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    GTIgrows Chicago, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Buyer
    at Green Thumb

    Chicago, Illinois, United States


    The Role


    The Buyer will have knowledge of cannabis consumption methods (vaporization, combustion, et al.) and popular brands in cannabis and cannabis-adjacent categories.

    The Buyer will be responsible for managing day-to day purchasing activities that all drive towards the strategic goals of the organization: enhanced sales, enhanced margins, and a world-class patient experience.


    Responsibilities

    • Works with store operations team and regional buyers to craft localized assortments and sales forecasts to drive profitability
    • Creates purchasing strategies that correlate to the financial goals of each dispensary
    • Develops strong relationships with suppliers of devices required to consume cannabis products to ensure relevant access to product for our patients and customers
    • Partners closely with internal brand marketing teams on the development of apparel and other categories for sale at our dispensary locations
    • Anticipates potential problems and risks; generates ideas, insights and solutions to resolve potential problems. Proposes and executes solutions for issues identified during analysis of data
    • Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace
    • Elicits critical information from vendors with regards to market trends and current buying activity of competitors and presents findings effectively
    • Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of buying product innovation, vendor meetings, costing negotiations, executive reporting, pricing analysis, promotional calendars, and product exit strategies
    • Builds reports to enhance decision making at all levels of the organization. Reports will include best sellers, promotional expectations, and dispensary performance
    • Audit purchasing processes to create better practices
    • Understands the competitive landscape of the cannabis industry
    • Manage appropriate inventory levels to ensure dispensaries can exceed sales expectations

    Qualifications

    • Bachelors degree in a relevant field
    • Experience in retail buying, merchandising, or planning
    • Strong presentation skills and ability to listen to the opinions of others to help form a cohesive decision
    • Ability to make decisions under pressure when needed
    • Must be a self-starter who likes to solve complex problems
    • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel
    • Ability to gather / analyze data and to work with incomplete information
    • Analytical mindset
    • Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness
    • Adapts and thrives in a demanding, start-up, fast-paced environment
    • Possesses a high level of critical thinking
    • Operates with a high level of professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information
    • Must understand and comply with the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of GTI
    • Must have a solid understanding of the Medical Marijuana laws, rules and regulations and passion to further their understanding and knowledge of the industry and the laws.

    Additional Requirements

    • Must pass
    any and all

    required background checks

    • Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry
    • Must possess valid drivers license
    • Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
    • Must be approved b y state badging agency to work in cannabis industry
    • Green Thumb Industries is requiring new employees to be fully vaccinated, as defined by the CDC. Employment status is contingent on documented proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, to be provided prior to the employees start date or request of an exemption at time of offer.
    **To lessen the impact on our patients, customers and teams and help keep them safe, we will require new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, as defined by the CDC. For questions pertaining to the Green Thumb vaccination policy, reach out to

    .**Location (City)

    GTI requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination.

    The Company is an equal opportunity employer and consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, will consider requests for reasonable accommodation based on disability or sincerely-held religious beliefs where it is able to do so without undue hardship to the Company.


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    military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

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