Commercialization Analyst - Technical (HYBRID)

McCormick & Company; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the spice and seasoning industry is seeking a Commercialization Analyst - Technical. This role entails managing data setup and validation for multiple business projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have a bachelor's degree and relevant experience in commercialization or supply chain, along with strong leadership and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Commercialization, Marketing, or Supply Chain.
• Ability to coordinate data under fast-moving conditions.
• Demonstrates customer service and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage end to end data setup and validation for multiple product initiatives.
• Serve as technical data SME for cross-functional project teams.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate data processes.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Customer Service Intimacy

Project Management

Education

Bachelor degree in Business Administration

Bachelor degree in Management

Bachelor degree in Supply Chain

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

S4

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.

The Commercialization Analyst - Technical is responsible for managing end to end data set up and validation to support the NA Consumer, NA BFS and NA PepsiCo businesses. This includes data set up and validation for New Products, Revisions, Renovations, Supply chain initiatives, Regulatory initiatives, Business Continuity and CCI projects. This includes ECC data, S4 data and all interim processes needed between the ERP systems. This individual will initiate and manage the data setup approach through internal & external systems and with cross functional resources to ensure key data project milestones are met. Effective communication with Commercialization Project Manager & Project Champions will ensure success within each project.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Initiation / Validation:

• Initiate & manage data creation within multiple systems (Lotus Notes/Step/ECC/S4/Interim Solutions/Power App) for set up of First Time Orders (FTOs), New Products, Intermediate Finished Goods, Packaging, Cancel Supersedes, & MMDCR’s.
• Data Portfolio management across all businesses: Retail, Club, Private Label, BFS, DTC, eComm, PepsiCo, International
• Execute data approach across multiple project teams and multiple manufacturing locations (internal and external) with cross-divisional requirements.
• Initiate and facilitate Data Validation and BOM Reviews
• Data Analytics and Specification creation to support Sales Launch activities

Cross functional partnership:

• Serve as technical data SME for cross-functional project teams on New Products, Updates, Renovations, Supply chain initiatives, Regulatory initiatives and CCI using both SAP ERP systems
• Partner with the project manager on Data timing requirement guiding the project plans
• Partner with Global data team, other internal teams including global cross functional teams to complete data set up meeting project milestones
• Acts as data steward to accelerate data setup/reviews to ensure timelines are me

Process Improvements:

• Report out monthly on data analytics, issues, and gap resolutions
• Identify opportunities to streamline & automate core data setup and validation processes
• Improve turnaround time & advance readiness efforts to improve service levels

Required Qualifiecations:

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Management, Supply chain or a related field
• 2+ years broad based Commercialization, Marketing, Supply Chain, Global Data or relevant experience required
• Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence
• Ability to coordinate data under ambiguous and fast-moving conditions
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously and foresee and address issues before they become significant obstacles
• Ability to demonstrate strong, sustained customer service/intimacy as a top priority anticipating needs of internal customers
• Demonstrates a bias toward action
• Project management, interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Other Skills and HPO Competencies
• Ability to problem-solve, including the ability to investigate issues and conduct root cause analysis to resolve problems
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, with SAP / S4 experience

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