Packaging & Processing Manager

Packaging and Processing Manager In this role you will oversee the functions and people of processing (trimming, bucking) and packaging to ensure consistent supply of NorCal finished cannabis flower goods. The Packaging and Processing Manager is tasked with ensuring the necessary weekly and monthly packaging, bucking and trimming schedules are up to date and visible to all divisions for planning purposes. This position works with Cultivation, Supply Chain, Distribution and Compliance. Additionally, it is imperative that production orders are completed in the ERP & Metrc systems and that inventory is on hand and allocated for all projects ahead of time.

This is a full time position with an office located at the Santa Rosa campus reporting to Sr Director of Production Operations.
Roles & Responsibilities

Works cross functionally with cultivation, distribution and product teams to ensure prioritization of flower processing and packaging projects

Staff; train and manage the processing and packaging teams on all processes, including safety and compliant handling of product and direct management of the Packaging Lead and Processing Lead

Help develop, execute and update Standard Operating Procedures for all processing and packaging processes

Maintains, oversees and operates manufacturing equipment

Manages schedules and timelines for staff of processing and packaging teams

Maintains regular communication with product, production & distribution to maintain minimum and maximum levels of supply inventory; Ensure that the necessary jars, bags, boxes, tubes, labels and any other packaging materials are available for the projects in queue and coordinate schedules with product team to ensure par levels are maintained

Work cross functionally to ensure proper costs are being tracked and updated; Timely reporting, monitor performance of individuals and the team as a whole, and maintain records of daily/weekly/monthly analytics

Oversee inbound, work-in-process and outbound product through SAP production/work orders and also in Metrc.

Work with management to ensure proper costs are being tracked

Track finished goods inventory to target levels to ensure availability

Coordinate with respective production teams to execute on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule.

Fulfill reporting requests in a timely manner

Accountable for maintaining cost units per hour on jarring, bagging, joint rolling, etc.

Coordinate with the art team to produce and receive batch label art for all tested products in the packing pipeline

Maintains up-to-date understanding of line office operations and procedures needed to comply with aspects of cannabis law and regulation, as provided by the Compliance Department and Line Office Management, and follows such operations and procedures

Maintains timely and accurate records concerning commercial cannabis activities, including the provision of data for entry in the CCTT-Metrc database

Train and manage staff in the processing division on all protocol, including quality, safety and compliant handling of product

Maintains a safe and clean work environment

Other duties as assigned

What we need

Experience with managing a large workforce, preferably in cannabis processing and/or packaging

Experience with Metrc preferred

Ability to physically report into our Santa Rosa facility

Proficient in data analysis, ERP, Google Suite and all company tools used today or in the future

Must be organized and detail oriented, strong with communication skills, multitasking and time management

Ability to to lift up to 50 lbs.

What we bring to the table

Our co-workers are a close-knit, intelligent, collaborative and motivated team

We care about you. We offer competitive health, dental, and vision insurance benefits for employees and their dependents

Invest in yourself and your family. We offer a company 401(k) Retirement plans to all eligible employees. Eligibility is continuous employment for 6 months and 21 years of age

We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

Our Values

Grow with Integrity

Bring People Together

Build with Ambition

Believe in Cannabis for Good

Company Description
NorCal Cannabis has been developing and shaping the legal cannabis industry since 2015 in the areas of cultivation, distribution and retail.

NorCal’s mission is to bridge the strong roots and rich heritage of the cannabis industry with the bright future and unlimited potential now available to companies that fully understand the intricacies of the business. From seed to sale, our brands, products, and assets are meticulously developed from cultivation and manufacturing to delivery and retail. Throughout the entire process, we value every element of the supply chain and proudly serve distributors, retailers and consumers across California.

We believe cannabis is a force for good, and will make positive impacts to society, the economy and the environment.

The history of cannabis and social reform go hand in hand. We honor the struggles of the past by building a better future. NorCal Cannabis recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected statuses as required by applicable law. We believe that in our differences, we find strength.

We are committed to equality, diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. We know we will always have to work to contribute to making our world a more equitable place. We focus first on building a values driven foundation inside the physical and virtual walls of our company and make concerted efforts to engage in the local communities we operate in and the global community for which we are citizens.

NorCal Cannabis also strives to be a steward of our ecological environment, knowing that our business’s health and health of our people is dependent and integrally connected to the health of the earth’s ecosystem. We do our best to tread lightly.

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