About the job
Is quality your second name? If so, we want you on our team!
We are seeking a part-time Quality Control (QC) Specialist to oversee and ensure the quality of our food products.
What We Offer You as a Quality Control Specialist
Opportunity for a permanent contract;
Overtime is paid;
26 vacation days per year based on full-time employment;
Exciting perks (read on for more details);
Your Responsibilities as a Quality Control Specialist
In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on all quality tasks within our Quality System. This includes:
Handling complaints (complaint analysis);
Responding to inquiries/customer contact via email and phone;
Recipe control, creating items, determining layout (in collaboration with IT), establishing expiry dates, and drafting product specifications;
Contact person for the Laboratory: registering analyses, coordinating external transport, preparing samples, listeria monocytogenes swabs according to the sampling schedule, conducting water analyses according to the sampling schedule, and evaluating results;
Executing Quality guidelines such as: Rapid 3-D tests (allergens/cross-contamination), Agar tests (hygiene), shelf life tests, evaluating counter samples, and performing pH measurements;
Supporting the maintenance of registration forms, matrices, appendices, work instructions, procedures, and the quality manual;
Assisting and guiding the IFS Food audit, BIO Skal certification, and listeria management.
Your Work Environment
You will be working in a progressive and innovative department where fresh vegetables, salads, and fruits are cut, washed, dried, and packaged. Daily, only the best and freshest raw materials are processed into delicious products for every moment of the day.
About Us
Van Gelder Groente & Fruit is a quintessential Dutch yet highly modern supplier of fruits and vegetables. A family-owned business that has grown into a leading wholesale supplier of fresh produce over the past 65 years, with national coverage. Based in Ridderkerk and with distribution points in Groningen, Helmond, and Terneuzen, Van Gelder employs over 350 staff to deliver freshly harvested potatoes, vegetables, and fruits to the Dutch hospitality sector every day.
Exciting Perks
Discounts on various products such as laptops, tablets, phones, gift cards, weekend getaways, etc., averaging 40% off;
Affordable fitness and sports subscriptions/contributions with an average discount of 40%;
Significant discounts on a healthy lunch in our Experience Center;
15% discount on all vegetable and fruit products;

