Quality Assurance Inspector

Albertsons Safeway is working to become the favorite food and drug retailer in every market it serves. The organization includes 2,230 stores, 27 distribution facilities and 19 manufacturing plants with over 250,000 employees across 34 states and the District of Columbia. The company is publicly owned with supermarkets across the country that include: Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, ACME, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw’s, Star Market, Super Saver, United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos.

The Portland Distribution Center, located in Portland, Oregon has an opening for a Quality Control Position on our Produce/Floral Replenishment team.

The Quality Control position inspects all incoming shipments of assigned product groups, as well as product stored in the warehouse.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• May rate products according to Company and USDA specifications. Maintains necessary inspections and rejection records.
• Accepts or rejects product based on condition, short weight, transit damage, grade, temperature, and other reasons. May reject product without further consultation if product doesn’t meet Company’s requirements/standards.
• Maintains necessary rejection records.
• Informs buyers on product quality as necessary.
• Prepares warehouse condition reports as requested.
• May organize shipping schedule for all items having different degrees of maturity. Gives shipping instructions to assembly via warehouse supervision.
• Determines the dollar cost and cause of warehouse shrink due to spoilage. Makes recommendations to management regarding reduction in shrink.
• Maintains logs and records of spoilage, including information on overbuying, lack of retail performance, weak produce, etc. Prepares monthly and quarterly recaps for review by management.
• Ensures that appropriate personnel are trained in the proper handling, storage, rotation, and selection of produce to be shipped to the retail units. Ensures that shipping crews are provided with daily information on lots to be shipped.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or higher.
• Reading, writing, math, and communication skills at a proficient level
• Ability to follow verbal or written instructions.
• Keyboarding proficiency.
• Computer skills: Word, Access, Powerpoint, Excel.
• Produce & Floral Industry experience
• Produce quality inspection knowledge preferred
• Be detail oriented, ability to organized, and strong analytical skills.

We foster an inclusive working environment where the different strengths and perspectives of each employee is both recognized and valued. We believe that building successful relationships with our customers and our communities is only possible through the diversity of our people. And a diverse workforce leads to better teamwork and creative thinking, as well as mutual understanding and respect.

We provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, medical condition, marital status or any other legally protected status.

We support a drug-free workplace – all applicants offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test before they are hired.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.84 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift

Work setting:

• In-person

Work Location: In person