reworking damaged items. The position requires attention to detail and the ability to operate warehouse equipment in a fast-paced warehouse

Qualifications

• Education: High School or GED preferred.
• Experience: minimum two years in related role; produce industry knowledge preferred.
• Skills: ability to operate warehouse power equipment; professional communication; knowledge of shipping procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Conduct daily walk-through of assigned coolers to check the quality of the product and identify any quality issues.
• Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date.
• Remove any distressed product, determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded.
• Rework all distressed/damaged products.
• Communicate quality issues to buyers, management, and associates; report all lost product or transfers.
• Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled.
• Inspects product on production lines; identifies issues and notifies line leads.
• Identifies products according to size, origin, and count.

Skills

Operate warehouse power equipment

Professional communication

Verbal and written communication

Shipping procedures knowledge

Produce varieties knowledge

Education

High School or GED

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for inspecting the product to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Conduct daily walk-through of assigned coolers to check the quality of the product and identify any quality issues.
• Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date.
• Remove any distressed product, determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded.
• Rework all distressed/damaged products
• Communicate quality issues to buyers, management, and associates. Report all lost product or transfers.
• Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled.
• Inspects product on production lines; identifies issues and notifies line leads
• Identifies products according to size, origin, and count

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Prefer High School or GED

Experience

A minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred).

Skills

• Ability to operate warehouse power equipment.
• Ability to interact with others in a professional manner.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• General understanding of the shipping procedures of a high volume warehouse operation.
• Solid understanding of produce varieties handled in a wholesale operation.

Decision Making Authority

Most important decisions made fully independently:

Identifying quality issues, removing the distressed and damaged product

Most important decisions made with review and approval of other individuals or supervisors (include the reviews/approvals required):

All work regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager.

Most important decisions made with review and approval of other individuals or supervisors (include the reviews/approvals required):

All work regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Please provide any other information that you think would help us further define the nature and scope of this position.

• Eliminated Produce QC Inspector title.
• Some stooping and bending required.
• Ability to manually inspect produce efficiently for periods of up to or exceeding eight (8) hours.
• They must be able to move around the work area freely.
• Frequent lifting of the product up to 50 lbs. during the shift, infrequent lifting up to 80 lbs.