Quality Assurance Coordinator, Produce

Company Description

Performance Food service, PFG's broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants, and other experts builds close relationships with customers providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection, and operational strategies. The Performance team delivers delicious food but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.

We Deliver the Goods:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America's food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

Responsible for checking quality of designated product and taking daily inventory on produce. Removes spoiled product that is short-dated from inventory and repacking full cases into smaller quantities. Responsible for quality checks of all produce pick locations. Pulls for dump or salvage any produce with decay or otherwise not meeting shipping requirements. Reports any dumps or salvage to Inventory Control. Communicates and interacts with vendors and co-workers professionally ensuring questions are answered accurately and in a timely manner.

Functions as a team member within the department and organization, as required, and perform any duty assigned to best serve the company.

• Perform assigned duties efficiently to reduce spoilage and contribute positively to profit margin; working closely with the cooler Receiving Department on perishable items.
• Determine quality of products returned by customers; work with Returns Clerk (DCI) on returned produce quality.
• Check quality of produce and ensure poor quality product is removed before a customer can purchase, ensure rotation and quality of product on a daily basis.
• Break / repack full cases to small cases in the most timely and efficient manner as to reduce spoilage and lost inventory.
• Check for dating issue on designated products on a daily basis. Remove any short dated and bad product from inventory.
• Communicate and interact with company associates and vendors in a friendly, timely and quality manner; ensure questions are answered accurately and in a timely manner.
• Uses iPad for data entry, needs computer skills - Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
• Keep inventory counts current.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Available Sun to Friday with a 5-day work week, rotating Sundays.

for Benefits Information

High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience

6-12 months Procurement, warehouse and / or related produce experience.

High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience

1-2 years Procurement, warehouse and / or produce experience in related area within food service industry

Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Performance Food Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, including those with disabilities and any protected group.

Please review the following resources: EEO Policy, the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement, and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.