Quality Supervisor - Wonderful Citrus

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, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red grapefruit.

Overview:

The Quality Supervisor plans, coordinates, and directs control program designed to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established standards while ensuring food safety requirements are met. This role is expected to develop individuals and teams to solve operational issues and motivate team members to achieve performance targets. The ideal candidate has experience within the agricultural industry, manufacturing operations, continuous improvement, food safety and/or hands-on experience managing perishable products. Candidates must be able to excel in a fast-paced environment.

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.
• Develop food safety training materials and execute the training of plant personnel.
• Complete internal food safety audits according to the program frequencies and facilitate corrective actions as a result of the food safety audit.
• Support the food safety manager and quality manager in the preparation and execution of 3rd party audits.
• Execute farm & harvest crew inspections and facilitate corrective actions as a result of those inspections.
• Develop and maintain data visualization tools (ex. PBI) to support the use of data collected by quality inspectors.
• Supervise workers engaged in inspection criteria and procedures
• Other duties as assigned.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Business, Food Safety and Quality Management, Plant Science or other agriculture related field preferred
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team in a, fast-paced, food manufacturing environment. Education experience can waive this requirement
• HACCP, PCQI, SQF and/or BRC preferred.
• High level written and verbal communication as well as interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to empower the workforce and build strong teams through developing, evaluating, training, coaching and succession planning.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as statistical means, averages, cycle times, inventory turnovers, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.
• Must be able to troubleshoot equipment/process problems and propose solutions. Advance knowledge of food safety practices and GMPs required.
• Must be able to troubleshoot equipment/process problems and propose solutions. Problem-solving skills are essential to this position.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required

​​​​​​​Pay Range: $75,000 - $80,000, and may include a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

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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