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John LaForme

Oakville

Summary

Encouraging manager and analytical problemsolver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as having fantastic relationship building skills. Proficient in using independent decision making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager

Jimmy John's
04.2024 - Current
  • Keeping a detailed and accurate inventory.
  • Responsible for keeping all money accounted for and making deposits.
  • Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Training all new employees
  • Keeping an accurate and up to date inventory, ensuring items are purchased on time and not in excess.
  • Analyzing sales data and planning/prepping accordingly for each day of the week.


Flower Department Manager

Theraplant
06.2022 - 03.2024
  • Oversaw everything related to the flowering cycle of the cannabis plant.
  • Managed a team that consisted of 17 techs, 1 supervisor, and 1 team lead.
  • Created, maintained, and adjusted cultivation schedules.
  • Responsible for 9 flowering rooms totaling over 25,000 square feet of canopy.
  • Created seating charts for 30+ cultivars.
  • Created, maintained and adjusted irrigation schedules for all rooms. Including monitoring VWC, dry backs, and substrate EC.
  • Have over 2 years experience crop steering.
  • Planned, built, and oversaw all logistics in large scale irrigation and build out projects for all rooms. Including propagation and veg along with flower.
  • Attended manager meetings twice a week with the CEO,COO, and all other managers.
  • Frequently communicate with the sales department to ensure the companies needs and best interests are met.
  • Have knowledge of numerous techniques and applications to eradicate, control, and most importantly, prevent the infestation of various pests.
  • Created new SOP's to better all practices which include:

-Training techniques (LST/HST)

-IPM applications (mixing/spraying)

-Nutrient mixing

-Safety protocols

-Tool sanitization

-Transplanting

-Uppotting

Data Analysis

Analyzed all pre and post harvest data including

-PAR readings

-EC readings

-Dry backs

-stretch heights

-growth rates under various light types and intensities

-environmental conditions (temp, rh, c02, vpd)

-wet/dry weights

-potency data

-terpene profile levels




Flower Department Supervisor

Theraplant
12.2021 - 06.2022
  • Scheduling techs to complete all tasks to maintain cultivation schedule. Pruning, ipm, top dressing, trellis, LTS, etc.
  • Oversaw all transplants. Ensuring all cultivars and quantities were accounted for and on the correct benches.
  • Kept updated information for all flower rooms on whiteboards and spreadsheets.
  • Ensured nutrient barrels are all filled and have the correct readings. (pH, EC, tds, temperature)
  • Data entry
  • Collecting and reporting pertinent information.

Flower Technician

Theraplant
01.2020 - 12.2021
  • Pruning
  • Top dressing
  • Mixing nutrients
  • Recording information
  • Cleaning/sanitizing
  • Spraying IPM applications
  • Transplanting
  • Harvesting
  • Operating the trim machine
  • Shucking
  • Taking substrate readings


Packaging Operator

Theraplant
12.2019 - 01.2020
  • Weighing flower and concentrates
  • Packaging product
  • Labeling
  • Grinding product
  • Operating the flower dispensing, and labeling machine.
  • Prepping containers
  • Burping and fluffing the product that is drying and curing
  • Cleaning


Education

High School Diploma -

W.F. Kaynor Technical High School
Waterbury, CT
08-2008

Skills

  • Planning and Scheduling
  • Building good relationships and syncing with a myriad of personalities in and outside the workplace
  • Conflict resolution
  • Staff training and development
  • Delegating tasks
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Project management
  • Crop Steering
  • Growing quality cannabis

Timeline

Manager

Jimmy John's
04.2024 - Current

Flower Department Manager

Theraplant
06.2022 - 03.2024

Flower Department Supervisor

Theraplant
12.2021 - 06.2022

Flower Technician

Theraplant
01.2020 - 12.2021

Packaging Operator

Theraplant
12.2019 - 01.2020

High School Diploma -

W.F. Kaynor Technical High School