Senior Cultivation Planner

Trulieve•Phoenix, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Cultivation Planner is responsible for end-to-end planning across cultivation and manufacturing operations, ensuring product availability, inventory health, and execution against demand. This role owns short-term and long-term production planning while serving as a strategic partner to Operations, Cultivation, Demand Planning, and Supply Chain. In addition to hands-on planning responsibilities, this role provides day-to-day guidance, mentoring, and oversight to a Production Planner, helping build planning capability, consistency, and accountability across the operation.

Requirements

Proven experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, or supply chain planning
Strong working knowledge of capacity planning, inventory management, and production scheduling principles
Experience working in regulated, manufacturing, or cultivation environments preferred
Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, or supervise planners or operational team members
Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, MJ Freeway) and advanced Microsoft Office skills
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional partners
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment
Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check
Driver’s License or the ability to obtain one

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end production and cultivation planning across weekly, monthly, and long-range horizons to meet demand, inventory, and service-level targets
Develop, maintain, and continuously improve planning tools, forecasts, schedules, and capacity models across cultivation and production
Translate demand plans into executable production schedules, balancing labor, equipment, materials, and operational constraints
Monitor plan adherence and operational performance, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions to minimize risk and disruption
Partner cross-functionally with Cultivation, Production, Demand Planning, Materials, Quality, and Warehouse teams to ensure alignment and execution
Perform trend and variance analysis related to yield, throughput, labor utilization, and inventory health; communicate insights to leadership
Provide functional leadership, guidance, and oversight to Production Planners and other planning roles reporting to this position
Mentor, train, and support planners to ensure accuracy, consistency, and development of planning best practices
Review and validate planning outputs, schedules, and reports produced by direct reports
Establish planning standards, processes, and expectations across the planning function
Serve as an escalation point for complex planning challenges, capacity constraints, and operational trade-offs
Prepare and present planning updates, risks, and performance metrics to site and regional leadership
Other duties as assigned