Job ID: 14948
Company: Maya Manufacturing
Location: Seattle, WA 98134 (Industrial District area)
Salary: From $80,000 a year
Number of Vacancy: 1
Employment Type: Contractor
Posted: 30+ days ago
Deadline: 01 Jan, 2023
Job Description:
The Director of Operations will be responsible for management and oversight of a results-driven strategy for the operating business.
In this role, we are seeking an individual who is versed in the follow key areas:
- Coaching and building leadership - communication, motivation, and motivation of junior level management and line level team
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Horticultural planning and process flow
- CPG manufacturing experience – raw material and hard good mgmt.
To achieve success in this role, the ideal candidate must possess an open mind, thirst for continuous process improvement, and unrelenting drive to win. Above all, this position asks for a consistently positive, friendly, and assertive manner with team members, partners, regulators, and leadership. An organization in our type of growth mode needs to have exceptional communication to help support a quick-paced, and sometimes chaotic, start-up environment.
For detail specific duties and responsibilities, please see below:
Production Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following. Other duties may be assigned:
- Work with mgmt. to learn and continue to develop cultivation strategy
- Manage and develop cultivation plan in concert with distribution strategy
- Cultivation schedule for multiple sites – indoor, greenhouse, and outdoor
- Manage teams at three cultivation sties
- Work with senior mgmt. to optimize cultivation productivity against company strategy
- Oversee detailed genetic R&D plan
- Facilitate team execution against key cultivation KPIs
Processing Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following. Other duties may be assigned:
- Work with mgmt. to learn and continue to develop processing strategy to deliver against inventory and distribution targets
Job Requirements:
- Manage and continue to develop detailed manufacturing plan in concert with company strategy
- Manage junior manager and lead team
- Oversight of daily & weekly scheduling
- Development and tracking of KPIs
- Establishment of continuous improvement
- Constantly work to improve process flow, increase efficiency, and improve standard costs
- Continue to develop QC process to improve product quality, control, and consistency
General Management
- Effectively manage and motivate team – 5 direct reports & indirect team of 50+
- Continuous development of team culture through improved communication, incentives, and balance for junior management and line-level team
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 4+ years in food processing, agriculture, or similar industry preferred
- Related operations experience – particularly experience building and iterating processing line flow
- Experience managing large teams, including development of tactical targets, incentives, and scheduling to achieve goals strategic
- Excellent communication skills, articulate with strong public speaking ability / experience and excellent writing skills.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly proficiency in excel
- Ability to work extended hours and non-traditional schedule to provide team with well planned and managed process flow.
Physical Requirements / Other:
- Must be able to drive a car/truck and travel via plane or train; lift up to 45 lbs
- Frequent travel within assigned area of business
- Primarily office environment but will likely be exposed to cannabis grow operations (indoor, greenhouse, field) warehouse or distribution environment on a frequent basis
- Must be able to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear
- Must have close vision, distant vision, ability to