Post Harvest Manager

DescriptionEssential Duties and Responsibilities: With direction from the Director of Production, the Post Harvest Manager is responsible for supporting and executing all phases of processing beginning at plant harvest. Key phases include harvest, drying, bucking, curing, trimming, remediation, and processing (some of these responsibilities may vary by shift). Post Harvest managers are responsible for leading, developing and coaching assigned Leads and respective team members to effectively and compliantly execute all assigned Processing tasks. Responsibilities that will be overseen by the Post Harvest Manager are as follows but not limited to:HarvestDestemmingTrimmingCuringCompliance Testing of completed flower batchesRemediation of failed productResponsible for overseeing day-to-day post-harvest activities and adjusting workflow and procedures to increase yields, efficiency, and overall team performanceMaintain cleanliness of the facility, ensuring drying, curing, bucking, trimming, and remediation areas are cleaned to the highest standards dailyEnsure optimal temperature, humidity, air movement, and other relevant conditions are achieved in the drying and curing areas. Ensures these environments are monitored, recorded, and maintained.Create and implement SOPs, methods, and policies within the processing department relating to Post-Harvest activitiesEnsure proper labeling, tagging and traceability within the seed-to-sale system. Ensure strains and batches are accounted for and tracked in real-time.Monitor stock of post-harvest supplies and consumables and coordinate with Procurement to order supplies as needed.Coordinates with the cultivation team to ensure efficient and effective harvests are completed on a regular basisCoordinate with Packaging Team and Extraction team to forecast time and volume of product ready for extraction and packagingCompile KPIs and daily/weekly productivity monitoringOversees all plant activities relating to harvest and post-harvest processing while maintaining a high level of quality and focus on efficiency and productivity.Anticipate product flow through the processing department based on the Harvest Schedule and plan to ensure efficiency of batch progression from Harvest to PackagingCollects, compiles and reports harvest output dataCoordinate release of completed flower batches to packaging including reporting of projections to all production managersEnsures the safe, accurate, compliant and timely production of high-quality products.Ensures quality control measures to ensure high-quality productsEnsures daily compliance with company policies, SOPs and all state regulations (including testing)Reviews and actively monitors the labor production schedule (by shift including assigned breaks); advising on any potential adjustments to the schedule to fit the overall needs of the department based on the assigned goals designated by the DOPOversees all plant activities relating to harvest and post-harvest processing while maintaining a high level of quality and focus on efficiency and productivity.Advises on ready to package dates and quantities to the National Director-Production and production team.Performs related duties and special projects, as assigned by the National Director-ProductionOther duties as assigned or required.Direct Reports: Post-Harvest SupervisorProcessing Technician II RequirementsBasic Qualifications:Education and/or Work Experience Requirements: Associate's degree or equivalent experience required.Minimum 2 years of working in a commercial cannabis production environment requiredMinimum 2 years of management experience preferredExperience training and coaching processing and packaging teams preferred