HarlaneExperienced Operations Manager with 9+ years of experience.
Relevant Skills
Regulatory compliance, operations management, distribution
Expertise Summary
Harlane has spent close to a decade in the cannabis industry with a primary focus on post-processing, packaging, and distribution.
He held multiple roles with 2 different MSOs exposing him to every aspect of the cannabis business.
From accounting, marketing, and operations, Harlane has been an asset in establishing the cost of goods sold, branding, and facility efficiencies.
Harlane has experience developing training programs utilized for all new hires which helped employees learn to facilitate their role and why their role is so important.
This created higher employee retention and greater satisfaction within the departments managed by him.
In 2020, Harlane was promoted to General Manager of a cannabis business where he managed a 100k sq. ft. facility supporting 4 dispensaries by manufacturing a full menu of CPG products resulting in an increase of year-over-year revenue by 20%.
Since 2020, Harlane was brought on to support the expansion efforts of another cannabis company where he managed the Finished Products Division consisting of 3 independent state departments.
He successfully launched multiple SKUs expanding product offerings and increasing market penetration.
Throughout his career, Harlane has established inventory control measures to accurately account for packaged goods, work-in-progress inventory, and forecasting.
This provided the Marketing, Accounting, and Wholesale Team with future and real-time data used to better serve the business operations.