Manager, Production (Packaging)

Position Overview:

Major Areas of Responsibility include:

• Establishes and reinforces established Policies & Procedures for the daily operations and fully comply with state medical marijuana regulations.
• Provides guidance to personnel in working in a highly regulated cGMP certified manufacturing environment.
• Provides leadership to staff, ensuring counts are accurate and staff are performing in the most efficient manner possible.
• Ensures consistency in the production of compounding materials and provision for product generation.
• Provides supervision and leadership to the regarding packaging, production schedules and delivery needs.
• Responsible for inventory, recordkeeping, and quality of product at all times, maintaining inventory via seed to sale tracking.
• Works in a timely manner and strives to improve quality and maintain accuracy.
• Ensures that all products are packaged, counted, sorted and labeled accurately.
• Demonstrates leadership behaviors and serve as example to others at all times.
• Manages day to day issues as they arise, requesting assistance as needed.
• Performs all other tasks and duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Skills, Knowledge & Abilities):

• All applicants must be at least 21 years of age.
• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Manufacturing or Business Administration.
• 3-5 years' experience in related position with an emphasis in an operations production/manufacturing environment.
• Experience must include hands-on responsibility for the full scope production activities, both operations and analysis.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and multitasking skills.
• Ability to interact professionally at all times, leading by example.
• Manage a controlled workflow in a fast paced environment.
• Passionate about the importance of medical marijuana.
• Tracking and logging of all extraction inputs and finished extraction products.
• Meeting planned daily production requirements and understands how to maintain JIT cycling inventory production goals.
• Clean work areas and maintain tools in accordance with sanitation standards.

Travel %:

FLSA status:

Additional Abilities Required:

• The job requires physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, climbing, and lifting or moving up to 10 pounds (or more with a coworker). Good visual acuity, hand-eye coordination, manual dexterity, and ability to perform repetitive motions with accuracy is required. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Note: Nothing in this job description restricts the company's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made in appropriate circumstances to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of the position.

About The Cannabist Company:

Columbia Care is one of the largest and most experienced cultivators, manufacturers and providers of cannabis products and related services, with licenses in 18 U.S. jurisdictions and the EU. Columbia Care operates 130 facilities including 99 dispensaries and 31 cultivation and manufacturing facilities. Columbia Care is one of the original providers of medical cannabis in the U.S. and now delivers industry-leading products and services to both the medical and adult-use markets. In 2021, the company launched Cannabist, its new retail brand, creating a national dispensary network that leverages proprietary technology platforms. The company offers products spanning flower, edibles, oils, and tablets, and manufactures popular brands including Seed & Strain, Triple Seven, gLeaf, Classix, Plant Sugar, Press, Amber and Platinum Label CBD. For more information on Columbia Care, please visit www.col-care.com.

Recognized for its comprehensive benefits, ongoing training opportunities and commitment to diversity, equity inclusion both internally and with external vendors, Columbia Care has earned a spot on mg Magazine’s America’s Top Cannabis Industry Employers list.