Culture and Work Environment

At Holistic Industries, our mission is to provide patients with the highest quality, safest cannabis medicine possible. Our medicine is designed to alleviate the symptoms of numerous medical conditions. As our name suggests, we care for the whole person, taking into consideration mental and social factors along with the physical symptoms. We have an advanced edibles program and are looking to expand this with this currently advertised role.

Role Overview

The Head Chocolate Maker will be responsible for managing the entire operation of a large-scale state-of-the-art food manufacturing facility in every aspect of cannabis infused edibles manufacturing. The candidate will be responsible for managing a team of qualified personnel to develop and manufacture a wide variety of infused edible products including: chocolate, mints, drinks and baked goods among others. This position comes with competitive salary and benefits with tremendous room for growth. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree, formal culinary education preferred
• At least three years of kitchen or lab management experience required
• Food manufacturing experience required
• Experience operating and maintaining kitchen or laboratory machinery
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Startup experience preferred
• Strong computer skills including analytical or organizational software
• Preferably experienced with a highly regulated kitchen, laboratory or GMP manufacturing environment

Responsibilities (Include, but not limited to):

• Adopt and scale up internal SOPs for product manufacturing and develop new recipes and procedures for new and innovative products
• Manage all aspects of kitchen operations including compliance, scheduling, forecasting and performance analysis
• Manage all kitchen personnel including highly-trained kitchen associates, and laborers
• Work with compliance officer and state officials to maintain compliance through detailed tracking, record keeping and periodic inspections
• Maintain a clean, safe and efficient kitchen environment adhering to state compliance regulations and internal SOPs
• Oversee quality control of entire manufacturing pipeline of all products and develop and adapt SOPs as necessary
• Provide the Chief Scientific Officer with regular updates and reports tracking personnel, scheduling, production, quality control and overall operations
• Work closely with sales and distribution teams to forecast production needs
• Troubleshoot equipment failures and oversee equipment maintenance
• Source ingredients and maintain relationships with vendors