Weed Me is looking for a part-time Brand Ambassador / Territory Manager to support a focused group of local cannabis retail stores in Downtown Toronto. This role is designed for someone already working in cannabis retail, ideally as a manager, assistant manager, key holder, or experienced budtender, who wants to build hands-on field sales experience and take the next step in their cannabis career.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to add meaningful industry experience alongside their current retail role, strengthen their resume, learn territory management, and gain exposure to the supplier side of the cannabis business. For the right person, this part-time role may create a pathway toward future full-time opportunities with Weed Me.
Role Overview
In this role, you will support approximately 40 local stores through regular visits, budtender education, store relationship building, and market feedback. You will help retail teams better understand the Weed Me portfolio and support growth across key business priorities, including distribution, velocity, and store engagement.
This is a part-time field role requiring approximately 8-12 hours per week, with clear KPIs set around points of distribution, product velocity, and completed store visits.
Key Responsibilities
- Visit assigned cannabis retail stores on a regular schedule.
- Build strong relationships with store managers, buyers, key holders, and budtenders.
- Educate retail teams on the Weed Me portfolio, brands, product formats, new launches, and key selling points.
- Support product visibility, menu presence, merchandising standards, and retail staff confidence.
- Identify opportunities to increase points of distribution within assigned stores.
- Help improve product velocity through consistent education, follow-up, and store-level support.
- Track store visits, conversations, opportunities, objections, and competitive insights.
- Share weekly updates on activity, wins, challenges, and market feedback.
- Support local staff education sessions, store pop-ups, and retail activations where permitted.
- Represent Weed Me professionally and responsibly within licensed cannabis retail environments.
KPIs & Success Measures
Success in this role will be measured through practical, store-level performance indicators, including:
- Completed store visits and quality of retail engagement.
- Growth in points of distribution across the assigned territory.
- Improvements in product velocity where Weed Me products are listed.
- Budtender and store team education activity.
- Quality of market feedback and follow-up.
- Identification of new listing, restock, or visibility opportunities.
Who This Role Is For
This role is ideal for someone who:
- Currently works in a cannabis retail store as a manager, assistant manager, key holder, or experienced budtender.
- Wants to build experience outside the four walls of retail.
- Is interested in sales, territory management, brand representation, and supplier-side cannabis operations.
- Wants to grow their resume and prepare for the next step in their cannabis career.
- Is self-motivated, organized, and comfortable managing a flexible schedule.
- Enjoys building relationships and helping retail teams understand products more confidently.
Qualifications
- Current or previous cannabis retail experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of cannabis retail operations and budtender culture.
- Comfortable speaking with store teams and sharing product information clearly.
- Strong communication, follow-up, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage approximately 8-12 hours per week consistently.
- Reliable transportation is preferred.
- Must meet all provincial age and regulatory requirements for working with cannabis.
- CannSell or equivalent provincial certification may be required depending on the market.
Why Join Weed Me
This part-time role gives you practical experience in field sales, territory management, brand education, and retail account support while continuing to build your career in cannabis. You will gain real exposure to how brands grow in market, how retail relationships are managed, and how product performance is supported at store level.
For high-performing candidates, there may be opportunities to grow into a full-time role with Weed Me in the future.
No Recruiters Please.
Pay: $30.77-$35.90 per hour
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Are you currently working in the cannabis field?
Experience:
- cannabis retail: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Class G Licence (preferred)
Location:
Work Location: In person
