Packaging Supervisor - GrowHealthy (Lake Wales)

Position Summary

As the Packaging Supervisor, your primary responsibility revolves around overseeing and co-managing the packaging operations in our production facility. Your role involves leading a team of packaging team members, ensuring strict adherence to regulatory standards, and maintaining the highest levels of quality control throughout the process. You’ll coordinate and optimize packaging workflows, ensuring efficiency in materials usage, and overseeing inventory levels to prevent shortages or excesses. A critical aspect of your role involves implementing and upholding stringent quality control measures, guaranteeing consistency, accuracy, and compliance with labeling and safety protocols.

Essential Functions

• Drive business and sales by implementing efficient packaging strategies that reduce production costs and contribute to higher profit margins.
• Ensure high-quality packaging that aligns with brand standards and resonates with our patients and customers, enhancing product appeal and customer satisfaction.
• Manage team members’ work schedules to optimize workflows and ensure products are readily available to meet market demand, potentially increasing sales and preventing stock shortages.
• Safeguard the brand’s reputation and credibility by upholding compliance standards in packaging practices to foster customer trust and loyalty.
• Work closely with Marketing to ensure packaging aligns with brand identity, values, and market positioning. Enhance product presentation through innovative and attractive packaging designs that resonate with the target audience.
• Work closely with various departments, including sales, marketing, production, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration of packaging strategies across the company.
• Continuously seek opportunities for improvement in packaging strategies, whether in design, materials, or processes, to enhance sales performance and contribute to overall business growth.
• Maintain adequate stock levels of packaging supplies and materials to minimize disruptions in production.
• Provide back-up support in the absence of the Packaging Manager.
• Administer strict quality control measures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company standards.
• Ensure a safe and clean work environment by enforcing sanitation protocols and safety measures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, quality control, and logistics, to facilitate seamless operations and effective communication across departments.
• Develop and implement packaging procedures, schedules, and workflows to meet production goals while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Identify areas for process improvements to enhance packaging efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall quality.
• Oversee the maintenance, calibration, and functionality of the packaging machinery and equipment, ensuring optimal performance and safety.
• Serve as a company brand ambassador and train team members to represent the brand appropriately.
• Follow and implement the company's core values including respect, diversity, sustainability, research, and service.
• Adhere to iAnthus' cultural principles of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Lead and manage the Packaging team, including hiring, training, and scheduling.
• Foster a culture of motivation, engagement, and accountability among team members, encouraging collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Ensure that team members follow company policies, SOPs, safety regulations, and compliance standards, providing guidance and reinforcement as necessary.
• Identify training needs, organize training sessions, and support team members in acquiring new skills necessary for their roles.
• Serve as the “resource” for all team members for questions regarding department policies and standard operating procedures.
• Encourage open communication, actively listen to team member feedback, and address concerns to maintain a positive work environment.
• Delegate tasks effectively, ensuring that responsibilities are distributed appropriately and aligned with each team member’s strengths and capabilities.
• Acknowledge and appreciate employees’ contributions, providing recognition for exceptional performance.
• Efficiently allocate resources, including staffing and materials, to optimize productivity and achieve team objectives.

Qualifications + Education

• Must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older
• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• College degree is preferred.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in the production, manufacturing, or cultivation environment highly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of state-specific cannabis laws and regulatory compliance is non-negotiable.
• Capability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage high-stress situations, and exhibit flexibility and adaptability when necessary.
• Ability to work independently or with others, coordinate multiple tasks, and prioritize work effectively.
• Reliability is a must.
• Meticulous organizational skills with acute attention to detail.
• Proficient in both oral and written communication.

Working Conditions

• The employee works in either a dispensary and/or cultivation environment.
• The employee is required to use a computer, telephone, and other office equipment as needed to perform duties.
• The position also requires a high level of attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and efficiency.
• The employee must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, handling routine and reoccurring tasks.
• The employee will work in environments that include exposure to, but not limited to dirt, fertilizers, dusts, odors, fumes, high heat, low temperature, high and low humidity, high noise levels, vibrations, water, dry salts, allergens, pollen, dust, plant pathogens, other volatile organic compounds, heights, indoor A/C, no A/C, and other environmental variables.
• The position also requires a high level of scheduling flexibility and will occasionally include evening, weekend, and holiday work hours.
• The employee will encounter frequent interruptions throughout the workday and must have a high regard for self-management, time management, and scheduling of activities.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position 80% of the time, move around, and clearly communicate.
• The employee must constantly position oneself to move freely.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• The employee should have the ability to meet the physical demands of lifting, carrying and positioning heavy objects and should be familiar and comfortable using the assistance of push/pull manual transport equipment (ex: pallet jack, hand truck).
• The employee will often need to use a ladder, with up to a 12’ extension and general hardware tools.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.