Planning Director

Garden Greens•Vineland, NJ

1d•$110,000 - $174,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Garden Greens is a vertically integrated grow and manufacturing operation based in New Jersey with 85,000 square feet of cultivation and a full manufacturing operation producing CPG products across multiple brands. They operate as a wholesale business, serving the market through white label partnerships, bulk sales, and their own branded portfolio. The company is building the operational infrastructure to match the scale of their cultivation and manufacturing capabilities, and the Director of Planning is a critical hire. This is a ground-floor opportunity where the successful candidate will build the forecasting methodology, establish the S&OP cadence, build the tools, and become the operational backbone connecting sales demand to production execution. This role is ideal for someone with experience in cannabis planning and who thrives in a build environment.

Requirements

5+ years of supply chain, demand planning, or S&OP experience.
At least 2 years of experience in the cannabis industry.
Direct experience planning for a cannabis grow and/or CPG manufacturing operation.
Proven track record building a planning function or process from scratch.
Strong analytical skills, including building clean models and explaining data.
Experience running S&OP or equivalent cross-functional planning meetings.
Multi-SKU, multi-channel planning experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a vertically integrated grow and manufacturing operation.
Familiarity with New Jersey cannabis market dynamics, compliance timelines, and regulatory requirements.
Experience planning for white label and bulk sales channels in addition to branded retail.
Exposure to ERP or cannabis-specific inventory management systems (Metrc, BioTrack, or similar seed-to-sale platforms).

Responsibilities

Work with sales to build and own the bottoms-up demand forecasting process by SKU across all brands and channels (branded retail, white label, and bulk).
Collect and synthesize unit forecasts from the sales team and ownership, challenge assumptions, and drive forecast accuracy over time.
Maintain a rolling 13-week demand plan updated on a regular cadence.
Model new SKU launch volumes in partnership with Product Development and Sales.
Translate the demand plan into a weekly and monthly production schedule for the Director of Operations, specifying what to make, how much, and when.
Communicate forward material requirements to the procurement team based on the production plan and vendor lead times.
Identify capacity constraints, scheduling conflicts, and inventory imbalances before they become floor-level problems.
Build in contingency planning for harvest yield variability, equipment downtime, and demand spikes.
Design and run a weekly or biweekly Sales & Operations Planning meeting with the COO, Directors, and sales lead.
Publish a pre-read ahead of every S&OP with current forecast, production plan, inventory position, and open risks.
Drive alignment and decisions in the S&OP meetings.
Build the planning toolset from scratch, starting with Excel/Google Sheets and determining when to graduate to other tools.
Design dashboards and reporting for the COO and leadership to provide real-time visibility into production outlook, inventory levels, and fill rates.
Document all planning processes and methodologies.
Partner with Product Development on new SKU introduction timelines to ensure procurement and production readiness.
Work with Procurement to align purchase order timing with production needs and vendor lead times.
Coordinate with the Head of Cultivation on harvest schedules and fresh frozen inputs for extraction planning.
Serve as the single source of truth for what is being produced, when, and in what quantity.