Packaging Manager

Packaging Manager

We're Grn (pronounced like grew-n, Swedish for green). We craft the most delicious cannabis edibles on the planet. As a leading North American brand, we're dedicated to high-quality products that cater to our diverse customers. Driven by innovation, sustainability, and community, we create our edibles with care. Founded in her basement, chocolatier and mother Christine Apple started Grn in 2015, and has since grown the company into a team of over 200+ passionate individuals in 8 different markets (and counting). We hold ourselves to the highest standards of quality and professionalism as we serve millions of customers worldwide. Every team member is expected to contribute to our mission with dedication and teamwork, crafting our gummies and chocolates with love for the community.

At Grn, we operate first by our Mission & Values : we win with dignity and grace, we only deliver excellence, we embrace transformation. We believe all Grn employees should embrace and operate with these values in mind. If you feel like you embody our values, keep reading to find out more about how you could make an impact as a part of our team.

About the Role

The Packaging Managers will work closely with Operations Manager and Distribution Manager to ensure packaging efficiency and priorities within the packaging team, utilize / troubleshoot all packaging equipment and standard processes, and help to guide new packaging employees. Additionally, they will provide oversight for all daily activities of the packaging facility from the creation of products to the fulfillment of orders going out the door. The Packaging Manager plans and directs work and is responsible for the effective and successful management of labor, materials, productivity, quality control, while maintaining compliance with state and local regulations.

In this role you will :

• Oversee and assist in all daily activities of packaging, including planning and assignment.
• Coordinate scheduling and real-time utilization of resources, keeping all departments in communication while minimizing interference.
• Communicate with central operations management to ensure smooth coordination between all departments, including production, fulfillment, sales, marketing, and accounting.
• Ensure departments maintain production schedule adherence and compliance with state and safety regulations.
• Enact contingency plans as needed; escalate and direct activities during system problems; identify potential issues, troubleshoot, and participate in analysis of past problems to provide input for future process improvements.
• Foster a positive work environment and build consensus among staff and departments to maximize efficiency and morale.
• Lead and assist with general inventory management, keeping all ingredients, packaging, and sale-ready inventory at expected levels based on sales projections and production goals.
• Train new and existing employees on current and updated procedures.
• Address employee performance issues, generate improvement plans, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Support the Operations Manager by ensuring they are fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and take prompt corrective action or suggest alternative courses of action.
• Support the company in packaging planning, ensuring the business is adequately resourced and that production schedules align with product sales rates.
• Responsible for quality assurance of all products, communicates issues, and proposes solutions.
• Implement any new policies and procedures relating to the production process.

You'll be a great fit if you have the following :

Interview Process :

At Grn, we go through the same interview steps for all Packaging Manager candidates to ensure equity in our hiring process. Our process is designed to learn as much about each candidate as possible, as well as give candidates access to our team and hear what it's like to work with us.

Benefits & Compensation :

This position has a salary of $65,000

Grn is committed to equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, our company provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, gender, family or parental status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. We hire and promote individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs. Grn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. We encourage all applicants over the age of 21.

BE AWARE OF FRAUD! Please be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiter activity by persons that are posing as a Grn recruiters. Please confirm that the person you are working with has an @eatgron email address. Additionally, Grn will never request financial information or payments from candidates at any point during the hiring process nor will we send checks for equipment at anytime. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please contact our team via jobs@eatgron.com.