What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA Inspector position at Albertsons Companies?
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ertsons 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. Acc
- epts 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. Mai
- ntains necessary rejection records. Inf
- orms buyers on product quality as necessary. Pre
- pares 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. Det
- ermines the dollar cost and cause of warehouse shrink due to spoilage. Makes recommendations to management regarding reduction in shrink. Mai
- ntains 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. Ens
