Global Sustainability Director: Value-Chain Resilience

The Sustainability Grid; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive bonus

Job summary

McCormick & Company is seeking a Global Sustainability Director, Operations & Value Chain Resilience to architect resilience across global sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chains. This role sits at the intersection of climate risk, human rights due diligence, and regulatory change.

You will lead enterprise-wide resilience strategy, align cross-functional teams, define governance, KPIs, and drive value-chain sustainability with practical implementation and measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in sustainability, CSR, social impact, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of global supply chains and manufacturing systems.
• Expertise in human rights due diligence and social risk management.
• Familiarity with regulatory trends around ESG and supply chain accountability.
• Experience leading enterprise initiatives across complex organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate complex risks into business-relevant strategies.
• Analytical depth combined with practical implementation ability.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead enterprise-wide resilience strategy across operations and supply chains.
• Design and evolve McCormick’s global resilience framework across environmental and social dimensions.
• Lead integration of HRDD across operations and value chains.
• Drive alignment across Procurement, Operations, R&D, HR, and Commercial teams.
• Identify risks across supply chains including labor, sourcing, and climate impacts.
• Translate regulatory requirements into enterprise-wide compliance strategies.
• Partner with Climate Strategy leadership to align environmental and social risk mitigation.
• Build governance systems, KPIs, and accountability structures.
• Represent McCormick in external forums, partnerships, and industry initiatives.
• Embed resilience thinking into core business decision-making.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Influencing

Sustainability expertise

Regulatory understanding

Job description

McCormick & Company is seeking a Global Sustainability Director, Operations & Value Chain Resilience to architect resilience across global sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chains. This role sits at the intersection of climate risk, human rights due diligence, and regulatory change.

You will lead enterprise-wide resilience strategy, align cross-functional teams, define governance, KPIs, and drive value-chain sustainability with practical implementation and measurable impact.