Manufacturing Innovation Leader: Data-Driven Growth

McCormick & Company, Incorporated; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Health insurance

Paid time off

Career growth

Flexibility for life stages

Job summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated in Hunt Valley, MD, seeks a Manufacturing Innovation Manager to lead capability assessments and drive growth and supply chain resilience. You will guide a team, partner with engineering, operations, and commercial partners to enable agile, data-driven decisions and accelerate speed to market for new products, blends, and packaging.

The role focuses on data readiness, early management, and capital project startup, with opportunities for leadership development and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Packaging, Operations, or related field.
• 7+ years in manufacturing with 5+ years in engineering, commercialization, product/process development, or project management.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations with senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional manufacturing projects.
• SAP experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business acumen.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills.
• Experience with lean manufacturing principles & TPM.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate manufacturing capability and product inflow assessments, including Make vs. Buy evaluations, by connecting business opportunities with HVP capabilities, constraints, risks, operational impacts, and potential investment needs.
• Lead manufacturing commercialization processes, including Manufacturing Analysis and Costing (MAC) trials and First Time Order (FTO) runs, supporting the successful introduction of new products, blends, packaging, materials, and suppliers.
• Build data-driven, closed-loop processes that connect product, packaging, laboratory, historical test, and manufacturing performance data to improve future assessments and understand impacts to safety, quality, yield, throughput, reliability, waste, and cost.
• Lead and continuously improve the Data Validation process, ensuring product, material, packaging, and manufacturing data is accurate, manufacturing-ready, and effectively integrated across plant processes and systems.
• Supports the TPM - Early Management (EM) pillar. Supporting early management processes for new product innovations at the site and own capital project Start-Up Management, including IQ/OQ/PQ, to enable manufacturing readiness and Vertical Start-Ups.
• Lead and develop direct reports and their project portfolios while influencing broader manufacturing direction. Build strong relationships and communicate effectively from the manufacturing floor with frontline teams through executive-level presentations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

McCormick & Company, Incorporated in Hunt Valley, MD, seeks a Manufacturing Innovation Manager to lead capability assessments and drive growth and supply chain resilience. You will guide a team, partner with engineering, operations, and commercial partners to enable agile, data-driven decisions and accelerate speed to market for new products, blends, and packaging.

The role focuses on data readiness, early management, and capital project startup, with opportunities for leadership development and