Central Planner - Green Dot Labs : Job Details

About Green Dot Labs

Green Dot Labs is a premier consumer cannabis brand, an industry pioneer, a leader in the Colorado adult-use market, and a soon-to-be leader in Arizona (entering in 2025).

Green Dot Labs was formally established in 2014, but its roots trace back to 2008 when husband and wife founders Dave and Alana Malone began their journey in the state's medical market. Since then, the Green Dot Labs team has tirelessly refined and honed its exceptional, ultra-premium cultivation model – marking its dedication to producing the purest reflections of cannabis' abundant potential flavors, effects, and wellness benefits.

Green Dot Labs' tireless work has paid off, earning the brand an obsessive following among the most discerning cannabis consumers. According to BDSA, in 2023 Green Dot Labs was Colorado's #1 Selling Premium Brand, #1 Selling Brand Overall, #1 Selling Concentrates Brand, #1 Selling Ultra-Premium Flower Brand, #1 Selling Live Resin Brand, and the state's #1 Selling Live Resin Vape Brand as well.

Green Dot Labs will begin offering its enormous, growing, world-class library of exclusive strains to cannabis lovers in Arizona in September 2025.

About the Role

We are hiring a Central Planner to join our Supply Chain team and take the lead on production scheduling, inventory alignment, and cross-functional coordination in a fast-paced, highly regulated manufacturing environment. and take ownership of production planning. This role will support the execution of internal production plans by coordinating material availability, production timelines, and resource needs.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Supply Chain, this is a position with strong opportunities for growth. The person in this role will collaborate with department managers, inventory teams, and internal stakeholders across the production process to ensure that all components — from raw materials to packaging — are aligned and ready to meet shifting production demands.

The Central Planner will also play an important role in planning for and supporting compliance along the production path — helping ensure that materials, timelines, and documentation align with the requirements of a tightly regulated industry.

This is a key opportunity for someone who thrives on organization, enjoys solving cross-functional puzzles, and wants to contribute meaningfully to efficiency and compliance in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Production Planning & Coordination

• Develop, maintain, and communicate weekly production plans for in-house manufacturing, aligning with forecasts, material availability, and operational capacity
• Adjust production schedules as needed to account for supply disruptions, compliance changes, sales demand trends or shifting priorities
• Coordinate daily, weekly, and monthly production workflows by collaborating closely with department managers across cultivation, inventory, supply chain, production, extraction, print, packaging, and sales
• Determine and communicate production priorities, especially during constrained situations, and escalate capacity or timeline risks to leadership
• Ensure production timelines align with compliance checkpoints and help flag issues that may impact regulatory adherence

Inventory & Material Planning

• Analyze data from demand forecasts, inventory reports, ERP systems, and other planning resources to inform decisions
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels to meet production needs — balancing just-in-time efficiency with compliance and operational continuity
• Track and plan for both biomass and hard components (e.g., packaging) across all stages of production
• Recommend and support best practices for inventory handling, storage, and replenishment based on data and operational insights
• Coordinate with the Associate Director of Supply Chain on inventory strategy — executing changes thoughtfully and with close alignment
• Monitor inventory aging and support FIFO execution to reduce obsolescence and maintain quality, while also supporting Sales' strain variety goals

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with inventory team members and department managers to ensure production readiness
• Collaborate with operations, quality, supply chain, and customer service to ensure seamless production flow and timely deliveries
• Align production activities with customer needs, internal lead times, and regulatory timelines
• Assist in identifying process gaps or inefficiencies and propose solutions based on supply chain trends and data patterns

ERP & Data Management

• Use NAV and Dutchie systems to manage scheduling, inventory, and materials planning
• Assist with maintaining clean, accurate ERP data for BOMs, production orders, and planning parameters
• Support ERP upgrades and optimization projects in coordination with cross-functional teams
• Use Excel and reporting tools to analyze production and supply chain metrics, identify trends, incorporate sales demand trends and make informed planning decisions
• Become a super user of the ERP system and support implementation of new technologies

Work Environment

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Physical Demands: Work is primarily completed in an office or on the production floor and warehouse. This role will bend, lift push and pull, and carry items up and downstairs.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to strand, stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, talk, hear and see at a variety of distances
• This role must be able to lift up to 30 pounds
• When in production areas/laboratories wearing appropriate PPE (personal protective equipment) such as hair net, safety glasses or ear protection may be required.
• This position is primarily an on-site role at our Boulder facility

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, or related field (or equivalent experience) strongly preferred
• 3–5 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or supply chain coordination
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with ERP systems (NAV or Dynamics 365 Business Central strongly preferred)
• Experience with other inventory or production planning systems a plus
• Highly skilled with Excel and other planning tools
• Experience using Excel and data base tools to track and analyze information
• Ability to resolve problems using established procedures and policies
• Leverage underlying product/process knowledge to quickly assess changes, understand implications and determine solutions
• Excellent communication and coordination skills across teams and functions
• Comfortable working independently while aligning closely with leadership
• Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (food, pharma, or similar)
• Ability to smoothly and quickly adjust to changes in company strategies/goals
• Previous experience or participation in ERP or systems upgrade projects
• Ability to get and maintain valid MED badge in the state of Colorado