Job Overview
The Vice President of Supply Chain & Operations reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and is responsible for leading the company’s end-to-end supply chain and operational strategy across cultivation support, procurement, processing operations, inventory management, logistics, material coordination, operational reporting, and business intelligence.
This executive leadership role is responsible for integrating the company's operational strategy across cultivation, processing, extraction, procurement, logistics, inventory management, and business planning to ensure efficient execution, operational visibility, and sustainable growth. The VP serves as a strategic partner to executive leadership by providing data-driven insights, forecasting, operational planning, and continuous improvement initiatives that support company growth, profitability, and scalability.
This is a hybrid leadership position requiring significant, routine travel between all company operating locations. The Vice President is expected to maintain a highly visible, hands-on presence across cultivation, processing, extraction, and future facilities to develop an intimate understanding of operations, identify opportunities for improvement, and ensure all locations operate as one integrated supply chain. This is not a desk-based executive role; success requires direct engagement with operations and frequent on-site leadership.
Essential Responsibilities
Integrated Business Planning and Sales & Operations Planning
- Lead the company's Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to ensure alignment between commercial demand, operational capacity, inventory strategy, and financial objectives.
- Facilitate regular cross-functional planning meetings with Sales, Finance, Cultivation, Processing, and Extraction to develop unified operational plans.
- Partner with Finance to align operating plans with annual budgets, financial forecasts, capital planning, and profitability objectives while ensuring operational capabilities support financial commitments.
- Collaborate with sales leadership to validate market demand, customer forecasts, promotional initiatives, and anticipated sales trends to improve forecast accuracy and inventory planning.
- Work closely with cultivation leadership to align planting schedules, harvest timing, biomass availability, and genetic planning with projected production requirements and long-term business demand.
- Coordinate material flow, processing schedules, and extraction capacity to ensure operational resources are appropriately aligned with forecasted demand and inventory requirements.
- Balance available operational capacity with customer demand by proactively identifying constraints, recommending solutions, and adjusting operational priorities as business needs evolve.
- Develop and maintain rolling 30-, 60-, 90-day and annual operational forecasts to support cultivation planning, procurement planning, inventory management, capacity utilization, and executive decision-making.
- Evaluate production and inventory scenarios to identify operational risks, supply shortages, excess inventory, and capacity constraints, while developing mitigation strategies to minimize business disruption.
- Ensure operational plans support the company's strategic objectives by aligning resources, inventory investments, procurement activities, and facility capabilities with overall business goals.
- Enhance the company's integrated planning process by establishing standardized planning methodologies, refining cross-functional communication, and developing data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Compliance & Quality Oversight
- Provide executive oversight of regulatory compliance across cultivation, processing, supply chain, inventory management, and material movement operations.
- Ensure all operational activities are conducted in accordance with Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) regulations, company policies, and applicable local, state, and federal requirements.
- Promote a culture of quality, accountability, and enhancement by establishing operational standards that support consistent product quality and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure operational processes are designed and executed to maintain product integrity, quality standards, and efficient workflow throughout the supply chain.
- Oversee inventory controls and material movement processes to ensure complete inventory accuracy, chain of custody, and traceability from cultivation through processing and extraction.
- Ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are implemented, maintained, periodically reviewed, and consistently followed across all operational departments.
- Champion workplace safety initiatives by supporting compliance with OSHA requirements, company safety programs, hazard identification, incident prevention, and corrective action programs.
- Ensure all operational departments maintain a state of audit readiness through accurate documentation, organized recordkeeping, inventory integrity, and consistent adherence to established procedures.
- Support internal compliance audits, inventory reconciliations, regulatory inspections, and third-party audits by ensuring timely corrective actions.
Supply Chain Leadership
- Develop and execute the company’s integrated supply chain strategy.
- Own procurement of biomass, extraction inputs, cultivation supplies, packaging materials, and operational consumables.
- Manage strategic relationships with cultivation partners, suppliers, contractors, and vendors.
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, service agreements, and vendor performance expectations.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks while ensuring continuity of supply.
- Maintain long-term supply forecasting aligned with business objectives.
Processing Operations Oversight
- Ensure operational readiness, efficiency, and throughput within processing operations.
- Partner with department leaders to identify and remove operational bottlenecks.
- Develop and implement operational processes that improve throughput.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators for processing operations.
Material Coordination & Logistics
- Direct the movement of materials between cultivation, processing, extraction, storage, and distribution operations.
- Lead harvest intake, processing schedules, and material allocation.
- Ensure timely transfer of materials to support extraction and manufacturing requirements.
- Optimize inventory flow and material utilization across all facilities.
Business Intelligence & Operational Reporting
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting systems.
- Provide weekly, monthly, and quarterly operational performance reports to leadership.
- Track and analyze key business metrics including:
- Throughput
- Inventory levels
- Material utilization
- Yield performance
- Procurement efficiency
- Capacity utilization
- Cost trends
- Forecast accuracy
-Identify operational trends, opportunities, and risks through data analysis.
- Drive increased organizational visibility through standardized reporting and KPI management.
- Own reporting consistency across departments.
Leadership & Development
- Lead cultivation, processing, manufacturing, sales, finance, compliance, and logistics teams to ensure operational alignment.
- Recruit, lead and develop supply chain, procurement, inventory, logistics, and processing personnel capable of supporting the company’s continued growth.
- Establish strategic priorities and performance expectations for operations leaders.
- Foster collaboration, accountability and ownership across all operational functions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Agriculture, Engineering, or related field preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in supply chain, operations, logistics, manufacturing support, agriculture, food production, consumer packaged goods, or cannabis operations.
- Demonstrated experience leading multi-site operations and complex supply chains.
- Strong analytical, financial, and operational planning skills.
- Experience developing KPI dashboards and business intelligence reporting systems.
- Proven success implementing operational improvements and scalable systems.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional management skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel regularly between all company facilities as business needs require, with the flexibility to provide on-site leadership during critical operational periods.
Pay: From $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Willits, CA 95490
