Director of Operations: Cannabis Production & Scale

Modern Herb Co; Canton (NC); Sur place; USD 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance (Cigna via Gusto)

401(k) with company match (Humanalnt)

PTO & sick leave

Paid Holidays

Employee product discount

Résumé du poste

The Hemp Collect in Canton, NC is seeking a Director of Operations to run the manufacturing operation end to end and build scalable systems. You will lead production, inventory, quality, and fulfillment while shaping leadership, processes, and accountability for tomorrow.

The role emphasizes a hands-on leadership style on the production floor and requires 21+ years in a regulated environment, with a strong track record of improving throughput, cost, and quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, production, or operations.
• Experience leading multiple functions and layers of management.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing managers.
• Experience in a regulated or quality-controlled manufacturing environment (GMP, cannabis, etc.).
• Experience improving throughput, productivity, quality and cost in an hourly workforce.
• Hands-on with MRP/ERP/WMS; Katana a plus.

Responsabilités

• Own daily production output across production, packaging, and filling.
• Establish units-per-hour targets and incentives.
• Build production schedules around demand, inventory, labor, and lab capacity.
• Identify and remove constraints hitting production goals.
• Drive continuous improvement in changeover time, scrap and waste, line balance, and labor productivity.
• Build staffing model, shift structure, training pipeline, and leadership for packaging org.
• Own inventory accuracy, PAR levels, cycle counts, and transaction integrity.
• Oversee purchasing and supply planning; ensure materials available.
• Balance availability with working capital to prevent stockouts and overbuying.
• Use data to identify supply risks before problems.
• Oversee Formulation Supervisor and lab team; coordinate with Product Dev for launches.
• Maintain GMP practices, batch records, labeling, retains, audit readiness.
• Partner with Product Development and lab leadership to keep testing moving.
• Maintain culture where quality and compliance are never compromised.
• Oversee fulfillment and facility operations; B2B and DTC.
• Own pick, pack, shipping accuracy, on-time delivery, carrier compliance.
• Maintain equipment uptime, safety, maintenance, readiness.
• Partner with leadership on capital planning and investments to improve capacity.
• Establish goals, KPIs, expectations, and accountability rhythms.
• Coach managers on performance, communication, delegation, and decision-making.
• Address performance issues directly and consistently.
• Build internal career paths and cross-training; HR planning.
• Create succession plans and a culture of growth.

Connaissances

Leadership experience

Cross-functional leadership

Manager development

Regulated manufacturing

Throughput improvement

ERP/WMS/Katana

Inventory planning

Data-driven decisions

Hands-on leadership

Cannabinoid industry work

Outils

Katana

Description du poste

The Hemp Collect in Canton, NC is seeking a Director of Operations to run the manufacturing operation end to end and build scalable systems. You will lead production, inventory, quality, and fulfillment while shaping leadership, processes, and accountability for tomorrow.

The role emphasizes a hands-on leadership style on the production floor and requires 21+ years in a regulated environment, with a strong track record of improving throughput, cost, and quality.