Associate Quality Assurance
Core
Monitoring and ensuring the quality, freshness, safety, and compliance of fresh products including fruits, vegetables, and meat across stores, warehouses, and suppliers.
Role type
Associate Quality Assurance (Food Safety & Fresh Produce)
Builds
Fresh food supply chain compliance and safety
Domain
Food retail / Fresh produce / Meat inspection
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Quality inspection, Food safety compliance, Fresh produce evaluation, Meat handling, HACCP knowledge, GMP knowledge, Corrective action coordination, Supplier evaluation, Documentation, Regulatory standards knowledge
Preferred skills
Quality assurance experience, Fresh produce experience, Meat inspection experience, Food retail operations experience
Technologies
HACCP, GMP
Responsibilities
Conduct routine quality inspections for fruits, vegetables, and meat products; Verify product compliance with company specifications and regulatory standards; Evaluate freshness, appearance, color, texture, ripeness, packaging condition, temperature, and shelf life; Perform sampling and inspection activities using standard quality procedures; Monitor product handling, storage conditions, hygiene practices, and cold chain compliance; Identify defects, non-conformities, damages, contamination risks, or quality deviations and report findings; Coordinate with operations, suppliers, and store teams to implement corrective and preventive actions; Support product rejection and escalation processes; Maintain inspection records, reports, and quality documentation; Assist in supplier performance evaluations; Support investigations related to customer complaints and quality incidents.
Seniority
Associate, hands-on operational role