Quality Assurance Associate

Sysco

22d • $16 - $24

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Prefer High School or GED
• 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.
• Identifying quality issues
• All work regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager.
• 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 to 80 lbs.

Nice To Haves

• knowledge of produce industry preferred

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 products or transfers.
• Assure that all inventory is properly blocked and labeled.
• Assist in inventory counts.
• Instructs handlers in the proper method of loading trucks.
• All product loaded must be transported without damage

Benefits

• For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees