Operations Manager

Simsbury, CT, United States

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to enhance lives by cultivating, sharing and celebrating the power of the plant. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 19 states with 150 dispensaries and employs nearly 5,500 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Home | Curaleaf | Cannabis with Confidence

Our corporate social responsibility is Rooted in Good. We believe in taking corporate and social responsibility very seriously, from our educational outreach to national partnerships, state-wide initiatives and local causes. Giving back to the communities where we operate is important to us and helps to change old attitudes by showing the positive impact of cannabis in creating jobs, changing lives, and helping local communities. Social Responsibility | Curaleaf | Cannabis with Confidence

Our Mission: To enhance lives by cultivating, sharing, and celebrating the power of the plant.

Our Vision: To be the world's leading cannabis company by consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.

Our Values:

Lead and Inspire.

Commit to Win.

ONE Curaleaf.

Driven to Deliver Excellence.

The Operations Manager will oversee and manage personnel to perform all the tasks necessary to produce a variety of products to our high standards. The Manager oversees and maintains quality control measures to ensure high quality product and carries out day-to-day tasks including: prepping, packaging, and our processing lab. The Manager must monitor and maintain departmental standards in accordance with the standards of the state regulatory bodies and Curaleaf.

Job Duties:

Clean and maintain equipment and processing facility following current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and standard operating procedures; comply with legal regulations; monitor environment.

Oversee production by creating and reviewing production schedule; study and clarify specifications; calculate requirements; assemble and accurately weigh materials and supplies.

Coordination of the day-to-day activities of this team of production workers to ensure that manufacturing operations run according to established production specifications and schedules

Establish clear goals and metrics for the teams

Establish and maintain appropriate systems or measuring various aspects of operational effectiveness

Manage expenditures within budgets

Coach, mentor and direct staff to include issuing disciplinary action and addressing issues.

Contribute to operational and strategic plans

Plan, develop and implement strategy for team to meet established targets for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Productivity

Monitoring of volume and quality of output and adjustment of tasks when necessary to ensure production throughput targets are met

Monitor employee performance daily to ensure that overall product quality and company safety standards are consistently executed

QA/QC duties that require analytical testing for quality and consistency; data review

Operate highly sophisticated equipment

Maintains inventory records of supplies, materials, and equipment

Create SOPs, training records, and related documentation

Maintain material safety data sheets for all department chemicals and products.

Report to the Director of Operations on a weekly basis with updates regarding production and processing schedule.

Compliance:

Ensure departmental compliance with state regulations and federal and state law.

Assure that operation adheres to all business and industry license requirements.

Maintain strict inventory records of all plant materials, chemicals and equipment used in the processing areas and documents production by completing forms, reports, logs and records

Requirements:

BS/BA Degree or greater in Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent

At least 4 years’ experience in manufacturing setting required

Experience managing/supervising a large team

Proven ability to adapt to an organization’s unique culture, environment, employees, and priorities

Knowledge of packaging and processing technology

Experience with training and the ability to teach concepts and practices to team members

Able to think strategically and creatively

Able to effectively analyze and interpret data

Able to prioritize and meet deadlines, and to manage multiple production issues with sense of urgency

Able to handle challenging or conflict situations with tact and professionalism

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to promote a team environment

Be able to meet goals driven by KPI’s and communicate the results of those KPI’s to senior management

Must be hands-on, high energy, flexible, and responsive to a dynamic work environment

Ability to schedule and plan workloads, implement systems and projects that align with strategic objectives of the company.

Subject to background check per state cannabis requirements

The physical demands, work environment factors and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills

Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing. Must display professional telephone etiquette and be able to interact and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization. Ability to effectively present information in one on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry our instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hand to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk or hear. Employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 or more pounds and regularly move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is normal.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is normal. The employee is frequently exposed to an environment of natural chemical fumes, herbal aromas, airborne particles, exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. Employee will have moderate exposure to conditions such as dust and particles that affect the respiratory system, eyes, or the skin, depending on department job assignments. Personal Protective Equipment is provided for employees to utilize

Not all benefits listed above are available to all employees at all locations.

Curaleaf is an equal opportunity employer. Curaleaf recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as requires by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Individuals adversely impacted by the war on drugs are encouraged to apply.

Current Curaleaf employees should use our internal job board to submit an application for current openings: https://app2.greenhouse.io/internal_job_board

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