Manager of Cure

Job Summary

This position is responsible for managing and directing the Cure department with effective leadership and coordination to achieve the weekly objective.  This role is responsible for overseeing the Cure department team members, drying chambers, supplies, and processes to ensure consistent, compliant, organized, and high quality results.  The Manager of Cure role must lead and participate in their job with professionalism and safety, consistently.  The Manager of Cure will report to the Senior Manager of Post Harvest, while working in cohesion with the other Post Harvest departments to achieve most effective trimming, drying, curing, and packaging results.

The salary range is $55,000 to $70,000

Essential Functions/ Responsibilities 

Leadership Procedures & Tasks

• Ensure the proper execution for all aspects of the department including management of the employees, cadence and pace of the production, accuracy for proper separation of product quality, maintenance of the automated machinery and drying chambers, and consistent quality control and preparation for the next phases in packaging the product.
• Assist with providing effective leadership to employees to ensure a complete understanding of and alignment to PharmaCann’s vision, mission and values to maintain a positive work environment and a high level of morale.  Ensure effective and appropriate communication with team members and Cure department staff to increase team unity and operative flow.
• Ensure all compliance requirements are met including facilitation of the immediate adjustment of practices to accommodate the dynamic changes that regularly occur. 
• Ensuring all staff are following company defined protocols. Enforce all company policies and regulations.  Assist in establishing initial and ongoing training for employees to ensure an adequate level of understanding regarding guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Manage employees, including planning, assigning and directing work, examining performance and conducting evaluations, coaching, supervising, disciplining, addressing complaints and resolving employee issues.  Monitor employee attendance, time off balances, time off requests, pay changes, position changes, and all other attendance related processes.
• Assist with developing and managing projects, including defining project scope, resources and achieving deliverables on time and within budget.
• Clear understanding of workflow throughout the cultivation facility.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Senior Manager of Post Harvest.

Training Requirements

• This position will follow the direction and training by the Senior Manager of Post Harvest assigned to the Hamptonburgh, NY cultivation facility. The role is expected to engage in proactive participation to be able to clearly lead to achieve the high standard cultivation practices, consistently and compliant.
• Training towards PharmaCann’s mission statement and leadership development.
• Understanding how to compliantly operate within the cultivation based on the state laws and regulations.

Workspace and Material Maintenance

• Plan and carry out through the support of the Senior Manager of Post Harvest to guide and train Cure department members to maintain proper organization of the rooms utilized by the Cure department.
• Ensure upkeep and maintenance of the machinery and drying chambers through participation, practice, training, guiding, and disciplining accordingly to achieve.
• Manage the communication and reporting of product concerns with leadership of Post Harvest from proper awareness of organization and analysis.
• Ensuring that sufficient supplies for the Cure department are ordered and available.  Manage procuring proper supplies and equipment, with recurring purchasing coordination with the Supply Chain department for essential replenishments towards workflow.
• Provide direction and support to associates with a safe, well maintained, and organized work area.

Compliance and Reporting

Direct the Cure department staff in upholding current laws and regulations towards the cultivation facility. Adapt to updated laws and regulations to implement safe and effective practices to sustain highest quality standards and efficiencies.

• Oversee and support the organizing and securing of all Biotrack tags and harvest batches.
• Management of Standard Operating Procedures for the Cure Department.
• Update and track all required information in the Cure department logs and spreadsheets daily.
• Monitor and address situations which may include lost tags, minimizing bud/product loss.  Determine plants for extraction or discarding.
• Direct the Cure department staff in training and supervision to ensure compliance of the cultivation facility. Manage, coordinate, train, coach, supervise, discipline, and analyze with staff to maintain compliant practices and workflow.  Any compliance or safety mistake or error created must be addressed, reported, and resolved.  Communication with appropriate leadership to ensure resolution.

Supervision

• Works under the direct supervision of the Senior Manager of Post Harvest.
• This position is responsible for the supervision and management of the Cure department for the [fill in Location] cultivation facility.  Managing staff, including hiring and developing, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining, addressing complaints and resolving employee issues.
• Ensure that individual and team performance meets PharmaCann’s standards of service and quality.

Competencies and Qualifications

Work Experience

• Preferred at least 1 year employment with PharmaCann to apply.
• Preferred at least 1 years experience in a commercial cannabis operation.
• Preferred at least 2 years of prior leadership experience to apply.
• Experience working in a fast-paced production environment required. Experience managing over 10+ employees is preferred. 
• Demonstrates ability to consistently exceed productivity and performance requirements. Shows the capability to handle multiple tasks at once under tight deadlines.  
• Demonstrates high attention to detail and the ability to resolve conflict and complex issues.
• Demonstrates professional and respectful demeanor towards others.  Demonstrates respectful verbal and written communication capability. 
• Ability to create, utilize, and modify electronic documents. Advanced electronic and technical skills preferred.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email and other electronic means, move about the office, handle various types of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify, observe, and assess.
• Knowledge of local, state, regional states, and federal employment laws relating to key areas of responsibility.

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Manufacturing and/or Agricultural management experience, training, and education preferred.

Skill Sets Preferred for Position:

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proactive, dedicated, and results-driven leadership skills
• Effective communication, training, and coaching skills
• Analytical, logistical, mechanical skills
• Problem solving team player
• Professional, quality, compliant, and safe decision making
• Willing to give and take direction

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements 

Job Requirement

• This position is expected to be available as needed to adhere to the responsibilities within and throughout the job description.
• Must be eligible for the position based on state and federal laws and regulations.

Working Conditions 

• Able to use a computer and/or hand tools while sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
• Able to move about a typical office, manufacturing and warehouse environment. Working with the cannabis plant, breaking it down by hand and scissors. Potentially working with machinery to trim, sort, and package cannabis product.
• Able to kneel, bend, reach, rotate, and stoop on an intermittent to regular basis daily.
• Able to lift and move up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Consistent on-time attendance for all scheduled shifts.  Prepared for over 40+ hour work weeks within this position, occasionally.
• Occasional travel by conventional means including aircraft, motor vehicle and the like within the region and to other locations as required.