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Job detailsSalary$100,000 - $150,000 a yearJob TypeFull-timeNumber of hires for this role1Full Job Description

Director of Cultivation

The Director of Cultivation’s role is to direct the Cultivation team by providing a leadership presence on all aspects of cultivation in. This role provides both strategy and day-to-day operational leadership by overseeing and supporting the team at each stage of cultivation; improving operational efficiencies; organizing decisions and strategies in detailed plans presented and approved by CEO and COO in a timely manner; and working with company leadership on monthly, quarterly, annual plans and goals.

The Director of Cultivation is responsible to analyze and develop action plans to find production and cost efficiencies. Other responsibilities include; helping develop cultivation budgets with the CEO and COO; reporting on cultivation budget actual vs. budget; oversee recruiting and hiring appropriately to ensure operation is efficiently staffed per the budget at all times; effectively manage the operation ensuring consistency and compliance at all times; and ensure the individual skills of the team are utilized effectively.

The Director of Cultivation will be accountable for overseeing cultivation operations including development of new genetic varieties, nursery propagation and harvesting and curing of flower during multiple production cycles annually.

This position will report directly to and work closely with CEO and COO on forecasting production yields, implementing operational processes, ensuring compliance with regulations, and maximizing successful harvests of the most commercially desirable varieties.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a constant, in person leadership and support presence in the cultivation facilities
• Work closely with executive team to develop goals for genetics, propagation and cultivation

• Assemble and manage genetic, propagation and cultivation teams to successfully grow, harvest and cure commercial flower harvests of desirable varieties

• Responsible for updating and improving SOPs to continually gain efficiency in production and remain in compliance with changing regulations
• Successfully design and implement data-capturing and reporting processes to accurately convey cultivation operations performance to executive team
• Maintain a strong focus on improvement of quality, scale, and efficiency of operations
• Source and implement equipment and technology solutions to improve operational efficiency and data analysis
• Develop a genetics program that identifies best phenotypes for reproduction based on quality of genetics and market desirability
• Develop nutrient regiments and SOPs
• Establish operational policies that promote company vision

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strong leadership track record with 5+ years of experience in operations, propagation, breeding and cultivation of cannabis * Excellent organizational, reporting and leadership abilities
• Successful history of building teams of various experience levels
• Willing to navigate between strategy and operational execution
• Project management and implementation skills
• Basic analytical skills and experience defining and reporting on performance metrics and process improvement
• Ability to directly perform data analysis in order to clearly report the status of the facilities and create operational recommendations
• Extensive understanding of the cannabis industry
• Ability to navigate changing priorities with minimal information and use good judgment in stressful situations * Flexibility, adaptability, and a relentlessly positive attitude
• Experience working within strict regulations and compliance preferred
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Google Docs

Human Resource stuff below:

Work is performed in a normal warehouse environment. The employee's working conditions are moderately noisy. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office and setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time, to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to speak and hear; to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; to verbally communicate to exchange information. While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Relocation assistance

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No

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