Cannabis Plant Manager

Headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, Wyld produces the best Cannabis tasting edibles and beverages on the market using real fruit and natural flavors. When adventure calls, we answer - always ready to embrace challenges, test boundaries, and push limits. Our company ethos is founded in strong values and our Pillars of Commitment to our communities and the Earth itself. Our ambitious team embraces challenges, tests boundaries, and is always ready for adventure. Wyld operates in AZ, CA, CO, IL, MD, MI, MO, NM, NV, OR, OK, WA, and across all of Canada with more launches on the horizon.

Ability to excel in a fast-growing/fast paced environment delivering accuracy while managing to deadlines where adaptability is imperative.

Embody Wyld Core Values, The Wyld Way

Wyld’s core values are the driving force and energy behind everything we do. These values drive our culture, our business philosophy and our philanthropic efforts. It is the cornerstone for all that we do here at Wyld.
- Make a Mark
- We Blaze Our Own Trail
- Brand First
- We Mean Business

The **Plant Manager’s** key purpose is directly leading all departments and functions of the manufacturing facility. This includes but is not limited to: ensuring accountability at all levels; managing department managers (Admin, Inventory, Production, Packaging, and Facilities) and their staff, strategically planning and organizing all production operations, overseeing all aspects of the production process, communicating effectively between all partnering departments, reviewing and approving payroll, managing financial budgets, providing monthly production analysis and presenting data to the Sr. Director of Operations to ensure proper execution. A successful Plant Manager at WYLD will have a history of driving purpose, vision and engagement across multiple functions; hiring, training and developing future leaders; and has demonstrated a history of resilience, personal accountability, and integrity.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following**:

- Hires, trains, and develops leaders within the organization
- Directly supervises Admin, Inventory, Production, Packaging, and Facilities teams
- Clearly communicate with Department Managers throughout production to provide adequate support
- Audit employee performance reviews for each employee with their Department Manager
- Responsible for overseeing hiring and terminating
- Use resources available to train and develop Department Managers, while also ensuring all staff are following training schedules.
- Partners with Sales and Sales Ops teams to ensure production meets sales demand
- Ensures a culture of accountability at all levels of the organization
- Drives results in all deliverables (production quotas and people metrics)Follows sales and market trends daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually
- Forecast, purchase, and allocate all raw materials and product components using best practices for inventory management and organization based on production plans; manage lead times and storage capacity for all raw materials to maintain optimal inventory levels in both on-site and off-site locations
- Oversee management of Food Safety Compliance Program, including:

- Training of all staff to maintain food safe work habits
- Regular compliance audits to ensure adherence to SOPs
- Employee coaching and process adjustments as needed
- Compliance testing and corrective action planning
- Able to sort through complicated, extensive, and often conflicting information to effectively attack and solve problems
- Able to create a workplace culture where people feel motivated and are excited to bring their best selves to work and commit to the organization’s objectives

**Qualifications**:

- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- At least 5 years of directly-related experience and/or training in a manufacturing or packaging environment, preferably food or beverage packaging; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must have experience working with a high sense of urgency in a fast-paced work environment
- At least 2 years leading large, diverse teams across multiple departments
- Must be proficient in Excel, data analysis and other inventory management systems
- High attention to detail
- Problem solver that thrives under pressure
- Must be able to travel on an as-needed basis to additional locations and facilities
- Effectively communicate information and respond to questions/suggestions from various levels within the company
- Possess advanced mathematical skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Perform advanced visual quality inspections on products
- Willing to submit to a backg