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.

Overview:

The Quality Systems Lead plays a key role in supporting the business with timely collection and review of data. This role also assists with identifying quality and/or food safety trends based on the ongoing review of the data. The Quality Systems Lead must be familiar with both the quality and food safety processes across our packing locations to ensure effective collection, review and follow up of quality and food safety data.

Here's what you'll do:

• Support in execution of packinghouse quality and food safety programs. This may include the completion of on-site observations of quality inspection processes and food safety audits as needed.
• Update and share daily, weekly, monthly quality and food safety reports.
• Review quality data to identify trends for the food safety and quality leadership to identify improvement opportunities.
• Conducts claim/complaint investigations for all US locations and provides information to on-site quality teams for further investigation and complaint management.
• Maintain active role on local continuous improvement teams.
• Supports in the execution of the quality system training manuals including updates and changes.
• Consistent adherence to on-site food safety/GMP expectations.
• Delivery of consistent and accurate quality and food safety data.
• Prioritization of data entry and project completion based on business need.
• Escalation of trends based on quality/food safety results.

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

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• COVID vaccination will be required for this position unless candidate has a legally valid exemption.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a food processing environment and/or combination equivalent education and experience.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience with Oracle or other SAP program desired.
• Advance knowledge of food safety practices and GMPs required.
• Problem-solving skills are essential to this position.
• Ability to work in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI and Oracle.

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

• Wonderful Giving - a one-of-kind program that donates company money to charities close to our employees' hearts
• Employee college tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral program* - $1,500 per exempt referral; $500 per non-exempt referral, * Taxes applicable.
• Full benefits package -- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, company matching and annual catch-up, Employee Assistance Program, company-paid life insurance (spouse and dependents to age 26), life insurance, AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $4 billion company with 9,000 employees worldwide. We've made Wonderful Pistachios one of America's top-selling salty snacks. We've turned pomegranates and POM Wonderful into a worldwide phenomenon. Wonderful Halos is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America. FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium bottled water in America. JUSTIN Wine produces California's top-selling, high-end Cabernet Sauvignon. And Teleflora is the world's largest flower delivery service.

The Wonderful Company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $120 million invested in environmental technologies and sustainability research, $45 million in charitable giving and education initiatives every year, $30 million toward the construction of a new charter school campus in California's Central Valley, and innovative health and wellness programs, including two new, free primary care clinics for employees and their dependents.

Wonderful Citrus 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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