Come and join the leading #avoexperts 🥑
Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value-added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce – 365 days a year & across the globe.
With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading #avoexperts and considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.
We’re looking for a Quality Assurance Supervisor to join our team in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
As Quality Assurance Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our products meet and exceed expectations. You'll lead a team of dedicated QA professionals, overseeing their work and ensuring they have the resources and support they need to succeed. You'll also conduct thorough product inspections, maintain accurate quality records, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Your expertise and leadership will be essential in maintaining our reputation for quality and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities include:
* To supervise the QA team, to ensure all tasks are completed to schedule.
* To complete product sampling.
* To conduct positive release checks
* To ensure on-line fruit quality standards are met consistently.
* To ensure that packhouse procedures related to quality are adhered to.
* To assist in the training of Westfalia Fruit and agency staff in product grading.
* To maintain systems to manage label information against customer specifications and to conduct label checks.
* Hold the QA team briefing in the absence of the QA Manager.
* To adhere to the company’s Health and Safety policy.
Requirements
* 3 years’ experience working within a food production environment.
* Minimum 2 years of experience in a Quality Assurance position.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively liaise with colleagues across various departments.
* A keen eye for detail with a diligent approach to thinking.
* Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Desirable:
* Experience within FMCG would be advantageous.
* Proven experience in leadership and team management
Benefits
* 20 days holiday, inclusive of bank and public holidays
* Free on-site parking
* Free Tea & Coffee
* Company pension plan
* Medicash cash plan
* Christmas hampers
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.
Please note that this position does not have a specific closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we review applications on a rolling basis and the advert may be removed at any time. Due to the holiday season, there may be a delay in providing feedback on your application. Our team will prioritise reviewing applications as soon as possible and expects to provide feedback within the first weeks of January.