VP, Retail

Company Description

AYR Wellness is a publicly traded, multi-state cannabis company with more than 85 dispensaries. We are one of the largest scale producers of high-quality cannabis in the U.S., and our purpose is to be a force for good. People are at the heart of everything we do, and we are passionate about bringing progress and positive changes to our communities, our industry, and our world.   

Our talented and reliable team members are the foundation of our business and investing in exceptional talent is paramount to our success. The key to building a culture where everyone can thrive starts and ends with our teams. Their collective courage and kyndness sets AYR apart. Your career growth at AYR is limitless, and we believe in creating an environment where everyone can flourish and win together. 

Job Summary

The VP of Retail will oversee a team of high performing District / Regional Managers, responsible for delivering an exceptional experience for both our patients and employees. This will be done through high visibility in store locations, working alongside our teams to drive revenue, profit and experience. The VP of Retail will draw on their cannabis retail expertise and experience, to develop innovative ways to drive results, evolve the in-store experience, deepen patient connections, and foster cohesive, collaborative teams in our dispensaries.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Creates an environment where Ayr Wellness core values and mission are at the center of how we approach our internal and external customers.
• Creates a culture of achieving sales targets and KPI’s Responsible for delivering productivity, sales and profit, payroll, and compliance and addressing underperformance in a timely manner.
• Consistently analyzes staffing needs optimize peak coverage between front of house and back of house operations.
• Inspires a localized community mindset to drive business results.
• Innovative approach to developing new processes and experiential retail, staying educated on current and future trends in the industry.
• Proactively leads conversations and offers solutions and guidance for field-related processes in partnership with corporate partners.
• Leads and executes strategy for new initiatives, rollouts and operational procedures.
• Communicate needs to cultivation and distribution to ensure proper inventory is available in each dispensary, based on customer in each market. Ensures dispensary teams are trained and up to date on all initiatives to meet patient and employee needs.
• Interacts closely with compliance and security team to ensure all dispensaries and associates follow State regulations.
• Opens new locations within the expected time frame, achieving all standards to elevate awareness in new and existing markets.
• Offer insight and knowledge of new real estate opportunities.
  
  

Qualifications

• Creates an environment where Ayr Wellness core values and mission are at the center of how we approach our internal and external customers.
• Translates the Vision of Ayr Wellness to teams, ensuring the lens of our mission is utilized in all decisions and how we approach conversations.
• Creates a culture of achieving sales targets and KPI’s with the essence of articulating appropriate suggestions to enhance the purchase portfolio of each patient.
• Responsible for delivering productivity, sales and profit, payroll, and compliance in assigned territory, and addressing underperformance in a timely manner.
• Consistently analyzes staffing needs and matrixes to optimize peak coverage and congruency between front of house and back of house operations.
• Inspires localized community mindset and integration of events and market presence.
• Innovative approach to developing new processes and experiential retail, staying educated on current and future trends in the industry.
• Proactively leads conversations and offers solutions and guidance for all field-related processes in partnership with corporate partners.
• Incorporate specialized competencies in DOR’s (Talent, Operations, Assortment) to scale growth of brand
• Leads and executes strategy for new initiatives, rollouts and operational procedures.
• Communicate needs to cultivation and distribution to ensure proper inventory is available in each dispensary, based on customer in each market.
• Transparent communication that fosters ideation and new ways of leading the evolution of the industry.
• Collaborative mindset to share ideas and initiatives for alignment and scalable growth.
• Solution oriented, nimble and changes course swiftly to lead and deliver top industry results.
• Ensures dispensary teams are trained and up to date on all initiatives to meet patient and employee needs.
• Interacts closely with the Liberty compliance and security team to ensure all dispensaries and associates follow State regulations, in all operations, processes, inventory management and protocol.
• Fosters a positive environment of listening, coaching, development, and 360 feedback.
• Completes all tasks, initiatives and deliverables in a timely manner.
• Opens new locations within the expected time frame, achieving all standards to elevate awareness in new and existing markets.
• Offer insight and knowledge of new real estate opportunities.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Equivalent combination of work/education experience accepted
  
  

Experience

• 10+ years
  
  

At AYR Wellness, our vision is to be a force for good in all we do and to bring lasting positive change to our communities, our industry, and our world. And it wouldn’t be possible without our exceptionally talented team. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the uniqueness of each employee and supports their individual journey in finding their genius and pursuing their passion.

AYR Wellness is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to employment. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and the LGBTQI+ community, regardless of age, gender, religion, marital or veterans’ status.