ASSOCIATE GLOBAL PROCESS OWNER (GPO), PAYROLL (HYBRID)

 

 

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 an ASSOCIATE GLOBAL PROCESS OWNER (GPO) 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:

 

The Global Process Owner (“GPO”) for Payroll is responsible for overseeing and optimizing payroll policies and processes across multiple regions and departments on a global scale. This leadership role ensures that processes are standardized, efficient, and aligned with the company's strategic goals. The GPO will drive continuous improvement initiatives, implement best practices, and maintain compliance with international regulations. They will work closely with cross-functional teams to manage the end-to-end process, implement technology solutions, and ensure consistent quality and performance across all regions. The GPO plays a critical role in enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and improving the overall business process experience for both internal stakeholders and customers.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Process Improvement and Management

 

• Initiates process and system changes and enhancements; works with the payroll operations team and other cross-functional business partners to prioritize process and system improvement initiatives impacting the global payroll process, including planning, and managing the overall project roadmap.
• Drive improvements and establish best-in-class processes for global payroll and related programs which meet jurisdictional compliance requirements, deliver outstanding employee experience, and enable our global expansion programs.
• Draft the current “as-is” and “to-be” business process, business requirements, and use cases in the business case requirements document; signs off on the final business case; approves cross-functional business requirements that impact the global payroll process.

 

Stakeholder Engagement

 

• Build and maintain a relationship with key stakeholders within Finance, HR and other related business units, and continuously optimize the service delivery and leadership model.
• Prior to deploying new processes and significant system enhancements, confirms business readiness of the global payroll operations team; as needed, communicates process and system changes to the extended user community.
• Continuously partner with the HRIT, Benefits, Finance and other related organizations to ensure that the end-to-end payroll input and output processes are optimized.
• Communicate the priorities, partner requirements and sequential steps in operationalizing the Global payroll transformation roadmap and ensuring alignment across the organization.

Payroll Transformation Projects

 

• Develop policies and stra