General Manager

The Joint Cannabis; Portage la Prairie; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Joint Cannabis in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba is seeking a General Manager to drive profitability, culture, and compliance across its location. You will balance entrepreneurial leadership with strong operational discipline, ensuring a guest-first approach while navigating a unionized environment.

Lead a team, align daily operations with long-term strategy, and steward education and company standards. The role requires proven supervision in retail and a focus on growth, process improvements,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years work experience in retail.
• Minimum of 1 year work experience in a supervisory role in a retail environment.
• Proven experience leading within a unionized environment and labour relations management.
• Provide Basic Criminal Background check.
• Provincial Cannabis Certification – Smart Choices.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, empower, and motivate team members to achieve performance excellence.
• Act as a culture leader, fostering an inclusive and positive workplace where people thrive.
• Build strong relationships with union partners, ensuring open communication and mutual respect.
• Drive coaching conversations, set clear expectations, and hold teams accountable to results.
• Champion a guest-first culture, ensuring all customer interactions are welcoming, informed, and compliant.
• Implement business strategies to grow sales, expand market presence, and enhance brand reputation.
• Monitor and respond to customer feedback, ensuring service excellence.
• Oversee daily operations, ensuring compliance with all company policies and regulations.
• Lead inventory management, pricing, product presentation, and seasonal merchandising.
• Ensure health, safety, and security standards are met at all times.
• Review financial performance, manage expenditures, and drive profitability.
• Oversee banking, reconciliations, and reporting of sales and operations.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align local operations with corporate strategy.
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements and implement innovative solutions.
• Act as a brand ambassador in the community, promoting business growth and strong relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Customer service

Communication

Negotiation

Time management

Coaching & mentoring

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

People management

Education

Provincial Cannabis Certification – Smart Choices

Tools

Microsoft Office

Sales software

Job description

The General Manager is the driving force behind the success and culture of their assigned location(s); according to set goals and business objectives. With a balance of entrepreneurial spirit and strong operational expertise, this role is accountable for overall profitability, compliance, and team leadership. The General Manager will cultivate a guest-first environment, shift culture through empowerment, and align daily operations with long-term business strategy.

This role requires a leader who thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments and has experience working within unionized environments, ensuring collaboration, fairness, and respect are at the core of team engagement whilst aligning with business strategy. All General Managers are expected to be stewards of compliance and education, leading by example, providing education, and reinforcing company standards.

Core Competencies & Requirements

• Proven experience leading teams in a unionized environment.
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to think strategically while executing operationally.
• Demonstrated success as a culture shifter, fostering empowerment and accountability across teams.
• Business acumen with experience in driving growth, improving processes, and executing strategic initiatives.
• Accountability and dependability.
• Ethics and integrity.
• Excellent time management and prioritizing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, mentor and motivate staff.
• Inventory management skills.
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Strong customer service and troubleshooting skills.
• Able to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion.
• Well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills.
• Ability to learn and adapt to sales software quickly.
• Professional, responsive, and positive work attitude.
• Meticulous records maintenance skills.

Job Duties

Leadership & Culture

• Inspire, empower, and motivate team members to achieve performance excellence.
• Act as a culture leader, fostering an inclusive and positive workplace where people thrive.
• Build strong relationships with union partners, ensuring open communication and mutual respect.
• Drive coaching conversations, set clear expectations, and hold teams accountable to results.

Guest Experience & Sales

• Champion a guest-first culture, ensuring all customer interactions are welcoming, informed, and compliant.
• Implement business strategies to grow sales, expand market presence, and enhance brand reputation.
• Monitor and respond to customer feedback, ensuring service excellence.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee daily operations, ensuring compliance with all company policies and regulations.
• Lead inventory management, pricing, product presentation, and seasonal merchandising.
• Ensure health, safety, and security standards are met at all times.
• Review financial performance, manage expenditures, and drive profitability.
• Oversee banking, reconciliations, and reporting of sales and operations.

Strategic Impact

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align local operations with corporate strategy.
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements and implement innovative solutions.
• Act as a brand ambassador in the community, promoting business growth and strong relationships.

Education, Training and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years work experience in the retail industry.
• Minimum of 1 year work experience in a supervisory role in a retail environment.
• Proven experience leading within a unionized environment and labour relations management.
• Provide Basical Criminal Background check.
• Provincial Cannabis Certification – Smart Choices

Working Conditions

• Some travel may be required.
• Ability to attend and conduct presentations.
• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.
• Ability to lift 25 pounds.
• Overtime as required.
• The Joint Cannabis respects the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Inclusion to us means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths.