Cultivation - Cultivation Production Planner

Who We Are
Founded in 2013, Organigram is a leading Canadian licensed producer, focused on producing high-quality, indoor-grown cannabis for adult recreational consumers in all provinces and the Yukon. Headquartered in Toronto (Ontario), Organigram has three state-of-the-art cultivation and processing facilities in Moncton (New Brunswick), Winnipeg (Manitoba) and Lac-Supérieur (Quebec), and our adult-use products can be found in retail outlets from coast-to-coast. Organigram's adult-use brands include Edison, SHRED, monjour, Laurentian Cannabis, Holy Mountain, Big Bag O’Buds, Tremblant Cannabis and Trailblazer.
Our mission is to delight consumers with trusted brands that deliver innovative cannabis products and experiences while promoting education and industry advocacy.
Over the past year we have seen significant growth in this emerging cannabis industry and attribute this growth to our team members. We believe our deep-rooted culture; our values and our welcoming work environment have contributed to our overall success. Our focus on innovation, responsiveness to the needs of our customers and our people-centric approach have helped us become a trusted name amongst our stakeholders - be it our customers, partners, investors, our team members, and the communities that we support.
Why work with us?
Organigram is a diverse and inclusive organization that cares about you and the community you live in. Our competitive salary and benefits, education reimbursement and flexible work environment are designed to work for you as you grow and develop in your career. We offer an annual wellness credit and unlimited vacation to support your health and wellbeing. And you can feel good knowing our Organigram Operating for Good program provides you with the opportunity to support your community through sponsored volunteer initiatives.
The Cultivation Production planner is responsible for planning, organizing and monitoring cultivation operations to ensure that plants are grown efficiently, on-time and to standard to ensure timely delivery of quality product to internal customers. This role coordinates closely with cultivation, post-harvest, drying, sanitation, quality assurance and supply planning to mitigate flower risk and minimize waste. The Cultivation Production Planner plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth flow of flower from propagation to drying in production and driving continuous improvement within the supply process.
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Cultivation Production Planning**:

- Lead the planning and scheduling process by preparing workload for selected Cultivation teams and support teams from cloning to drying.
- Schedule daily, weekly, monthly and yearly requirements for the Cultivation team.
- Direct the prioritization of tasks for each team within the Cultivation department.
- Provide direction on scheduling, staffing, and material issues and quality remediation.
- Understand and ensure data integrity in Organigram production systems for accurate reporting, forecasting and analytics.
- Create, maintain, and utilization multiple reports on KPIs, data trends, ad-hoc scenarios.
- Work closely with team and lead meetings to ensure alignment and organization.
- Provide frequent updates on production risks and opportunities to various stakeholders.
- Model different scenarios to display area of opportunities between plan and scheduling.

**Cross-functional Collaboration & Leadership**:

- Cross-functional Leadership: Act as a key point of contact between various departments, including Nursery, Plant Care, Watering, Integrated Pest Management, Plant Science, Sanitation, and Quality Assurance to execute on required grow plan.
- Supply Chain Collaboration: Communicate with supply chain any delays, opportunities, quality concerns that change target RTP dates.
- Lac-Supérieur (L-S) Collaboration: Support Lac-Supérieur by scheduling the growing and transfer of flower between the Moncton and L-S sites.

**Technology, Data Analysis & Reporting**:

- Operational Metrics: Monitor, report, and analyze key metrics such as schedule adherence, flower utilization, garden and drying capacity utilization, predicted yield and potency based on cultivar spread per month to inform changes to labour and strategy.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify workflow inefficiencies and propose improvements to streamline production processes.
- Technology Utilization: Use planning software and integrated systems to model scenarios to enhance planning accuracy, decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.

**Continuous Improvement**:

- Resource Optimization: Continuously analyze key data to drive efficiencies and supply chain processes improvements, including cultivar selection, scheduling and material utilization.
- Process Standardization: Lead and support initiatives for standardizing planning processes and improving responsiveness to market/demand changes.

**Strategic Contribution**:

- Alignment with Business Goals: Ensure