Kitchen (Edibles) Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The Kitchen Manager reports to the Facility Director, or other Operations Leadership as designated by Facility Director and is responsible for production of Cresco Labs and 3rd party cannabis infused edible products. Manage a team of kitchen staff to carry out day-to-day tasks including prepping, cleaning, cooking, and operating production machinery. Produce edibles in accordance with the State and standards set by Cresco Labs and 3rd party partners.

CORE JOB DUTIES 

Production

• Work with S&OP and Facility Leadership to set weekly and monthly production schedules
• Manage kitchen staff with daily production of various infused edibles using commercial machinery
• Understand and execute batch calculations per Cresco manufacturing formulas
• Maintain production logs, lab test results and other required documentation

Vendor Coordination / Ordering

• Organize and inventory ingredients and other kitchen production supplies at the facility.
• Place ingredient orders with approved vendors, log and date each shipment to ensure hitting weekly and monthly schedules

Facility Cleaning

• Demonstrate an understanding of state and county health department requirements for Kitchen Production Facilities
  • Handle preparation for periodic inspections.
• Maintain a clean and safe production facility in accordance with GMP
• Ensure personal hygiene is acceptable under standards set by Cresco Labs before performing any production activities by adhering to set forth SOPs
• Complete the sanitation of production equipment and tools including workspace, production and packaging equipment, cookware and appliances.
• State-required sanitation license must be up to date

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND SKILLS 

• Effective solutions-based attitude and management style 
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience leading, managing, coaching, and developing direct reports and teams.
• Experience in a field and/or operation that adheres to strict health and safety policies and procedures, preferably a regulated field producing products for human consumption.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of recipes, food production and kitchen sanitation.
• Strong and effective task-management skills and ability to multi-task. 
• Attention to detail – ability to monitor basic kitchen production in processes, organize and maintain production logs and ingredient lot numbers.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing and challenging environment. 
• Experience in a production-heavy kitchen, kitchen management and chocolate/confection work a plus. 
• Requires work around plant material, which could include exposure to plant pollen and/or dust.
• Requires ability to sit, stand, kneel, and/or do repetitive actions with your hands for long periods of time.
• Requires ability to lift up to 50 lbs to torso level.