A team of passionate agriculture enthusiasts and techies committed to changing farmers’ lives by improving their access to fair markets and providing high quality fresh produce to our customers
POSITION OVERVIEW
This position is responsible for the quality control process upon receipt of product (both Farm and purchased), our on-hand inventories, and the products being selected for customer deliveries.
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelors of Science in Quality Assurance/Degree in business administration or relevant field.
- Minimum 3 years of related Quality Control experience; thorough knowledge of quality management practices and statistical techniques
- Familiarity with fresh produce both local and international (quality expectations, varieties, case packs, etc.) is required.
- Knowledge of market operations and item prices.
- Excellent attention to detail and communication skills.
- Experience working in an Agriculture business company is an added advantage.
- Working knowledge and application of all agriculture produce merchandising expectations
- Developing training processes for each individual who handles or interacts with the products
Skills required
- Ability to educate team on product knowledge and convey enthusiasm.
- Skills in analysis.
- The ability to make considered decisions and to communicate them effectively.
- Excellent technical skills.
- Good numerical skills and an understanding of statistics.
- Leadership ability.
- Planning and organization skills.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Problem-solving skills.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Undertakes quality control process upon receipt of product (both Farm and purchased)
- Check the quality of incoming and outgoing produce from a company, as well as the produce sourcing procedures
- Design, implement, and improve company sourcing process and quality standards.
- Review processes in order to ensure that they align with current trends.
- Examine product for defects such as blemishes, imperfections, marks, cracks, etc. as it pertains to the company’s quality standards.
- Understanding customer expectations of and needs in a produce.
- Developing quality control processes.
- Designing produce specifications.
- Ensuring products are designed with adherence to legal and safety standards.
- Supervising staff and monitoring Sourcing standards.
- Evaluating the produce from farmers to determine their quality.
- Rejecting products that fail quality standards.
- Engaging with customers and gathering product feedback.
- Producing statistical reports on quality standards.
- Reporting to upper management on quality standard issues.
- Improving Storage and managing waste.
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