Retail Associate (part-time)

Columbia Care; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 19,286 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

The Cannabist Company, formerly Columbia Care, seeks a part-time Retail Associate in Longmont, CO. You will guide patients on cannabis selections, deliver excellent customer service, and uphold store policies while supporting leadership and store managers.

You will handle intake, records, and product promotions with attention to detail and strong English communication. This role emphasizes empathy, compliance, and teamwork in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in a retail operation and POS systems.
• Passionate about handling all aspects of a retail operation, compliance and inventory control.
• Excellent and effective consulting skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including listening.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Ability to detail and able to consistently follow up instructions as outlined.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• MED badge required.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all intake forms and paperwork are properly completed and filed, then entered in company databases.
• Confirms patient purchase limits prior to admission into consultation area and dispensary.
• Provide exceptional Customer Care by promoting and maintaining positive customer relations.
• Respond to calls or emails from customers requesting product, training, and information.
• Manage patient records through state and company database.
• Maintain and update databases as needed.
• Fulfillment of customer orders and sales of products.
• Build and maintain integrity and trust for products.

Skills

Retail experience

Consulting skills

Interpersonal skills

English communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

MED badge

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Overview

The Retail Associate provides guidance and education to each patient with cannabis needs. They are responsible for providing customer care with empathy, compassion and professionalism. For living our vision, mission and values always, and ensuring customers receive the correct medicinal product that best benefits their needs.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and energetic part-time Retail Associate, who shares our passion to provide quality medicine and excellent patient care to patients and who support the Company’s core values and culture. The Retail Associate works closely and collaboratively with the dispensing facility leadership and reports to the Store Manager and Lead Associates.

Location Address: 500 E Rogers Rd Longmont, CO

Pay: $17.00/hour plus tips

FLSA status: Non-Exempt

Travel %: 0

Schedule: Part-time / including weekends

This position will remail open for at least one week, until 8/7/2026 but may remain open beyond that time.

Major Areas of Responsibility include:

• Ensures all intake forms and other paperwork is properly completed and filed correctly, then enters all appropriate information in company databases for future reference
• Confirms patient purchase limits prior to admission into the consultation area and dispensary
• Provide exceptional Customer Care by promoting and maintaining positive customer relations
• Respond to calls or emails from customers requesting product, training, and general information
• Management of patient records through the use of state and company database
• Maintenance and update of databases as needed
• Fulfillment of customer ordersResponsible for the sales and promotion of all products
• Build and maintain a high level of integrity and trust for specific products
  

Minimum Qualifications (Skills, Knowledge & Abilities):

• 1-3 years of experience in a retail operation, point of sales systems and use of Microsoft office programs
• Must be passionate about handling all aspects of a retail operation, compliance and inventory control
• Excellent and effective consulting skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including listening
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to detail and able to consistently follow up instructions as outlined
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• MED badge reqired

Additional Abilities Required:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, or sit for extended periods of time, use hands to perform manual tasks, and lift or move up to 10 pounds (or more with assistance). Must be able to speak and communicate verbally with co-workers, customers, vendors, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Note: Nothing in this job description restricts the company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made in appropriate circumstances to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of the position.

About The Cannabist Company (DBA Medicine Man):

The Cannabist Company, formerly known as Columbia Care, is one of the most experienced cultivators, manufacturers and providers of cannabis products and related services, with licenses in 12 U.S. jurisdictions. The Company operates 81 facilities including 64 dispensaries and 17 cultivation and manufacturing facilities, including those under development. Columbia Care, now The Cannabist Company, is one of the original multi-state providers of cannabis in the U.S. and now delivers industry-leading products and services to both the medical and adult-use markets. In 2021, the Company launched Cannabist, its retail brand, creating a national dispensary network that leverages proprietary technology platforms. The company offers products spanning flower, edibles, oils and tablets, and manufactures popular brands including dreamt, Seed & Strain, Triple Seven, Hedy, gLeaf, Classix, Press, and Amber. For more information, please visit www.cannabistcompany.com.

Recognized for its comprehensive benefits, ongoing training opportunities and commitment to diversity and equity inclusion both internally and with external vendors, The Cannabist Company has earned a spot on mg Magazine’s America’s Top Cannabis Industry Employers list.

The Cannabist Company provides full-time employees with an excellent benefits and compensation package including but not limited to competitive wages, paid holidays, vacation and sick time, 401K with company match, multiple health plan choices, dental, vision, pet and life insurances, 100% paid short-term disability, optional long-term disability insurance and more!

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