Pre Roll Lead

JOB SUMMARY

The Pre-Roll Lead reports directly to the Packaging Department Manager and is responsible for supporting daily Pre-Roll operations while ensuring accurate production tracking, inventory accountability, and attainment reporting. The Pre-Roll Lead oversees a team of up to 15 Packaging Associates & Technician II – Automation Technicians. This role provides day-to-day leadership to production associates, monitors productivity and quality standards, maintains compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements, and serves as a key communication link between production staff and leadership. The Pre-Roll Lead helps drive operational efficiency by ensuring production records, inventory systems, and physical counts remain accurate and aligned. Work is performed in a packaging environment with regular exposure to cannabis plants, cannabis-related odors, pollen, dust, and varying temperatures, humidity levels, and lighting conditions typical of commercial cultivation operations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

· Production Leadership: Provide daily direction and support to Flower Pack and Pre-Roll Associates to ensure production goals, quality standards, operational expectations, and continuous improvement initiatives are achieved

· Production Tracking & Reporting: Maintain accurate, real-time production records, including employee assignments, production output, downtime, variances, and required end-of-shift reporting

· Inventory Management & Compliance: Perform and verify Metrc transactions, lotting, inventory adjustments, and inventory reconciliations while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements

· Team Leadership & Development: Train, coach, and support Flower Pack and Pre-Roll Associates while promoting compliance with quality, safety, operational, and regulatory standards

· Performance Monitoring: Track production attainment against established goals, identify performance trends, and communicate results and opportunities for improvement to leadership

OTHER JOB RESPONSIBILITES

· Serve as a liaison between team members and leadership, communicating operational updates, staffing needs, and production results

· Direct, delegate, and monitor daily tasks to ensure productivity, quality, and departmental goals are achieved

· Train, coach, and support team members while reinforcing quality, safety, and operational standards

· Monitor team performance and identify opportunities to improve workflow, efficiency, and overall productivity

· Maintain accurate production and compliance documentation

· Perform other duties as assigned

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Must be at least 21 years of age and pass a background check

· High school diploma or equivalent

· 1+ years of leadership experience or commensurate experience in a production or manufacturing environment

· Ability to accurately maintain production, inventory, and compliance records

· Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Registered Agent Card

PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Previous experience in the cannabis industry or another highly regulated environment

· Familiarity with cannabis compliance regulations and seed-to-sale tracking systems

· Experience supporting production reporting and process improvement initiatives

· Experience training, coaching, or mentoring employees

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Sitting

Frequently

18. Lifting

2. Standing

Continuously

10 lbs. or less

Occasionally

3. Walking

Continuously

11 to 25 lbs.

Frequently

4. Bending Over

Continuously

26 to 50 lbs.

Occasionally

5. Crawling

Occasionally

51 to 75 lbs.

Not Applicable

6. Climbing

Occasionally

76 to 100 lbs.

Not Applicable

7. Reaching Overhead

Occasionally

Over 100 lbs.

Not Applicable

8. Crouching

Frequently

19. Carrying

9. Kneeling

Frequently

10 lbs. or less

Continuously

10. Balancing

Occasionally

11 to 25 lbs.

Frequently

11. Pushing or pulling

Occasionally

26 to 50 lbs.

Not Applicable

12. Talking

Continuously

51 to 75 lbs.

Not Applicable

13. Repetitive use of hands/arms

Continuously

76 to 100 lbs.

Not Applicable

14. Repetitive use of legs

Continuously

Over 100 lbs.

Not Applicable

15. Grasping

Continuously

20. Hearing

Continuously

16. Eye/Hand Coordination

Continuously

21. Visual Acuity

Continuously

17. Fine Manipulation

Frequently

22. Subject to Noise

Continuously

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Ascend Wellness Holdings (AWH) is a vertically integrated cannabis cultivator, processor and provisioning center operator with assets in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. We seek to foster a robust and inclusive cannabis industry through a premium, unmatched customer-focused retail experience. We are looking to build a world-class team that will help carry out our mission of helping to shape the future of cannabis as a leading healthcare solution. We are committed to improving the quality of our patients’ lives by offering unrivaled quality, consistency and meticulously curated products that satisfy our customers unique, individual needs. When it comes to customer service experience, our dispensaries will set a new standard of excellence, emphasizing health and wellness by a highly knowledgeable team. A team that is committed to our values, our people, and our communities; we are looking for people who are inspired by our vision and stay dedicated to our mission as we continuously expand.

EEO STATEMENT

Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ("AWH") and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and celebrate the population of differences and does not discriminate in its hiring / hiring practices, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.