Print Manager

About Cook Unity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, Cook Unity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, Cook Unity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry's best chefs to homes all over the country.

Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, Cook Unity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you've found the right job posting.

We are looking for a hands-on Print Manager to build and lead Cook Unity's new in-house printed materials function at our Brooklyn facility. This role will own the commissioning, ramp-up, and daily performance of our integrated Domino digital inkjet, Nilpeter material-handling, and Precision folding and gluing equipment while building the team, standards, and operating discipline required to scale.

This is not a role for someone who only wants to supervise from a desk. The right leader knows print production deeply, can troubleshoot alongside operators, and is equally energized by developing people, creating repeatable processes, and improving quality and throughput.

You will partner closely with Packaging, Automation, Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Food Safety & Quality, Brand, Menu, and our equipment partners to turn this investment into a state-of-the-art print operation. This is a rare opportunity to build a new capability within a high-growth company and define what excellence looks like from day one.

This is a full-time, on-site role based in Brooklyn, NY. Flexibility across shifts will be required during commissioning, ramp-up, and other critical operating periods.

• Lead the installation, commissioning, acceptance testing, start-up, and production ramp of Cook Unity's integrated Domino, Nilpeter, and Precision print and finishing line.
• Own daily print operations end to end, including production planning, job setup, prepress and file readiness, material staging, make-ready, printing, folding and gluing, quality release, and handoff to downstream operations.
• Build the function from the ground up, including team structure, hiring, onboarding, shift coverage, skills matrices, training and certification, standard work, and a culture of accountability.
• Remain close to the equipment by coaching operators on setup and changeovers, diagnosing print and converting issues, and leading structured troubleshooting when performance falls short.
• Establish rigorous controls for artwork versions, job recipes, variable data, barcodes and QR codes, registration, print density, adhesion, folding, gluing, and finished-sleeve quality.
• Create and own operating KPIs, including safety, uptime/OEE, throughput, schedule attainment, yield, waste, rework, changeover time, maintenance performance, and cost per sleeve.
• Develop preventive and autonomous maintenance routines, maintain critical spare-parts and consumables strategies, and coordinate vendor service, escalation, and warranty support.
• Partner with Packaging and suppliers to qualify paperboard, coatings, inks, adhesives, and other consumables while balancing print quality, runnability, food-packaging requirements, availability, and cost.
• Partner with Brand, Menu, Culinary, Packaging, and Technology teams to translate a high volume of changing content into accurate, production-ready print jobs.
• Own the safe operation of the line and work area, including machine guarding, lockout/tagout, UV-ink and chemical handling, ventilation requirements, housekeeping, training, and compliance with Cook Unity standards and applicable regulations.
• Manage the operating budget and inventory for inks, flush, adhesives, paperboard, spare parts, tooling, and other print-room supplies.
• Build a continuous-improvement roadmap that increases capacity, quality, reliability, and labor efficiency while helping Cook Unity determine how the print capability should expand over time.

• 5+ years of progressive experience in commercial printing, folding-carton production, packaging print, or a comparable high-volume print environment.
• 2+ years of experience leading print operators, technicians, or a production team, with a track record of developing people and improving…