Job Overview

We’re hiring one leader to run the floor and the numbers. This role is responsible for the weekly production schedule, demand planning, capacity planning, and production forecasting — as well as quality control across Cultivation (Flower & Veg), Trim, Buck, and Post-Harvest. You’ll also own the data, inventory, purchasing, compliance documentation, and cost analysis that keep the business accurate, efficient, and inspection-ready. You’ll coordinate people and process from harvest calendar through pack-out, using data and AI/automation where appropriate to continuously improve throughput, quality, and cost.

Responsibilities

1. Forecasting, Production Timelines & Weekly Operations Execution

  • Own demand planning, capacity planning, and production forecasting (weekly/rolling) aligned with labor availability and expected harvest volumes.
  • Develop and maintain production timelines (harvest calendar through pack-out) that convert forecasts into clear weekly and daily department schedules.
  • Manage the weekly production plan from cultivation → harvest → post-harvest → finished goods to ensure on-time, in-full weekly order fulfillment.
  • Coordinate pack-out priorities and shipment readiness to meet weekly order requirements.
  • Lead cross-department huddles, manage bottlenecks, and adjust plans when yields, staffing, quality holds, equipment downtime, or priorities shift.
  • Ensure each department has the staffing, tools, supplies, and inputs required to execute.

2. Quality Control Across All Departments

  • Oversee quality checkpoints at every stage: cultivation, harvest, buck, trim, grading, and pack-out.
  • Maintain grading consistency (AAA / A / B / C) and ensure product meets quality standards before being prepared for orders.
  • Enforce sanitation, contamination prevention, and SOP adherence; lead root-cause fixes and training when quality issues arise.

3. Department Oversight (Cultivation / Trim / Buck & Post-Harvest)

  • Cultivation (Flower & Veg): Align schedules to the harvest calendar, forecasted demand, and weekly targets; ensure readiness for harvest and downstream flow. Maintain strong coordination with post-harvest to avoid bottlenecks.
  • Trim Room: Manage daily/weekly strain schedules, staffing plans, and work hours; oversee managers and throughput targets. Ensure trim quality control and timely delivery to pack-out/fulfillment.
  • Buck Team & Post-Harvest: Define daily/weekly workflow and readiness (tasks, tools, labels, paperwork), maintain clean product flow, enforce grading standards, and ensure finished pounds are prepared on schedule to support weekly orders.

4. Inventory Management

  • Maintain inventory accuracy and clean handoffs across departments; analyze efficiencies and reconcile discrepancies.
  • Conduct daily/weekly inventory reconciliations as required; escalate and resolve discrepancies promptly.
  • Ensure labeling, bin management, logs, and documentation are correct and complete at each stage.
  • Maintain inventory trackers and systems to support weekly execution, forecasting, and purchasing.

5. Purchasing, Ordering & Cost Optimization

  • Place orders, track lead times, coordinate receiving, and verify invoice accuracy.
  • Analyze spend, identify cost-saving substitutions, reduce waste, and recommend more cost-effective products and operating methods.
  • Maintain vendor lists, product specs, purchasing trackers, and standardized ordering processes.

6. Data Systems, Reporting & Department Support Materials

  • Build and maintain Google Workspace systems (Sheets/Docs/Drive/Calendar) for schedules, inventory, labor, costing, and weekly execution.
  • Provide departments with weekly operational documents such as harvest recording sheets, bin labels, inventory sheets, trim log sheets, and other forms as needed.
  • Create dashboards/scorecards and maintain a weekly reporting cadence for operational leadership.

7. Labor Costing & Executive Recommendations

  • Calculate department costs including labor (hours, headcount, overtime) and key operational inputs.
  • Report key KPIs — OTIF, throughput, labor efficiency, quality/rework, schedule adherence — with variance explanations.
  • Provide data-driven recommendations to the C-Suite on efficiency improvements, staffing optimization, and cost reduction.

8. Compliance, Documentation & Audit/Inspection Readiness

  • Maintain facility documentation that is current, accurate, and compliant with DCC, State, and County requirements.
  • Maintain a working understanding of METRC and cannabis regulatory recordkeeping to support compliance and inspection readiness.
  • Manage document control and versioning in Google Drive for quick retrieval during audits or inspections.

9. Tools, Maintenance Readiness, Safety & Sanitation

  • Coordinate preventative maintenance and tool readiness to minimize downtime.
  • Enforce safety protocols, PPE requirements, sanitation standards, and organized workspaces (5S mindset).

10. People Leadership

  • Lead hiring, interviewing, and onboarding of operations staff; ensure eligibility requirements are met.
  • Lead training, coaching, conflict resolution, and corrective action processes in coordination with ownership/HR.
  • Maintain documentation for attendance, performance, and corrective actions.
  • Own SOPs, train teams to SOPs, and continuously improve workflows to reduce errors, rework, and downtime.

11. AI & Automation for Efficiency

  • Evaluate and implement AI/automation tools where appropriate to reduce manual data entry, improve accuracy, and streamline reporting — using documented controls and approvals to protect compliance and data integrity.

What We’re Looking For

  • Cannabis operations experience strongly preferred (cultivation + post-harvest environments ideal).
  • Proven ability to develop demand plans/production forecasts, build production timelines, and coordinate weekly schedules across multiple departments.
  • Strong quality control leadership and SOP discipline.
  • High proficiency in Google Workspace, especially Google Sheets (trackers, formulas, reporting).
  • Experience managing inventory, purchasing, and cost analysis in a production environment.
  • Comfortable with compliance documentation and audit readiness; working understanding of METRC is a plus.
  • Strong leadership skills: hiring, onboarding, coaching, corrective actions, and conflict management.
  • Strong analytical mindset — uses data to drive decisions and continuous improvement.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with dashboards and automation (advanced Sheets, Apps Script, Zapier/Make).
  • Continuous improvement background (5S, process mapping, root cause analysis).

How to Apply

Submit your resume and a brief note describing:

  1. The departments you’ve managed (cultivation/trim/post-harvest).
  2. Your experience developing forecasts, building production timelines, and coordinating weekly fulfillment.
  3. One example where you improved efficiency using data and/or automation.

Job Type: Full-Time  |  Location: In Person  |  Pay: $70,000 – $100,000 per year

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