Quality Associate - Fresh Food Inspection
Posted date [2026-07-02]
(ID: 47337)
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Talabat is the MENA region’s leading on-demand delivery platform, headquartered in Dubai and operating across eight markets. We leverage a tech-driven flywheel model to connect millions of users with food, groceries, and essential services. By bridging the gap between people and local businesses, we continue to scale our ecosystem and simplify everyday life through innovation. |
Job Description and Requirements
Quality Associate - Fresh Food InspectionJob Snapshot
Role: Quality Associate - Fresh Food Inspection
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Supermarkets
Function: Quality Assurance
Experience: Experience in quality assurance, fresh produce, meat inspection, food retail, or related operations is preferred
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Quality Associate - Fresh Food Inspection in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Supermarkets hiring opportunity for a detail-focused quality professional who can monitor freshness, safety, compliance, and product standards for fruits, vegetables, meat, and other fresh categories across Talabat stores, warehouses, and supplier locations. This role supports strong food safety performance by conducting inspections, identifying quality deviations, maintaining records, and helping teams take corrective action before product issues affect customers.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Supermarkets
Function: Quality Assurance
Salary: 6000-10000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the
final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Quality Associate - Fresh Food Inspection will help protect product quality across Talabat’s grocery and fresh food operations by checking product condition, handling practices, storage standards, cold chain compliance, supplier quality, and store-level execution. The role has a direct impact on customer trust, food safety, product availability, complaint reduction, and operational consistency. By working closely with store teams, suppliers, warehouse employees, and management, the position ensures fresh products meet company specifications before they reach customers.
Key Responsibilities
* Conduct routine inspections of fruits, vegetables, meat, and fresh food products across stores, warehouses, distribution centers, and supplier sites.
* Check product freshness, appearance, color, texture, ripeness, packaging condition, temperature, shelf life, and overall quality.
* Verify that products comply with company specifications, food safety requirements, internal quality protocols, and applicable regulatory standards.
* Perform product sampling, inspection activities, and checklist-based quality reviews using approved procedures.
* Monitor hygiene standards, product handling practices, storage conditions, temperature control, and cold chain compliance.
* Identify defects, damages, contamination risks, non-conformities, shelf-life issues, and quality deviations.
* Report quality findings clearly and escalate serious product issues when standards are not met.
* Coordinate with operations, suppliers, warehouse teams, and store employees to support corrective and preventive actions.
* Assist with product rejection, hold, release, and escalation processes based on inspection results and quality requirements.
* Maintain accurate inspection records, quality reports, evidence logs, checklists, and documentation for audit readiness.
* Support supplier performance evaluations by sharing quality observations, recurring issue trends, and improvement recommendations.
* Assist in fresh product quality improvement initiatives that reduce waste, improve consistency, and strengthen customer satisfaction.
* Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, food safety standards, company policies, and internal operating procedures.
* Support investigations related to customer complaints, product quality incidents, freshness concerns, and food safety cases.
* Build effective working relationships with store teams, supplier representatives, warehouse employees, and management teams.
* Help promote a quality-first culture by giving practical feedback to operational teams and supporting better product handling habits.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Food Science, Agriculture, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, or a related field.
* Experience in quality assurance, fresh produce inspection, meat inspection, food retail operations, supermarket quality, or warehouse quality control is preferred.
* Good knowledge of fresh produce quality parameters, meat handling standards, food safety practices, and product inspection methods.
* Familiarity with HACCP, GMP, hygiene requirements, cold chain control, and food safety standards.
* Strong attention to detail when checking product quality, packaging, temperature, shelf life, and documentation.
* Able to identify quality defects, contamination risks, product damage, and freshness issues quickly and accurately.
* Good communication skills for reporting findings, coordinating with teams, and explaining corrective actions.
* Comfortable working in fast-paced stores, warehouses, supplier locations, and operational environments.
* Strong analytical ability with the discipline to follow checklists, procedures, and inspection standards.
* Able to work with store employees, suppliers, operations teams, and management in a professional and practical way.
* Reliable, observant, and committed to maintaining high standards of food quality, safety, and customer trust.
Skills Set
* Fresh food inspection
* Quality assurance
* Food safety
* Fresh produce quality
* Meat inspection
* Fruits and vegetables inspection
* Product freshness checks
* Shelf life monitoring
* Cold chain compliance
* Temperature control
* HACCP
* GMP
* Hygiene standards
* Food handling practices
* Packaging inspection
* Product sampling
* Supplier quality checks
* Non-conformity reporting
* Corrective action support
* Preventive action support
* Quality documentation
* Inspection reports
* Customer complaint investigation
* Store quality audits
* Warehouse quality checks
* Supplier coordination
* Regulatory compliance
* Fresh food operations
Why Join Us
This role offers a valuable opportunity to build hands-on quality experience within Dubai’s growing grocery delivery and fresh food retail market. Talabat provides exposure to supermarket operations, supplier quality, warehouse checks, fresh category standards, and fast-moving q-commerce processes. The position is ideal for someone who wants to improve food safety, protect product freshness, support better customer experiences, and grow within a technology-led delivery platform that places quality at the center of daily operations.
About the Company
Talabat is a leading regional technology and delivery platform connecting customers with restaurants, groceries, and everyday essentials. As part of Delivery Hero Group, Talabat combines local market knowledge, digital commerce, logistics capability, and operational quality standards to deliver fast and convenient services. In Dubai, Talabat continues to strengthen grocery delivery, fresh food handling, q-commerce operations, supplier performance, and customer-focused service quality.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Quality Associate - Fresh Food Inspection will help protect product quality across Talabat’s grocery and fresh food operations by checking product condition, handling practices, storage standards, cold chain compliance, supplier quality, and store-level execution. The role has a direct impact on customer trust, food safety, product availability, complaint reduction, and operational consistency. By working closely with store teams, suppliers, warehouse employees, and management, the position ensures fresh products meet company specifications before they reach customers.
Key Responsibilities
* Conduct routine inspections of fruits, vegetables, meat, and fresh food products across stores, warehouses, distribution centers, and supplier sites.
* Check product freshness, appearance, color, texture, ripeness, packaging condition, temperature, shelf life, and overall quality.
* Verify that products comply with company specifications, food safety requirements, internal quality protocols, and applicable regulatory standards.
* Perform product sampling, inspection activities, and checklist-based quality reviews using approved procedures.
* Monitor hygiene standards, product handling practices, storage conditions, temperature control, and cold chain compliance.
* Identify defects, damages, contamination risks, non-conformities, shelf-life issues, and quality deviations.
* Report quality findings clearly and escalate serious product issues when standards are not met.
* Coordinate with operations, suppliers, warehouse teams, and store employees to support corrective and preventive actions.
* Assist with product rejection, hold, release, and escalation processes based on inspection results and quality requirements.
* Maintain accurate inspection records, quality reports, evidence logs, checklists, and documentation for audit readiness.
* Support supplier performance evaluations by sharing quality observations, recurring issue trends, and improvement recommendations.
* Assist in fresh product quality improvement initiatives that reduce waste, improve consistency, and strengthen customer satisfaction.
* Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, food safety standards, company policies, and internal operating procedures.
* Support investigations related to customer complaints, product quality incidents, freshness concerns, and food safety cases.
* Build effective working relationships with store teams, supplier representatives, warehouse employees, and management teams.
* Help promote a quality-first culture by giving practical feedback to operational teams and supporting better product handling habits.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Food Science, Agriculture, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, or a related field.
* Experience in quality assurance, fresh produce inspection, meat inspection, food retail operations, supermarket quality, or warehouse quality control is preferred.
* Good knowledge of fresh produce quality parameters, meat handling standards, food safety practices, and product inspection methods.
* Familiarity with HACCP, GMP, hygiene requirements, cold chain control, and food safety standards.
* Strong attention to detail when checking product quality, packaging, temperature, shelf life, and documentation.
* Able to identify quality defects, contamination risks, product damage, and freshness issues quickly and accurately.
* Good communication skills for reporting findings, coordinating with teams, and explaining corrective actions.
* Comfortable working in fast-paced stores, warehouses, supplier locations, and operational environments.
* Strong analytical ability with the discipline to follow checklists, procedures, and inspection standards.
* Able to work with store employees, suppliers, operations teams, and management in a professional and practical way.
* Reliable, observant, and committed to maintaining high standards of food quality, safety, and customer trust.
Skills Set
* Fresh food inspection
* Quality assurance
* Food safety
* Fresh produce quality
* Meat inspection
* Fruits and vegetables inspection
* Product freshness checks
* Shelf life monitoring
* Cold chain compliance
* Temperature control
* HACCP
* GMP
* Hygiene standards
* Food handling practices
* Packaging inspection
* Product sampling
* Supplier quality checks
* Non-conformity reporting
* Corrective action support
* Preventive action support
* Quality documentation
* Inspection reports
* Customer complaint investigation
* Store quality audits
* Warehouse quality checks
* Supplier coordination
* Regulatory compliance
* Fresh food operations
Why Join Us
This role offers a valuable opportunity to build hands-on quality experience within Dubai’s growing grocery delivery and fresh food retail market. Talabat provides exposure to supermarket operations, supplier quality, warehouse checks, fresh category standards, and fast-moving q-commerce processes. The position is ideal for someone who wants to improve food safety, protect product freshness, support better customer experiences, and grow within a technology-led delivery platform that places quality at the center of daily operations.
About the Company
Talabat is a leading regional technology and delivery platform connecting customers with restaurants, groceries, and everyday essentials. As part of Delivery Hero Group, Talabat combines local market knowledge, digital commerce, logistics capability, and operational quality standards to deliver fast and convenient services. In Dubai, Talabat continues to strengthen grocery delivery, fresh food handling, q-commerce operations, supplier performance, and customer-focused service quality.
