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FreshPoint, Inc. · 7 hours ago

Quality Assurance Associate

Laurel, MD

Part-time

Onsite

Entry Level

2+ years exp

FreshPoint, Inc. is a company focused on quality assurance in the food industry, and they are seeking a Quality Assurance Associate. The role involves inspecting products for quality issues, assisting with product repacking, and ensuring proper inventory management.

Food Processing

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

Qualification

Warehouse power equipmentProduce industry knowledgeShipping proceduresVerbal communicationWritten communicationProfessional interactionProduce varieties understanding

Required

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

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

Company

FreshPoint, Inc.

FreshPoint is North America’s largest exclusively owned produce distributor.

Founded in 1960

Maitland, Florida, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.freshpoint.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

unknown

2000-01-07Acquired

1999-01-01Private Equity

Leadership Team

Greg Musselwhite

Vice-President of Operations

Recent News

Benzinga

Sysco's FreshPoint Acquires BIX Produce For Undisclosed Sum

2023-06-26

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2023-06-26

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