Quality Control Specialist

Beverage South Distributors; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 22,041 - 30,307; Full time

Job summary

Beverage South Distributors in West Columbia, SC seeks a Quality Control Specialist to join our warehouse team. You will work under the Production Supervisor and support loading, safety and quality control across deliveries.

The role emphasizes supervision, training and strong communication, with responsibilities spanning receiving, storing, order fulfillment and maintaining inventory accuracy using our VIP WMS system.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of management experience in beverage or similar field.
• Capable of supervising, training and possess excellent communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, time management and decision making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Enforce warehouse standard practices and assist the manager.
• Maximize productivity to meet timelines and budgets.
• Meet critical operational timing to satisfy customer and internal needs.
• Perform basic warehouse tasks: receiving, storage, order fulfillment and cleanliness.
• Interface professionally with customers, carriers and contractors.
• Ensure OSHA safety regulations and company safety rules are observed.
• Drive quality by proper loading/unloading to prevent damage.
• Demonstrate competency in WMS VIP system.

Skills

Supervising

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Decision making

Tools

VIP WMS

Job description

POSITION PURPOSE

Beverage South (GA/SC) is looking for Dynamic Employees to join the Beverage South Family in our Warehouse. Come join our AWESOME TEAM and have FUN while you work with BEER!

Nature and Scope

The Quality Control Specialist reports directly to the Production Supervisor while assisting with 10-15 load crewmembers. Responsible primarily for all aspects of Quality Control and assisting the Production Supervisor in managing the safe, efficient and accurate loading of all delivery vehicles. Also performs the assigned maintenance tasks that accompany the position.

Knowledge And Experience

This position requires 1-3 years of management experience in the beverage industry or similar field. Must be capable of supervising, training and possess excellent communication skills. Must have strong organizational skills, time management and decision making abilities.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Knowledgeable of all Beverage South warehouse standard practices and is responsible to assist manager with enforcement of those practices.
• Maximize productivity standards to meet operational timelines and budgets.
• Achieve critical operational timing to meet customer and internal needs.
• Efficient and knowledgeable in basic warehouse tasks including but not limited to: receiving, storage, order fulfillment and cleanliness.
• Exhibit competency of work practices to allow operational flexibility. This includes competency in basic shift‑specific tasks as detailed by supervisor requirement.
• Interface with external contacts professionally to satisfy customers, carriers and contractors.
• Ensures all OSHA safety regulations, local regulations and company safety rules are observed. Drive safety in work behaviors.
• Ensures and manages quality through limiting internal damage of product, proper loading and unloading of product to prevent damage at warehouse, route and customer.
• Demonstrates competency in assigned operational functions of WMS systems. Current system VIP.
• Ensures proper product rotation and segregation using FIFO methods by leveraging WMS and manual monitoring.
• Deliver and manage inventory accuracy through proper WMS and manual methods. Meets objectives for net shrink, absolute shrink and location accuracy.
• Assures a clean work space leveraging visual management.
• Regularly inspect facility and equipment for operational readiness, escalates or resolves issues as identified.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Success Factors

• Safety
• Productivity
• Accuracy
• Drive and energy
• Teamwork
• Honesty and Integrity
• Accountability and ownership