Global Process Manager (Hybrid)

About the job

McCormick Canada continues its long track record of growth and is a respected leader in the spice, seasoning, flavouring and specialty food industry. Our consumer products division serves retail grocery customers and emerging channels with Club House, Billy Bee and McCormick products, while our Custom Flavour Solutions division serves food service distributors and other respected food manufacturers across Canada. McCormick Canada is part of the world leader in spice and seasonings, McCormick & Company Inc.

The Power of People is one of our five pillars. It has been the foundation for McCormick's success for decades. There is something inspiring about working at McCormick. We have created an unusually dedicated workforce by fostering a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values. Without our employees, our success is not possible. Our commitment to our customers, our consumers and our employees is unsurpassed.

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
   

• 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
• Minimum 6-8 years of 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.