
Performance Food Group Verified
Food & Beverages, Logistics
Quality Control Coordinator
New JerseyOnsiteFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)$20–$24 /hrPosted 22 days agoVisa sponsorship available
Required skills
- quality control
- inventory
- produce
- spoilage
- decay
- short-dated
- repacking
- customer interaction
- vendor interaction
- high school diploma
Nice to have
- foodservice industry
Role summary
Performance Foodservice is seeking a Quality Control Coordinator responsible for checking the quality of designated produce, taking daily inventory, and removing spoiled or short-dated products. This role involves repacking full cases into smaller quantities, ensuring quality checks at produce pick locations, and reporting any product dumps or salvage to Inventory Control. The coordinator will professionally interact with customers, vendors, and coworkers, ensuring accurate and timely responses. This position plays a key role in reducing spoilage and contributing to profit margins by maintaining product quality and accurate inventory counts.
Company Description
Performance Foodservice, PFG’s broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants, and other experts builds close relationships with customers — providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection, and operational strategies. The Performance team delivers delicious food but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.
Job Description
We Deliver the Goods:- Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
- Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system
- Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect
Responsible for checking quality of designated product and taking daily inventory on produce. Removes spoiled product that is short-dated from inventory and repacking full cases into smaller quantities. Responsible for quality check of all produce pick locations. Pulls for dump or salvage any produce with decay or otherwise not meeting shipping requirements. Reports any dumps or salvage to Inventory Control. Communicates and interacts with customers, vendors and co-workers professionally ensuring questions are answered accurately and in a timely manner. Functions as a team member within the department and organization, as required, and perform any duty assigned to best serve the company.
Position Responsibilities:
- Perform assigned duties efficiently to reduce spoilage and contribute positively to profit margin; working closely with the cooler Receiving Department on perishable items.
- Communicate and interact with customers (and company personnel) and vendors in a friendly, timely and quality manner; ensure customers' and vendors' questions are answered accurately and in a timely manner.
- Determine quality of products returned by customers; work with Returns Clerk on returned produce quality.
- Check quality of produce and ensure: poor quality product is removed before a customer can purchase; proper rotation and quality of product on a daily basis.
- Break / repack full cases to small cases.in the most timely and efficient manner as to reduce spoilage and lost inventory.
- Check for dating issue on designated products on a daily basis. Remove any short dated and bad product from inventory.
- Keep inventory counts current.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience6-12 months Procurement, warehouse and / or administrative experience in related area
Preferred Qualifications
High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience1- 2 years Procurement, warehouse and / or administrative experience in related area within foodservice industry
OSHA Forklift Operator certification
EEO Statement
Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.Similar roles
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