McCormick & Company

Senior Manager, Americas Design & Transformation Initiatives

McCormick & Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Hunt Valley • Maryland • United States

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Salary

💰 $103,520 - $181,150 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serve as the regional executive lead for Procurement-led Continuous improvement & Transformation programs
  • Manage Supplier Relationship and Performance Management execution programs to ensure effective change management, enablement, and execution across Americas
  • Drive adoption of holistic value creation approaches, including supplier segmentation, engagement frameworks, forecasting readiness and performance scorecards
  • Ensure Procurement Next level roadmap initiatives are resourced & deployed within region
  • Establish and lead Metrics that matter KPI automation and governance deployment within BUs, and enhance programs to improve supplier-readiness across the IBP process
  • Additional programs to be identified, such as M&A liaison support, data & analytics automation roadmap, SWP program strategy execution & deployment, and others to be refined

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Purchasing/Business
  • 7+ Years Strategic Procurement program delivery including Continuous improvement, SC JTE experience, and / or formal Project Management experience
  • Ability to think strategically, with a track record of program delivery
  • Strong business acumen, high personal integrity, common sense, analytical thinking, and Procurement knowledge
  • Experience working in a large and/or global procurement environment, including work with best-in-class processes, tools and procedures
  • Experience of interacting and influencing with senior leadership levels across the organization
  • Experience and understanding of the global supply chain/procurement environment is a must
  • Knowledge of leveraging best in class risk tools and understanding change management
  • Must have broad perspective on industry tools and creating business case models
  • Experience gathering and working with internal and external data, in both structured and unstructured formats
  • Ability to work with structured and unstructured data
  • Able to identify improvement opportunities in business and category/ regional plans
  • Strong process orientation, including of understanding processes and core management activities, and ability to identify process improvement opportunities
  • Able to manage virtual teams and develop capability in others through the roll out of specific programs and processes
  • Understands the business dynamics and business needs and is able to read between the lines to identify where and how they can be supported through the establishment of tools, models processes and outputs
  • Demonstrated ability to apply independent judgment to solve problems
  • Able to influence with and without authority in a full 360-degree spectrum across a broad range of global and regional stakeholders — from operational contributors to senior strategic leaders — to secure buy in and drive adoption of key programs and initiatives
  • Able to communicate complex information to internal audiences, and able to embed information in an interactive, creative, insightful and thought-provoking way that is relevant and appropriate to the department and business needs
  • Able to bring creative and innovative thinking forwards in the creation of strategic solutions. along with an agile and change orientated mindset
  • Demonstrated organizational change management skills, preferably in procurement
  • Ability to engage and excite others while driving change
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
  • Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness
  • Tuition assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Strategic ProcurementContinuous ImprovementProject ManagementData AnalyticsSupplier Relationship ManagementKPI AutomationChange ManagementRisk ToolsBusiness Case ModelsProcess Improvement
Soft Skills
Strategic ThinkingAnalytical ThinkingBusiness AcumenInfluencing SkillsCommunication SkillsCreative ThinkingOrganizational Change ManagementTeam ManagementProblem SolvingEngagement Skills
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Supply ChainBachelor's Degree in LogisticsBachelor's Degree in PurchasingBachelor's Degree in Business