Sr. Manager - Process Improvement

 

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

 

We are looking to hire a Senior Manager - Process Improvement immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland. 

 

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

 

Position Overview

Working as a member of the Process Improvement team under the general supervision of the Global Delivery PI Lead, the primary purpose of this role is to work as a business partner to provide leadership, direction and functional expertise to establish and execute a data driven approach to continuous improvement delivering large-scale savings projects and creating world-class high-performance organization.

Sr. Manager - Process Improvement  is responsible to drive efficiency improvements within the assigned process domain (within GBS & Enterprise) by developing process standardization strategy & leading process improvement projects / programs in accordance with methodologies such as, but not limited to, the process deep dive lifecycle, RCA, Lean 6Sigma as well as providing insights into industry best practice tools to deliver cost improvement and process standardization through automation, digitalization, and process discipline. The geographic scope of this position is global.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Operational excellence to drive efficiency improvements within the assigned process domain.

• In collaboration with business leaders develop and execute a data driven approach to continuous improvement utilizing impactful measures and dashboarding that unlock ongoing operational efficiency.
• Provide leadership coaching and subject matter expertise to develop a process improvement and standardization strategy for supported function.
• Provide structure & governance to ensure flawless execution of the work and delivery of hard target results for the assigned process domain. 
• Perform business process analysis using process mining tools to build process maps, identify process variants & bottlenecks.
• Leverage data and analytics and lean techniques to identify patterns, trends, and root causes of process issues to drive decisions to improve operational performance.
• Support delivery of organizational capability and effectiveness plan in line with digital transformation strategy and Identify digitalization and automation opportunities within supported business unit.
• Project/Program Management and leadership of strategic process improvement and automation initiatives to drive cost improvement.
• Develop and Lead process standardization - work across different business, functions, and regions to understand end-to-end business processes & data architectures, identify inefficiencies and opportunities for process standardization.
• Develop rolling opportunities pipeline.
• Benchmark process adherence and compliance against appropriate models / companies and /or industry best practices.
• Manage, Partner and Lead the Customer Centricity program streamlining processes across dedicated business units for continuity, effectiveness, and efficiencies.
• Deliver PI scorecard & reporting for supported function, including, but not limited to (cast savings, time savings, overall process standardization, automation maturity and risk reduction).
• Establish monitoring mechanisms to track the effectiveness of implemented process enhancements.

 

Global business networking, connectivity, and Process Discipline awareness.

• Work in conjunction and collaboration with the wider Business transformation team.
• Support the global roll out (scale up) of process mining technology to all parts of the enterprise.
• Align with automation counterparts and work as ‘one team’ with fluid output of one automation methodology globally.
• Champion and maintain all avenues of process discipline communication tools and forums to include