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:

The Fresh Market currently has an opening for a Quality Assurance Specialist of Produce in Piedmont, SC (099). 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.

• Maintain quality results by following and enforcing standards.
• Inspection of all produce coming into the facility.
• Monitor coolers to ensure product is 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 the 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.
• Act as a liaison betweet the distribution hub and TFM Merchandising Team
• Support any and all food safety functions that may be relevent with providing safe produce to our stores.
• Visit TFM Stores monitoring quality of produce being delivered to the stores.

At a minimum, what you’ll need:

• HS Diploma is required.
• 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 and to the Store Support Center (099) including occasional over nights (Travel required: 40%)

Preferred qualifications:

• 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

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.

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