GENERAL DESCRIPTION / PRIMARY PURPOSE

Monitor the handling and ripening banana processes, conducting quality inspections, reviewing ripening cycles, actual ripening and post ripening handling, in order to comply with customers’ expectations.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS/DUTIES OF THE POSITION

• Conduct required quality inspections related to the ripening process such as ventilation, humidity, temperature, etc. and communicate reports daily, to ensure the compliance with customer ripening requirements and expectations.

• Coordinate labor regarding conditioning inbound fruit and loading ripening rooms, according to the established procedures, in order to maintain an adequate inventory and comply with the ripening schedules.

• Perform daily inspections for ripened fruit with customer QA personnel, in order to meet customer specifications.

• Coordinate labor for staging of fruit to be outturned, ensure that fruit is outturned timely for order assembly.

• Perform daily inventory management and reconcile as needed with third party, in order to maintain the inventory levels.

• Maintain a sanitation preventative maintenance program, to ensure ripening rooms are running efficiently and comply with the established quality standards.

• Other duties as needed.

Required Skills

_JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES _

• Banana quality standards
• Banana ripening and conditioning
• Planning and organizational skills
• Knowledge in ethylene producing products
• Container and Warehouse Operational experience

ROLE COMPETENCIES

• General Profile
  • Expands skills in own work area within an analytical/scientific method or operational process
  • Maintains appropriate licenses, training and/or certifications, as needed
  • Applies experience and skills to complete assigned work within our area of expertise
  • Works within standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods
  • Works with a moderate degree of supervision
• Functional Knowledge
  • Has developed analytical skills and application of scientific methods to perform a variety of activities
• Business Expertise
  • Has good understanding of how the team integrates with others
• Leadership
  • Has no supervisory responsibilities
• Problem Solving
  • Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval; evaluates and selects solutions from established operating procedures and/or scientific methods
• Impact
  • Impacts the quality of own work
• Interpersonal Skills
  • Uses communication skills to exchange of information

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Internal: Sales personnel, Quality assurance and port operations to coordinate customer requests and expectations

External: Dole’s primary customers related to the ripening business and outside vendor warehouse partners

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EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

• 3 years’ experience performing the above functions including, advanced skills in banana ripening and conditioning, product quality standards and ethylene producing products preferred
• Degree in Ag Business is preferred

EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT

• No direct reports

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work in a warehouse setting
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Work environment includes heavy equipment, such as fork lifts
• Ability to lift 45 lbs. overhead
• Exposure to food grade chemicals
• Noise level is often loud

WORK HOUR REQUIREMENT

• Perform work outside of normal business hours as needed and required

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimal travel required

EEO STATEMENT: ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, SEX, COLOR, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS, OR ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY.

Required Experience

_JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES _

• Banana quality standards
• Banana ripening and conditioning
• Planning and organizational skills
• Knowledge in ethylene producing products
• Container and Warehouse Operational experience

ROLE COMPETENCIES

• General Profile
  • Expands skills in own work area within an analytical/scientific method or operational process
  • Maintains appropriate licenses, training and/or certifications, as needed
  • Applies experience and skills to complete assigned work within our area of expertise
  • Works within standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods
  • Works with a moderate degree of supervision
• Functional Knowledge
  • Has developed analytical skills and application of scientific methods to perform a variety of activities
• Business Expertise
  • Has good understanding of how the team integrates with others
• Leadership
  • Has no supervisory responsibilities
• Problem Solving
  • Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval; evaluates and selects solutions from established operating procedures and/or scientific methods
• Impact
  • Impacts the quality of own work
• Interpersonal Skills
  • Uses communication skills to exchange of information

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Internal: Sales personnel, Quality assurance and port operations to coordinate customer requests and expectations

External: Dole’s primary customers related to the ripening business and outside vendor warehouse partners

_ _

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

• 3 years’ experience performing the above functions including, advanced skills in banana ripening and conditioning, product quality standards and ethylene producing products preferred
• Degree in Ag Business is preferred

EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT

• No direct reports

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work in a warehouse setting
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Work environment includes heavy equipment, such as fork lifts
• Ability to lift 45 lbs. overhead
• Exposure to food grade chemicals
• Noise level is often loud

WORK HOUR REQUIREMENT

• Perform work outside of normal business hours as needed and required

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimal travel required

EEO STATEMENT: ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, SEX, COLOR, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS, OR ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY.