Senior Director, Operations

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 nations 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.

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MISSION STATEMENT

At Cresco we aim to lead the nations 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.

JOB SUMMARY

The Sr Director Operations is responsible for all operational activities within the facility. More specifically this position is directly responsible for all Cultivation Processing Laboratory Extraction Food and Beverage Production Packaging Order Fulfillment Engineering Maintenance Materials Management and Logistics at the site.

The Sr Director Operations ensures standardization of all departments to the corporate center of excellence (COE) initiatives drives consistent delivery of finished products for our customers through key metrics such as schedule adherence and cycle time and promotes a culture of continuous improvement where employees and staff are empowered to elicit changes improving the companys bottom line. This position will report directly to the Vice President Operations.

CORE JOB DUTIES

• Accountable for P&L performance for the facilities.
• Improves efficiency of operations by driving key KPIs cross-functionally such as:
  • Schedule Adherence
  • Cycle Time
  • % Yield across the different departments
  • Dispensary Acceptance Rate
  • Inventory Days on Hand (DOH)
• Lead operational management teams including site directors by making data driven decisions that maximize Crescos shareholder value through support of financial latest estimates (LE) ensuring compliance to the corporate COE initiatives and driving cross-departmental efficiencies
• Partners with corporate counterparts in Quality Security Safety HR and Compliance to ensure facilities are maintained to state regulatory OSHA and Cresco quality and HR standards
• Evaluates and implements new strategies to improve the efficiencies between Operations/Supply Chain Sales IT Accounting and HR
• Manages the overall welfare of the team through training coaching and leading by example
  • Address company policy violations and work in conjunction with HR and direct managers to administer disciplinary action
  • Approve/deny internal costs and reimbursements; i.e. employee engagement and development lunches etc.
  • Actively seeks out opportunities to train employees on new technology/industry trends

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE EDUCATION AND SKILLS

• Associates or Bachelors Degree in Operations Supply Chain Business Management or related field; Masters degree a plus
• 8 years in Operations Management with experience running large cross-functional organizations with production totaling over $100MM annually
• Project management experience required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and
• Experience managing unionized facilities a plus
• Demonstrated experience in a warehouse setting production line environment GMP/SQF/OSHA/ISO preferred; cannabis industry experience a plus
• Experience leading an organization in a highly regulated environment
• Effective solutions-based attitude and team-focused management style
• Strong ability to multitask and work through constant interruption in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in all Office Suites (Google Microsoft Office) and ability to learn seed-to-sale tracking system

BENEFITS

Cresco Labs is proud to offer eligible employees a robust offering of benefits including major medical dental and vision insurance a 401(K)-match program FSA/HSA programs LTD/STD options life insurance and AD&D. We also offer eligible employees paid holidays and paid time off. Other rewards may include annual discretionary bonuses stock options as well as participation in our employee discount program. Benefits eligibility for permanent positions may vary by full-time or part-time roles location or position.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be 21 years of age or older to apply
• Must comply with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry

Cresco Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status.