Quality Assurance Associate

Sysco•Daytona Beach, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for inspecting the product to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed. This role involves conducting daily walk-throughs of assigned coolers to check product quality, identify issues, and ensure proper product rotation by date. The associate will remove distressed product, determine rework or discard needs, and communicate quality issues to relevant stakeholders. Additionally, they will ensure inventory is properly blocked and labeled, inspect product on production lines, and identify products by size, origin, and count.

Requirements

A minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred).
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.
Ability to manually inspect produce efficiently for periods of up to or exceeding eight (8) hours.
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.

Nice To Haves

Prefer High School or GED

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