Walmart Canada · 19 hours ago
Manager, Quality Control
Sams Club, a division of Walmart Inc., is seeking a Manager for Quality Control. This role involves overseeing the quality, freshness, and food safety of grocery products within a distribution center, ensuring compliance with company standards and enhancing product specifications and processes.
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Responsibilities
Oversees quality, freshness, and food safety of grocery products in a distribution center as they flow from suppliers through distribution centers to stores and clubs
Inspects inbound fresh produce; floral, poultry and meat for adherence to Sams Club specifications
Participates in companywide initiatives to control costs and deliver high quality products to Sams Club members
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity
Oversees Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan
Oversees Sams fruit ripening program
Oversees cold chain compliance within the distribution center to ensure products are kept at proper temperature
Provides communication on fresh product quality to the merchant group and other relevant stakeholders to improve the quality of perishable products
Interfaces with the vendor community regarding quality of products being received into Sams Club Distribution Centers
Making Decisions: you will make decisions about dozens of products and processes every day. From quality to food safety and compliance, you will be involved in the decisions that shape Quality for Sams Club and our Members
Building Relationships: you'll use your knowledge and leadership skills to build partnerships with suppliers, merchants, replenishment, and club operations
Product Knowledge: your background knowledge will be leveraged daily, and you will always be learning more to build a broad foundation across all Fresh departments
Creating, collaborating and innovating: you will work with merchants, suppliers and other quality teams to develop and enhance product specifications, processes, and engage in other initiatives to take Sams Club Fresh quality to the next level
Continuous Improvement: Create, analyze, and provide feedback to merchants and other business partners on daily matters that could affect our members by utilizing performance data to identify improvement opportunities across all Fresh departments in Sams Club
Qualification
Required
3 years of supervisory experience
Bachelor's degree in agriculture, Agronomy, Food Science, or related field and 2 years of experience in agricultural quality control, agronomy, food retail management, or related field OR 4 years of experience in agricultural quality control, agronomy, food retail management, or related field
You must be able to work a flexible schedule that could be 3 am-12pm Monday through Friday and 1 Saturday monthly as well as up to 15% travel
You must be able to work in a 34-54-degree environment on the floor
Preferred
1-2 years of experience in vendor management, food safety or a related field
2-3 years of experience of poultry or meat industry experience, preferably quality related
3 years of retail produce inspection experience or USDA inspection experience
2 years of fruit ripening experience
6 years of experience in agricultural quality control, agronomy, food retail management, or related field
2 years of experience using basic Microsoft Office functionality (for example, Word, Excel, Outlook)
Data driven experience (Power-bi, Ai)
Benefits
401(k) match
Stock purchase plan
Paid maternity and parental leave
PTO
Multiple health plans
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program
Company
Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is a subsidiary of Walmart that operates a chain of more than 400 stores nationwide. It is a sub-organization of Walmart.
Funding
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