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Role Description

As our Human Resources Manager (Retail), you'll be the driving force behind our mission to provide top-notch service, outstanding products, and exceptional experience for both our valued customers and dedicated employees.

• Lead a diverse team of dispensary professionals
• Onboard, train, and manage performance strategies
• Propel our brand to new heights while maintaining each dispensary's unique charm and local flair
• Report directly to the Director, Retail Human Resources
• This is a remote position; candidates must reside in either New Jersey or Massachusetts
• Requires up to 50% travel between dispensary locations in both states

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or other related fields
• 5+ years HR leadership experience in a multi-site retail or manufacturing environment
• Certifications from Human Resources professional organizations such as the Society for Human Resource Management, HR Certification Institute, or WorldatWork are a plus
• Demonstrated ability to build solid relationships at all levels including Senior Executives
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer focus; ability to build relationships, influence and collaborate at all levels
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel
• Experience coaching and developing staff and leadership
• High level of professionalism, personal integrity, and dependability
• Adept at working in a cross-functional environment in a highly collaborative manner
• Extremely organized and able to conceptualize solutions when faced with complex challenges
• Reliable transportation and ability to travel approximately 50%

Requirements

• Provide expert consultation to assigned customer organizations and make recommendations on key HR strategies, initiatives, issues, and programs
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to address a variety of topics such as business and workforce planning, performance management, and organizational development
• Collaborate with other HR professionals and line managers to develop effective solutions and strategies to support key objectives
• Counsel assigned customer organizations on interpretation and application of relevant policies and regulations for situation-specific issues
• Facilitate resolution of HR concerns and advise on alternative approaches to resolving issues and opportunities for improvement
• Support and/or lead basic HR process improvements and HR projects, with effective change management principles
• Provide thoughtful and tactful communications with the utmost of diplomacy, treating others with dignity and respect, while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality
• Partner with VP of Human Resources as needed on union matters
• Other duties as assigned

Company Description

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.

• Committed to improving the quality of our patient's lives by offering unrivaled quality, consistency, and meticulously curated products
• Our dispensaries will set a new standard of excellence, emphasizing health and wellness by a highly knowledgeable team
• 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 practices, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.