Quality Supervisor

Company Description

Wonderful Citrus is America’s largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementine/mandarin, navel and Valencia oranges; lemons; limes; grapefruits; and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus owns, cultivates and harvests more than 58,000 acres of fresh citrus and ships around the world each year to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across America under the flagship consumer brands of Wonderful Halos mandarins and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red grapefruit.

Job Description

Overview:

Plans, coordinates, and directs control program designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established standards. Conducts audits of production facilities to ensure company standards are maintained and product integrity is preserved. Consults with management/supervisors and leads to resolve quality, production, efficiency, and utilization problems.

Here's what you'll do:

• Develops and analyzes statistical data and product specifications to determine present standards and establish proposed quality and reliability expectancy of finished product
• Formulates and maintains quality control objectives complementary to company policies and goals
• Creates and implements inspection criteria and procedures
• Interprets and quality control procedures and policies to personnel
• Coordinates objectives with production procedures in cooperation with other management staff to maximize product reliability and minimize costs
• Provide inspection activity for product
• Involved in resolving quality issues within packing facility from post-harvest to packaging
• Educate and instruct plant personnel in recommended fruit quality tolerance and quality defects
• Supervise workers engaged in inspection criteria and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Here's what you'll bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or 3 years’ experience in a food processing environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Computer literate
• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as statistical means, averages, cycle times, inventory turnovers, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Must be able to troubleshoot equipment/process problems and propose solutions. Problem-solving skills are essential to this position.

Pay Range: $70,000 - $80,000 and may include a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience

Additional Information

Wonderful's dedication to you:

• Competitive benefits package including Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k
• Continued training and generous Education Reimbursement Program
• Paid sick, vacation and holiday time
• Wonderful Giving (www.wonderfulgiving.com) -- allowing you to donate company money to a cause of your choice

Why Choose Wonderful?

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a privately held $6 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world. Its iconic brands include FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, Teleflora, and JUSTIN and Lewis Cellars wines. The Wonderful Company’s connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. 

To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products, and its core values, please visit wonderful.com, or follow The Wonderful Company on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. To learn more about the company’s corporate social responsibility impact, visit csr.wonderful.com. 

Wonderful Citrus and The Wonderful Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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