Green Thumb owns and operates RISE Dispensaries, a fast-growing national cannabis retailer that promotes social conscience, community impact and well-being through the power of cannabis. Since opening its doors in 2015, RISE has grown its national footprint to 79 retail locations and serves millions of patients and customers each year, offering a wide variety of products and award-winning brands. RISE Dispensaries lead innovative access to cannabis by offering home delivery, virtual pharmacist consultations, mobile pre-ordering and the first consumption lounge east of the Mississippi at RISE Mundelein, Illinois. More information is available at risecannabis.com.

The Role 

The Asset Protection Partner is the gatekeeper for our Western Pennsylvania and Ohio retail locations. We are looking for someone levelheaded and confident who is just as passionate as we are about keeping all our patients, customers, and team members safe. In this role, you will be responsible for training and executing all safety, security, compliance, and loss prevention programs.  Apply now to become a vital member of our growing team! 

Responsibilities: 

• Ensures execution of safety, security, compliance, and loss prevention programs.  Includes oversight of physical security systems such as CCTV, access control, alarms, and radio communications.
• Partners with the Manager, Asset Protection Solution in the local markets, and store leadership within assigned area to review store security operations, policies, procedures, and processes for opportunities to improve the customer experience while ensuring safety and security.
• Enforce policies and procedures of the company.
• Supervises in-store security & compliance personnel.
• Supervises the performance of internal Asset Protection Solutions team assigned to each location and reports all problems or issues to management for follow-up.
• Trains staff on all programs, policies, procedures, and systems related to safety, security, compliance, and loss prevention.
• Conducts audits and details findings to monitor compliance.  Implements action plans and additional training as necessary.
• Conducts analytical review of exception-based reports to identify opportunities to reduce risk and improve compliance.
• Investigates and takes the appropriate lawful actions on accidents, incidents, trespassing, suspicious activity, safety, and fire.
• Aid customers, employees, visitors, or the public as necessary, neutralize situations calmly with tact and common sense.
• Control access to premises, protect individuals, property, and proprietary information from harm or misappropriation.  Protect property from theft, embezzlement, sabotage, trespassing, fire and accidents.
• Act as liaison with local police, fire, and regulatory authorities.
• Prepare and submit Asset Protection incident reports in compliance with company requirements.

Qualifications:  

• High School diploma/GED and at least 2 years of loss prevention/asset protection, safety and/or retail operations experience.
• Associate/bachelor’s degree in criminal justice preferred.
• Military, law-enforcement, or security background strongly preferred
• Frequent standing and walking throughout shift
• Occasional lifting and carrying up to 30 lbs.
• Occasional kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting
• Occasional ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and ramps

Additional Requirements:

• Must pass all required background checks 
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry 
• Must possess valid driver’s license
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age
• Must be approved by state badging agency to work in cannabis industry
• Must be able to drive in personal vehicle to each location within the assigned area

Working Conditions:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions
• Ability to work in varying and sometimes adverse weather conditions when the business requires such as performing retail operations outside via curbside service, removing trash or other outdoor tasks.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift, carry and balance up to 30 pounds (100 pounds with assistance)
• Role includes standing or walking for prolonged periods of time, as well as stooping, sitting, bending over and/or crouching; ascending and descending ladder

Our Mission: To promote well-being through the power of cannabis.

We’re humble—We prefer quiet confidence and don’t shout about our success.

We’re hardworking—We put our heads down and get the job done.

We’re grateful—Working in our industry is a privilege and an act of service.

We’re transparent—Honest and open communication keeps us healthy as an organization.

We’re collaborative—And believe good ideas can come from anywhere.

We have a growth mindset—One that’s grounded in well-being.

At GTI we believe that our corporate community should reflect the communities we serve. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity across race, sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, experience, and thought—not only because it is right, but because it makes us better. Our mission—the right to wellness—informs our commitment to champion economic opportunities in communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs through employment and community involvement. GTI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We can't wait to meet you.