Requirements
The Quality Control Supervisor (Fresh Produce) is responsible for supervising fresh produce quality control activities, ensuring compliance with quality, freshness, food safety, and regulatory standards. Key duties include supervising inspections, assessing product quality, monitoring handling and storage, identifying non-conformities, coordinating issue resolution, and maintaining documentation. The role requires knowledge of fresh produce quality standards, food safety, HACCP principles, and team supervision.
Description
Who we are:GMG is a global well-being company retailing, distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home-grown brands across sport, everyday goods, health and beauty, properties and logistics sectors. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family for over 45 years, GMG is a valued partner of choice for the world's most successful and respected brands in the well-being sector. Working across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, GMG has introduced more than 120 brands across 12 countries. These include notable home-grown brands such as Sun & Sand Sports, Dropkick, Supercare Pharmacy, Farm Fresh, Klassic, and international brands like Nike, Columbia, Converse, Timberland, Vans, Mama Sita's, and McCain.Job Summary:The Quality Control Supervisor (Fresh Produce) is responsible for supervising fresh produce quality control activities across the Distribution Center, ensuring fruits and vegetables meet company quality, freshness, food safety, and regulatory standards from receiving through storage, sorting, and dispatch. The role supervises QC inspections, identifies quality deviations, supports corrective actions, and coordinates with Operations, suppliers, and stores to maintain consistent product quality and compliance.Job Responsibilities:• Supervise the inspection of incoming fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure compliance with approved quality specifications and inspection procedures.• Assess product freshness, appearance, color, texture, ripeness, temperature, packaging condition, shelf life, and other defined quality parameters.• Conduct routine inspections of stored products and identify spoilage, deterioration, contamination risks, damages, and other quality deviations.• Supervise picking and sorting activities, ensuring products selected and dispatched meet required quality and freshness standards.• Monitor product handling, storage conditions, hygiene practices, and cold chain compliance throughout Distribution Center operations.• Identify and report non-conformities and support product rejection, escalation, and corrective action processes where standards are not met.• Coordinate with Operations, suppliers, and stores to investigate quality issues, customer complaints, and product incidents and support timely resolution.• Support CAPA and continuous improvement initiatives related to fresh produce quality, spoilage, shelf life, and supplier performance.• Maintain accurate inspection records, quality reports, non-conformance records, and other relevant documentation.• Ensure compliance with HACCP, UAE food safety regulations, company quality standards, and internal food safety procedures.• Supervise and guide QC Inspectors to ensure consistent application of inspection standards, procedures, and checklists.• Participate in food safety audits, hygiene inspections, supplier evaluations, and other quality improvement initiatives.• Additional tasks and responsibilities may be assigned by management as necessary to support business needs.Functional / Technical Competencies:• Fresh Produce Quality Control & Inspection• Knowledge of Fruits & Vegetables Quality Standards• Food Safety & Hygiene Practices• HACCP Principles and Application• Fresh Produce Handling, Storage & Cold Chain Management• Non-Conformance & CAPA Management• Quality Sampling & Inspection Techniques• Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving• Supplier Quality Management• Quality Documentation & Reporting• Audit & Compliance Practices• Team Supervision and Coordination