Manager, Kitchen

Company Overview

Cresco Labs is one of the largest public, vertically integrated, multistate operators in the cannabis industry. Our portfolio of in-house cultivated and manufactured brands features some of the highest quality, most awarded and most popular cannabis products in America. With dozens of locations nationwide, our owned and operated Sunnyside® dispensaries provide a welcoming, positive, judgement-free place to shop for anyone at any point on their cannabis journey.

Founded in 2013, Cresco Labs’ mission is to normalize and professionalize cannabis through our passionate employees. As stewards of the cannabis industry, our teams are constantly focused on supporting the needs of our fellow colleagues, consumers, customers, and communities alike. With a focus on Social Equity and Educational Development, our SEEDTM initiative ensures that our company reflects the communities in which we serve, ensuring equal opportunity for all to have the knowledge and resources to work in and own businesses in cannabis.

At Cresco Labs, we aim to revolutionize and lead the nation’s cannabis industry with a focus on quality and consistency of product, and to bring legitimacy to the industry with the highest level of integrity and professionalism.

If you’re interested in joining our mission, click the below links to join our team today!

At Cresco, we aim to lead the nation’s cannabis industry with a focus on regulatory compliance, product consistency, and customer satisfaction. Our operations bring legitimacy to the cannabis industry by acting with the highest level of integrity, strictly adhering to regulations, and promoting the clinical efficacy of cannabis. As Cresco grows, we will operate with the same level of professionalism and precision in each new market we move in to.

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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…