Production Planner

**Overall Job Purpose**:
The Production Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing the short
- and long-term production schedules across all organizational growing environments (Tissue Culture, Indoor and Greenhouse). This role serves as a key operational bridge between cultivation, post-harvest, planning, packaging, and quality teams to ensure plant flow, labour, and resources are aligned with business objectives and market demand.

**Responsibilities, including but not limited to**:

- Develop and manage daily, weekly, and long-range crop production schedules from propagation through harvest and drying.
- Align crop plans with facility capacity, labour availability, genetic strategy, and product demand.
- Forecast and coordinate plant movement, space usage, and harvest cycles across all cultivation stages.
- Plan and manage labour requirements for cultivation tasks in collaboration with department leads.
- Identify and resolve scheduling bottlenecks (e.g., drying room capacity, staffing coverage).
- Act as a liaison between cultivation, drying, packaging, and sales teams to ensure continuity and product readiness.
- Maintain accurate data in cultivation planning tools and generate KPI reports on yield, costs, schedule adherence, and productivity.
- Use scenario modeling to optimize production plans and assess risk/impact of changes.
- Drive continuous improvement by refining planning processes, tools, and SOPs.
- Support inter-site coordination, seasonal adjustments, and production trials.
- Lead cross-functional planning meetings, provide clear schedules, and train team members on planning tools.
- Provide insights and recommendations to leadership to guide production capabilities and business alignment.
- Assist the Director of Cultivation with special requests and projects that may be outside of day-to-day responsibilities.

**Job Details**
- Salary: _Starting at $50,000 annually depending on experience
- Status:_ Full-Time, Permanent, Salaried Position
- Benefits:_ Group Benefits Plan and Corporate Gym Memberships upon start, RRSP/DPSP matching plan available after 3 months of employment
- Psychological Demands:_
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment with competing priorities.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects across various teams.
- Comfortable leading meetings and conducting presentations to groups.
- Must be able to complete duties with mínimal supervision and comfortable working independently and safely in a group environment
- Must be willing/able to work in a social environment
- Must be comfortable with completing highly repetitive computer tasks with focused attention and accuracy
- Physical Demands:_
- Must be comfortable sitting or standing at a desk and working at a computer for prolonged periods of time
- Ability to perform physical tasks as needed, including but not limited to: pushing, pulling, lifting (up to 50lbs), standing, and walking
- Ability to wear assigned Personal Protective Equipment including, but not limited to medical gloves, safety eyewear, face masks, etc.
- Environmental Demands:_
- Fast-paced office environment with quickly changing priorities
- Must be willing and able to work in/ move through environments with variable temperature, humidity, and lighting.
- This position will involve exposure to cannabis/plant materials and is therefore not likely suitable for anyone that may suffer from allergies to cannabis or plant pollen, or for anyone that experiences medical issues as a result of exposure to cannabis/plant materials.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, or a related field is an asset
- Leadership experience within a regulated manufacturing industry considered an asset
- (i.e. Pharma/Food/Beverage/Cannabis)
- Production Planning and Manufacturing experience is preferred
- Experience with ERP systems (i.e. Sage) would be considered a strong asset
- Advanced level experience in Microsoft Excel
- Experience with reporting, analytics, and forecasting
- Solution-oriented and proactively drives process improvement
- Builds strong relationships within the team and cross-functional partners
- Self-starter who works independently, takes responsibility, and demonstrates integrity
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Experience with demand forecasting and production capacity modeling is an asset.
- A criminal record check will be required after job offer is communicated
- All employees must be 19+