Global Process Manager

Position: Global Process Manager

Based: United Kingdom (GB)

OPERATING UNIT: LEO

McCormick & Company, Inc., a world leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full time Global Process Manager. The Global Process Manager will report to the Associate Global Process Owner - Make to Deploy & Distribute to Deliver.

With more than $5 billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry - retail outlets, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. We create differentiating flavors consumers prefer with unmatched quality, science, innovation, and service. Every day, no matter where or what you eat, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. McCormick makes every moment and meal better™

As a company recognized for exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Reporting to the Associate Global Process Manager - Make to Deploy & Distribute to Deliver, with a global focus in manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance. The Global Process Manager works with business partners across McCormick to identify, align, and implement standardized world class process and technology. This individual collaborates with key stakeholders to assist in identifying opportunities to deliver new services for unmet capability needs. The incumbent must be able to develop and communicate roadmaps, capabilities, solutions, and business cases. Key accountabilities include: leadership to drive global alignment on industry standard solutions, design and deployment of globally aligned end-to-end processes, business transformation (change management), seamless collaboration with IT group to implement the enabling technologies, ensure seamless integration with adjacent processes and leaders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborates with, and influences, key stakeholders to identify, align, and execute strategic plans that deliver efficiency targets through standardized work class process and technology.
• Actively participates in the development and continuous improvement of global process and technology through documentation, training, testing, and controls.
• Drives decisions to standardize processes.
• Manages solution decisions (configuration, WRICEF, cutover etc.).
• Facilitates complex functional and cross functional initiatives.
• Defines and implements KPIs and performance measures leveraging best practice benchmarking with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates with IT on system implementation/enhancement initiatives.
• Ensures adequate and timely root cause analysis to understand problem drivers and implementation of necessary corrections and/or changes.
• Collaborates with various stakeholders to ensure global alignment of priorities working in a matrixed environment.
• Leads associated change management activities.

GENERAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related professional area.
• Strategic thinking, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Subject matter expert of functional area process and tools.
• Collaborative and resilient with a global mindset.
• Relevant experience in a complex multinational organization.
• Demonstrated experience working in a matrixed global environment.
• Program and project management experience required.
• Formal continuous improvement (e.g. LEAN / Six Sigma) and project management (e.g. PMP) certification/training desirable.
• Stakeholder management experience with ability to influence & persuade key stakeholders and to constructively deal with conflicts.

COMPANY

Company manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 60 locations in 25 countries and 170 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including Schwartz.

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our "Power of People" principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.

TO APPLY

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.