Quality Assurance Associate

Sysco•University Lakes Mobile Home Park, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution, operating approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serving more than 700,000 customer locations with over 71,000 colleagues. The company offers opportunities for personal and professional growth and aims to exceed customer expectations. This role, a Quality Assurance Associate at FreshPoint South Florida, Inc. in Pompano Beach, is responsible for inspecting products to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed. The position involves ensuring proper product rotation, removing distressed items, and communicating quality concerns to relevant parties.

Requirements

Prefer High School or GED
A minimum of two (2) years related experience
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.

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 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