Job Description
Job DescriptionJOB SUMMARY:Responsible for inspecting the product to identify quality issues and assisting with product repacking as needed.
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
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- Prefer High School or GED.
Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years related experience (knowledge of produce industry preferred).
Skills:
- 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.
Decision Making Authority:
Most important decisions made fully independently:
- Identifying quality issues.
- Most important decisions made with review and approval of other individuals or supervisors (include the reviews/approvals required).
- All work regularly reviewed by the supervisor and manager.
Other Information:
- 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.