Quality Assurance Specialist- Pompano , FL

The Fresh Market & You: Our mission is to make everyday eating extraordinary for our guests. We create a warm, welcoming, memorable experience with exceptional, personal service. We’re looking for a new team member who strives for excellence and brings positive energy, commitment, and a “can-do” attitude to work every day. We value teamwork and celebrate our successes as a team and will value your contribution!

Added Benefits for choosing The Fresh Market Team:

• Team member discount up to 40%
• Health, Dental & Vision insurance available for individual, spouse, partner, and family.
• And much more!
• 401K contribution and match for part-time and full-time team members.
• Personal time off and additional time off purchase plans available

The Fresh Market currently has an opening for a Quality Assurance Specialist in Pompano Beach, FL. This role is responsible for inspecting and evaluating the quality of produce entering our distributor’s facility to ensure the product meets The Fresh Market’s standards. This position will report to the Quality Assurance Manager.

This position requires an experienced professional who has expertise in produce.

• Maintain quality results by following and enforcing standards
• Inspection of all produce coming into the facility
• Monitor coolers to ensure products are handled and rotated properly
• Ensure produce is shipped timely to the stores to maintain freshness and quality
• Communicate concerns to Quality Assurance Manager to coordinate corrective action communication
• Provide Produce Category team with updates on quality levels of produce
• Ability to refuse produce at the distributor that does not meet The Fresh Market’s standards
• Monitor shipping temperatures to ensure produce arrives to the stores fresh
• Authority to refuse product that does not meet TFM’s standards
• Interpret quality assurance standards and enforce them
• Act as company representative within distributor’s facility

At a minimum, what you’ll need:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent time-management skills
• Good critical thinking ability; problem solving
• Sense of urgency/persistence; ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing work environment
• Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 4+ years of produce quality assurance or produce retail experience required
• Knowledge of general operating aspects of the produce business
• Knowledge of USDA Standards of produce preferred
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Able to interpret a variety of instructions, furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to travel within assigned territory to include occasional over nights (
  
  Travel required:
  
  40%)

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS:
Consistent with applicable laws, TFM will make reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and team members, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to TFM. This guiding principle applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring and job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, national origin, genetic information, uniformed service, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal or state law.

The statements in this job description are provided to describe the general nature and level of work expected in this role. While these statements include the essential functions of the job, they are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. As we work as a team, there may be times team members are needed to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities based on business needs.