Product Quality Assessor - Dagenham

We are delighted to share that we are now recruiting for a Product Quality Assessor to join the team at Dagenham distribution centre.  

The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing the quality of Tesco Group products using the appropriate processes and specifications, so only great quality, safe & legal products reach our customers.

The role is working out of Dagenham distribution centre, with occasional supplier visits required so the candidate must have access to a vehicle and hold a valid driving licence. The role is checking the product quality of a variety of products within the warehouse, following specifications and guidelines to ensure the product sent to store is of the best and right quality. The role is on a shift pattern 5 days a week out of 7 for 8 hours from 6am-9pm, working 1 in 3 weekends, the rota and hours are confirmed 4 weekly.

As well as checking the product quality the role does have other elements to it once training is complete. This role would suit someone with excellent customer approach and good cross functional working relations across teams demonstrating effective communication skills.

• Measuring product quality using the correct tools & methods in line with the standards set out in the product specifications.
• Working to the agreed Product Quality Assessment processes and procedures at all times, to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
• Checking 'Tesco Group' products against specification through visual and intrinsic testing.
• Where applicable, to work with suppliers to positively release product from supplier sites, following agreed procedures and processes.
• Liaising with my Product Quality Assessment colleagues, suppliers, and technical teams to ensure the delivery of the agreed technical specifications.
• Delivering the Product Quality Assessment plan by actively engaging in extra objectives outside the day to day role.
• Recording & presenting data accurately.
• Working along side suppliers and technical teams seeking ways to step change quality for customers
• Attending planned training days & achieving the required pass score to ensure skills & knowledge are maintained
• Supporting the wider Product Quality Team by conducting other ad-hoc quality testing when requested
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and GSCOP and always acting with integrity and due

• Excellent customer approach, & good cross functional working relations across teams demonstrating effective communication skills
• Methodical & balanced in approach, good time management & quick thinking ability to re-prioritise workload under pressure & at short notice
• Flexibility to work in various locations when required
• Product Knowledge
• Driving license and access to own vehicle (travel to various sites required)

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

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We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.