Cannabis Purchasing Manager Jobs

A cannabis purchasing manageris responsible for purchasing and managing the inventory of a cannabis business. This may include managing the budget for purchasing, negotiating prices with suppliers, and coordinating with the production and sales teams to ensure that the business has a sufficient supply of cannabis products.

Some specific duties of a cannabis purchasing manager may include:

* Researching and identifying potential suppliers of cannabis products

* Negotiating prices and terms with suppliers

* Establishing and maintaining relationships with suppliers

* Managing the budget for purchasing and ensuring that the business is getting the
best value for its money

* Monitoring inventory levels and placing orders as needed to maintain sufficient
supply

* Coordinating with the production and sales teams to ensure that the business has
the necessary inventory to meet demand

* Overseeing the quality control process for the incoming products

* Managing the storage and handling of cannabis products to ensure compliance
with all applicaable laws and regulations

To be successful in this role, a cannabis purchasing manager should have strong organizational and analytical skills, as well as excellent communication skills. They should also be knowledgeable about the cannabis industry and familiar with the laws and regulations that govern it.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: From $35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ferndale, MI 48220: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Negotiation: 1 year (Required)
• Purchasing: 1 year (Required)
• cannabis purchasing: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location

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ASHE Society is searching for a Purchasing Manager to be responsible for evaluating suppliers, negotiating contracts, and reviewing the quality of cannabis products. The ideal candidate for this position will have strong leadership skills, strong negotiating skills and efficient relationship management skills.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for product pricing and negotiations with vendors, distributors, and wholesale cultivations
• Identify and select vendors to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality and delivery dates and places contracts and total cost of ownership
• Manage indirect supplier relationship including supplier scorecard metrics, monitoring contract terms, and best in class services.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business technical needs with an eye toward finding best of breed vendors and solutions to meet those needs.
• Manage vendor relationships for cannabis and cannabis product purchasing
• Work with marketing, retail, and production to drive price setting for selling thru inventory
• Manage inventory levels for cannabis products to maximize inventory turn and minimize obsolescence
• Curates' product menu based on customer buying trends and demographics
• Develops, trains and mentors inventory teams
• Develops and implements inventory management policies
• Develop policies for the merchandising of goods in retail stores
• Monitor inventory levels to determine the need for stock supply at each retail store
• Set and regulate product pricing using results of market and demand analysis
• Responsible for developing the inventory teams for future ASHE retail stores

Competencies

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Research and analytical skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods of standing and sitting at a desk working on a computer.

Must be able to list 15 pounds at times.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours of 9 am- 10 pm. and must work 40 hours each week to maintain full-time status. Evening and weekend work is required.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

A comparable record of purchasing experience required. Cannabis experience is preferred.

At least three years of sales experience

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• On call
• Overtime
• Self-determined schedule
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Santa Ana, CA 92704: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Negotiation: 2 years (Required)
• Purchasing: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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ASHE Society is searching for a Purchasing Manager to be responsible for evaluating suppliers, negotiating contracts, and reviewing the quality of cannabis products. The ideal candidate for this position will have strong leadership skills, strong negotiating skills and efficient relationship management skills.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for product pricing and negotiations with vendors, distributors, and wholesale cultivations
• Identify and select vendors to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality and delivery dates and places contracts and total cost of ownership
• Manage indirect supplier relationship including supplier scorecard metrics, monitoring contract terms, and best in class services.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business technical needs with an eye toward finding best of breed vendors and solutions to meet those needs.
• Manage vendor relationships for cannabis and cannabis product purchasing
• Work with marketing, retail, and production to drive price setting for selling thru inventory
• Manage inventory levels for cannabis products to maximize inventory turn and minimize obsolescence
• Curates' product menu based on customer buying trends and demographics
• Develops, trains and mentors inventory teams
• Develops and implements inventory management policies
• Develop policies for the merchandising of goods in retail stores
• Monitor inventory levels to determine the need for stock supply at each retail store
• Set and regulate product pricing using results of market and demand analysis
• Responsible for developing the inventory teams for future ASHE retail stores

Competencies

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Research and analytical skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods of standing and sitting at a desk working on a computer.

Must be able to list 15 pounds at times.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours of 9 am- 10 pm. and must work 40 hours each week to maintain full-time status. Evening and weekend work is required.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

A comparable record of purchasing experience required. Cannabis experience is preferred.

At least three years of sales experience

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• On call
• Overtime
• Self-determined schedule
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Santa Ana, CA 92704: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Negotiation: 2 years (Required)
• Purchasing: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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Looking for an exciting, fast-paced, rewarding career with uncapped earnings potential in California's $4.4 Billion cannabis industry? Then this one's for you! Astro Distro, and its subsidiaries, are a California-based manufacturer and distributor of fine cannabis and CBD products. We are a multi-brand company with daily deliveries all over California. We offer high-quality, lab-tested raw materials at the most competitive wholesale prices. Our products are freshly made, pre-packaged goods with over 500 unique products to satisfy all clientele.

We are currently looking for a self-motivated, critical thinking, experienced purchasing and inventory manager to expand our reach. We are searching for passionate individuals with a burning desire to achieve new highs. This is a marvelous opportunity to join a company that offers career growth and development during unforeseen times.

Knowledge of ERP software and excel is recommended but more importantly, a desire to learn is required. If acquiring passive wealth and being part of a winning team is part of your passion then Astro Distro is for you.

• Able to do domestic and international purchasing
• Effectively communicates on low stock items
• Able to communicate with vendors in other countries
• Problem solving skills are crucial
• Negotiate and re-negotiate best pricing with vendors
• Research and source new vendors consistently to purchase best pricing on units
• Able to evaluate orders and summarize grand totals into price per unit
• Capitalize on opportunities for cost savings
• Able to compile data from multiple sources and analyze that data
• Able to improve the purchasing method and processes involved
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Knowledge of purchasing policies, processes, and procedures
• Fluent in Excel and Microsoft Office
• Capable of performing these functions with very little to no supervision

• Experience in purchasing related field - 1 year MINIMUM

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

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PURCHASING MANAGER

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for the day to day and long-term strategic buying. This is newly created position due to aggressive growth. VB Chesaning LLC, d/b/a High Life Farms, LLC expansion makes our Purchasing needs dynamic. Fostering working relationship with vendors and fellow employees.

The ideal candidate will anticipate price volatilities in supply chains and view them as opportunities. A passion for getting materials where the need to be in a timely manner is crucial. High Life Farms, is known for our commitment to high quality cannabis products. Our production facility one of the top cannabis production facilities in the state of Michigan. The Purchasing Manager will have a depth of knowledge in their field combined with the open mind critical to embracing the changes necessary for High Life Farms to continue to be successful.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for controlling the company inventory, making sure that the inventory level is reviewed periodically and that the levels meet our company supply needs
• Developing the organization's procurement rules and regulations
• Establishing guidelines on safety stock, reorder point, and quoting.
• Act as the buyer of durable assets for automation, scaling, and other functions
• Assist accounting and planning with capital expenditure approval processes when needed
• Establishing guidelines and evaluating quality, price, reliability, technical support, and contracts of components
• Negotiate pricing for raw materials, researching and tracking raw materials. Update all pricing and reporting pricing changes as requested/yearly.
• Monitor the company inventory for turnover
• May assist with coordination of shipping and receiving of materials, samples and products with customers, vendors, and suppliers.
• Obtain all raw material safety data sheets, working with QA when necessary
• Maintain and establish multi-source vendors and maintain files accordingly
• Supervise and plan all activities that relate to inventory control of the purchased components
• Input into inventory counts and submit appropriate reports to management
• Evaluate vendor costs and negotiate better pricing and terms
• Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability
• Monitor the progress of staff
• Will communicate at all levels of the organization with vendors, suppliers, and internal customers
• Aid with corrective action of supplier non-compliance
• Candidate must be skilled at negotiating prices and researching regarding raw materials needs
• Working knowledge of purchasing, sourcing, supplier performance management, supply chain and inventory strategies & practices
• Maintain confidentiality of all products, process, and financial information

COMPENTENCIES

· Strong communication skills

· Excellent follow through skills

· Must be self directed, have excellent self initiative and organizational skills

· Strong decision making and problem-solving skills

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS

· High School diploma or equivalent; required

· B.S. in Supply Chain Management preferred, but related degree, accepted

· 2-3 years of high volume purchasing and invoicing in a manufacturing environment is a requirement

· 2-3 years of documenting q-spec adherence in a regulated industry (food, pharma, cannabis)

· Strong familiarity with vendor negotiations (RFI/RFQ etc.)

· Experience leveraging knowledge of purchasing markets to produce cost savings

· High exposure to manufacturing and materials process is necessary

· Cannabis industry experience/exposure/knowledge is beneficial

· Proven work Experience as a Purchasing Manager

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

VB Chesaning, LLC d/b/a High Life Farms is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or veteran status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chesaning, MI 48616: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Negotiation: 2 years (Required)
• Purchasing: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians is looking for a bold leader to manage purchasing operations for its 210 Cannabis Company retail store with $5 - $15 million in sales volume. Are you ready to oversee inventory management strategies in our newly designed, state of the art facility, with unparalleled convenience and tribally competitive business advantages?

Join our team where you will find supportive leadership, a committed staff and an engaging work culture that emphasizes employee development and recognition, teamwork, safety, customer service and fun. As the Purchasing Manager, you would be responsible for upholding our values of integrity, quality, knowledge, friendship and community. Bring your experience and skills to 210 Cannabis Company, and help us realize our goals by promoting our culture and shared values, strengthening our brand, and providing exceptional customer experience.

If you’re looking for an amazing opportunity in a brand new facility, coupled with strategic advantages and unlimited upside potential, then join the 210 Cannabis Company team for your next adventure.

Position Title: Purchasing Manager

Department: 210 Cannabis Company

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $74,000 - $81,000 DOE

Reports to: General Manager

Position Summary: The Purchasing Manager is responsible for sourcing, planning, and scheduling the movement of inventory through the store. This includes product procurement, vendor management, forecasting sales and inventory needs, receiving inventory, reviewing invoices, reconciling accounts, returning products to vendors, and identifying new product opportunities. The Purchasing Manager should be business minded and professional, self-motivated, highly organized and take pride in their work. The ideal candidate works collaboratively throughout the organization, strives for process and profitability improvement, and possesses firsthand knowledge of products in the market place.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Includes the following and other duties as assigned by the General Manager:

• Research and acquire products for resale to retail consumers


• Negotiate prices, discount terms, or transportation arrangements with suppliers


• Examine, select, order, and purchase merchandise in the context of quality, quantity, customer satisfaction and profitability


• Recommend mark-up rates, markdown rates and merchandise selling prices


• Must be proficient on all store technology and apply use appropriately


• Obtain information about customer needs or preferences by conferring with retail personnel


• Authorize payment of invoices and returns of merchandise


• Monitor and analyze sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine what the company will sell and how much inventory is needed


• Conduct sales meetings with retail management to introduce new merchandise


• Provide retail store with information to display on price tags, such as price, mark-ups or mark-downs, manufacturer, and other relevant product tracking information


• Assist the marketing department in determining which products should be featured in advertising


• Monitor competitors' sales activities by following publicly available information


• Apply knowledge and comply with all applicable Tribal and State cannabis regulations, ensuring all product entries are accurate and transacted within the Store Point of Sale (POS)


• Stock, organize, assist the sales floor, merchandising, and customer service


• Handles all aspects and dealings with Vendor Representatives to stimulate sales


• Maintain compliance with WSLCB traceability requirements and processes


• Oversee all employee training programs


• Coordinate sales promotion activities with management and online marketing manager


• Oversee/manage the preparation and presentation of in store merchandise placement


• Gathers product information and images from vendors and uploads them to Cova and shared hard drive for online marketing manager use on website, newsletter, and social media


• Maintain consistent naming conventions in COVA for easy filtering and sales reporting


• Maintain all pricing and costs to be precise online and on in store digital price tags


• Review operational reports and records to ensure adherence to Store policies and procedures and monitor Store profitability


• Ensure that proper channels of communication exist with the General Manager.


• Ensure that adequate security exists in Purchasing department and that physical facilities comply with Store policies, safety codes and ordinances


• Review paperwork pertaining to receiving, transfers, debits/damages, returns-to-vendor (RTV's), and chargebacks to ensure accuracy of inventor


• Monitor cash purchasing budget, inventory shrinkage, and expiration dates on perishables


• Manage the BOH organization while communicating regularly with the Store manager, assistant managers, and budtenders


• Coordinates deliveries and initiates a rapport with vendors and delivery drivers


• Maintain quarantine area and return manifests


• Identify significant in-house sales trends and implement appropriate purchasing strategy

Additional Functions

• Improve and document all inventory management and WSLCB Traceability System procedures, allowing any manager the ability to assist in the case of emergencies


• Other duties as assigned by the General Manager

Supervisory Responsibilities

• No supervisory responsibilities

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be a WA State resident and have a valid WA State ID


• Proven skills in inventory management


• Must have experience evaluating and analyzes purchasing trend and price trend to identify forecasting demand and minimize purchasing costs


• Demonstrated ability to work with Tribal members – owners


• Excellent, proven interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills


• Effective problem solving and mediation skills


• Demonstrated ability to share skills and knowledge with others


• Proficiency with office computer equipment and software


• Demonstrated ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced setting


• Proven ability to cope with conflict, stress, and crisis situations


• Must possess strong budgeting, forecasting, analytical, and mathematical abilities

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The worker is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequently involves sedentary work


• Occasionally involves light work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force and/or up to 10 pounds of force and/or negligible amount of force to move objects


• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds


• Constantly requires the ability to give and receive detailed information through verbal communication


• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly


• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm


• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers


• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks


• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time


• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms


• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally


• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Infrequently requires crouching


• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred


• 5+ years of experience in sales, marketing, retail purchasing, supply chain management or other relevant experience preferred


• Experience in purchasing and sales of cannabis products in the State of Washington preferred


• Effective problem solving, mediation and negotiation skills


• A minimum of two to four years direct experience setting up successful retail-convenience store operations, including operating systems support, pricing, product selection, contracts negotiation and vendor selection


• Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians is a drug free workplace. All employees are subject to a pre-employment drug screening


• Must be 21+ years old and successfully pass a background check

Travel Requirements

Local travel is seldom required. Travel outside of the state is seldom required.

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We are a busy Medical/Recreational Cannabis Company in need of an inventory and purchasing manager. This position is responsible for all ordering of both retail products and general office and packaging materials. They research new vendors and bring on new products. The position oversees all physical inventories and insures that inventory is accepted and tracked accurately. They research sales trends and ensure we order accurately based on sales demand. They perform all METRC sales inputs and inventory tracking. The ideal candidate is extremely organized and detail oriented. They are very proficient in excel and other various systems. They posses an open availability and are able to work early mornings or late evenings based on the task needing to be accomplished. They will have a strong background in inventory and systems management. They currently possess an occupational license issued by the department of revenue to work in the cannabis industry. They are familiar with METRC and have a good understanding of inventory compliance regulations. They also must self study and understand in detail the various aspects of state and city compliance regulations regarding inventory and reporting.As a Purchasing Manager you will be responsible for sourcing equipment, goods and services and managing vendors. The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, search for better deals and find more profitable suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand

• Must be at least 21 years of age or older
• Must have a clean criminal history and the ability to pass state and city background checks
• Must be extremely proficient using excel
• Currently possessing an occupation license issued by the MED
• METRC certified a plus
• Having completed responsible vendor training a plus

Skills

• Proven working experience as purchasing manager, agent or officer
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
• Interest in market dynamics along with business sense
• A knack for negotiation and networking
• Working experience of vendor management software
• Ability to gather and analyse data and to work with figures
• Solid judgement along with decision making skills
• Strong leadership capabilities

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental Insurance
• Employee Discount
• Flexible Schedule
• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Vision Insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Purchasing: 2 years (Required)
• Cannabis Industry: 2 years (Required)

License:

• MED Occupational (Required)
• Responsible Vendor (Preferred)
• Metrc Certification (Preferred)

Additional Compensation:

• Store Discounts

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Autonomous/Independent -- enjoys working with little direction
• Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity
• High stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply

Work Remotely:

• No

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As a Purchasing Manager you will be responsible for sourcing equipment, goods and services and managing vendors. The successful candidate will be able to perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, search for better deals and find more profitable suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand

Skills

• Proven working experience as purchasing manager, agent or officer
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
• Interest in market dynamics along with business sense
• A knack for negotiation and networking
• Working experience of vendor management software
• Ability to gather and analyse data and to work with figures
• Solid judgement along with decision making skills
• Strong leadership capabilities
• BS degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $60,000.00 to $70,000.00 /year

Experience:

• purchasing apparel: 1 year (Preferred)
• supervisory: 1 year (Preferred)
• materials management: 3 years (Preferred)
• purchasing: 5 years (Preferred)

Additional Compensation:

• Commission

Work Location:

• Multiple locations

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19

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Role Overview

The Regional Buyer will have knowledge of strains, concentrates, and edibles and will utilize a successful track record of buying experience to enhance our company's brand. The Regional Buyer will be responsible for managing day-to-day purchasing activities that all drive towards the strategic goals of the organization: enhanced sales, enhanced margins, and a world-class patient experience.



What You'll Do.

• Creates purchasing strategies that tie to financial goals of each dispensary
• Works with store operations team to craft localized assortments and sales forecasts to drive profitability
• Develops strong relationships with suppliers of cannabis products to ensure consistent access to product for our patients
• Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of buying: product innovation, vendor meetings, costing negotiations, executive reporting, pricing analysis, promotional calendars, and product exit strategies
• Builds reports to enhance decision making at all levels of the organization. Reports will include: bestsellers, promotional expectations, and dispensary performance
• Audit purchasing processes to create “best in class” behaviors
• Understands the competitive landscape and identifies opportunities for our brands and products
• Manage appropriate inventory levels to ensure dispensaries can exceed sales expectations

Who You Are.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field in relevant field
• Experience in retail buying, merchandising, planning, or allocation
• Strong presentation skills and ability to listen
• Ability to make decisions under pressure
• Must be a self-starter who likes to solve complex problems
• Solutions based team member
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and Tableau
• Ability to gather/analyze data and to work with incomplete information
• Mathematical/analytical mindset
• Preferred cannabis experience

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

About Vangst: Vangst is a venture backed, high growth recruiting technology company. We have revolutionized the fastest growing industry in the world by connecting thousands of professionals with careers in cannabis. Through technology and a world-class team, Vangst supplies the cannabis industry with the best talent.

Vangst is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characters protected by the law. This job description is a product of Vangst.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $16.00 to $34.00 /hour

Experience:

• cannabis sales: 2 years (Preferred)
• cannabis purchasing: 2 years (Preferred)
• cannabis retail: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location:

• Multiple locations

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance

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