Global Process Manager R&D (HYBRID)

McCormick & Company; London; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the spice and seasoning industry is seeking a Global Process Manager to oversee R&D workstream and drive organizational transformation. The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and extensive experience in multinational environments. The successful candidate will collaborate across functions to implement global processes and ensure alignment with business goals.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of business experience, 6+ years in global leadership.
• Experience in a complex multinational organization.
• Formal continuous improvement and project management certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Drive decisions to align processes to Global Template & Standard design.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure global alignment of priorities.
• Lead change management activities for key stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Resilience

Education

Master’s Degree in related professional area

Bachelor’s Degree in related professional area

Associate's Degree in related professional area

Job description

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

The Global Process Manager will report to an Associate Global Process Owner. Responsible for understanding business requirements for the R&D workstream and for working cross-functionally to develop the global process and technology solution templates in partnership with other workstream leaders. Works with cross functional Business Units and Global Functions to align on end to end processes that will drive success for an organizational business transformation project.

Responsibilities

Reports to an Associate Global Process Owner and demonstrates strong leadership, business and technical acumen. The leader will also:

• Confirm the team is utilizing leading practice assets & practices
• Drive decisions to align processes to Global Template & Standard design
• Manage Solution Decisions (Configuration, WRICEF, Cutover etc.)
• Integrate with Solution Architect to drive cross team integration
• Partner with the business users to design and deliver a cost center solution including the related assessments
• Collaborate with process and workstreams to drive testing, change, training, data, cutover and hyper care activities.
• Define and implement the functional area Process Roadmap to deliver targeted business benefits and ease of process use for the end user.
• Provide insights into shaping policies related to functional area process and institute process improvements to drive improved adherence to policies .
• Actively participates in the development and continuous improvement of global policies and processes, inclusive of proper documentation, training, testing, and controls
• Define and implement KPIs and performance measures leveraging best practice benchmarking with a focus on continuous improvement
• Collaborate with IT on system implementation/enhancement initiatives
• Ensure adequate and timely root cause analysis to understand problem drivers and implementation of necessary corrections and/or changes.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure global alignment of priorities working in a matrixed environment.
• Drive adoption of global process standards and gain buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Lead associated change management activities for key stakeholders.
  
  

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in related professional area, 8 years minimum of business or professional experience, 6 years of global people leadership experience. Bachelor's Degree in related professional area and 10 years minimum of business or professional experience. Associate's Degree in related professional area and 12 years minimum of business or professional experience. In lieu of a degree in related professional area, 14 years minimum of business or professional experience
• 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 10 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.
  
  

Throughout the selection process, accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available upon request. Please notify H.R. if required.