Produce Quality Control Inspector

FreshPoint is North America’s largest wholly owned produce distributor. With unmatched fresh produce, knowledge and experience, FreshPoint provides today’s chefs with the ingredients to create tomorrow’s culinary successes. At FreshPoint, Inc., it is our philosophy to provide only the freshest quality products and finest service in the industry. We are not satisfied with simply meeting the specifications. Not everything we do is new but we take good old-fashioned values and ideas.

The Produce Quality Control Inspector is responsible for conducting daily cooler walk-through to inspect product, identifying quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed.

* Conduct daily walk-through of assigned coolers to check quality of product and identify any quality issues. * Check dates of product for proper product rotation by date. * Communicate quality issues to Buyers, Receivers and management as needed to resolve quality issues. * Notify Manager, Quality Control of any shortage, and damage of product or poor quality product * Evaluate and maintain quality of all existing merchandise, remove any distressed product, determine what product needs reworking and what product should be discarded. * Rework all distressed/damaged products. * Report all lost product or transfers to Manager, Quality Control. * Verify and log that proper cooler temperatures are maintained. * Keep coolers clean and clear of empty pallets and debris. * Assure that all inventory is properly blocked throughout the day. * Assure that all inventory is properly labeled. * Assure allergen products are properly segregated. * Assist in inventory count procedures. * Ability to communicate and work well with others. * Adhere to all safety rules. * Good attendance and adherence to the work schedule. May be required to work overtime. * Follow all SQF principles pertinent to your position as specified by the SQF Practitioner. * Perform other duties as assigned by Manager, Quality Control, Manager, Day Warehouse or designee.

* 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. **Education and Work Experience:** * High School diploma or equivalent and a minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred). **Physical Requirements:** * Continuous strenuous manual moving of product weighing up to 50 lbs. during the shift; infrequent moving of product up to 80 lbs. during the shift. * Continuous bending, squatting, lifting, pushing and pulling. * Constant standing and walking for periods in excess of eight hours. * Must be able to get on and off all equipment and operate it efficiently.