• Oversee and coordinate all post-harvest activities, including harvest intake, drying, curing, trimming, and final packaging.
• Set and communicate daily and weekly production targets for dry room and packaging operations.
• Monitor and document environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, airflow) in drying and curing environments.
• Ensure all finished products are accurately weighed, labeled, and sealed in compliance with DCC retail packaging requirements.
• Coordinate harvest handoffs from the Cultivation team, verifying batch integrity and METRC tag accuracy at intake.
• Manage vault transfers and ensure product readiness for distribution in coordination with the compliance team.
Team Leadership & Supervision
• Directly supervise Dry Room Leads, Dry Room Technicians, and Packaging Specialists across post-harvest operations.
• Conduct onboarding, role-specific training, and ongoing performance coaching for all direct reports.
• Create and manage weekly staffing schedules to align with production volume and regulatory deadlines.
• Facilitate shift handoffs, daily production meetings, and cross-departmental coordination as needed.
• Address performance concerns through documentation and coordination with HR in accordance with company policy.
• Ensure accurate and timely METRC entries for all post-harvest activities including package creation, waste logging, and manifest generation.
• Maintain departmental compliance with Ohio Administrative Code 1301:18, DCC licensing conditions, and King City Gardens’ SOPs.
• Prepare records and documentation for state regulatory inspections and internal compliance audits.
• Verify all DCC-required batch numbers, warning labels, and compliance statements on finished product packaging.
• Identify and immediately report any compliance discrepancies to the Compliance Manager.
Quality Control & Sanitation
• Conduct and document quality inspections at each stage of the post-harvest process to ensure product integrity.
• Enforce strict sanitation, PPE, and biosecurity protocols throughout all post-harvest areas.
• Investigate and resolve quality deviations; implement corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Maintain calibration logs for scales and other measurement equipment used in the packaging process.