Operations Manager

McCormick & Company, Incorporated; Geneva (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Health insurance

Paid time off

Career growth

Diversity support

Job summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated in Geneva, IL, is seeking an Operations Manager to lead daily plant production, apply TPM and continuous improvement, and steer the Plant Leadership Team toward safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

You will develop long‑term planning, build cross‑functional relationships with customers and suppliers, manage budgets, and drive staffing strategies to ensure a resilient and diverse leadership pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related technical field.
• 7–10 years of functional/leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead multiple projects and teams.
• Strong communication, diplomacy, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, plan, and direct execution of operational issues for assigned areas.
• Create an empowered environment with clear OGSM goals and open communication.
• Develop cross-functional relationships to meet customer demand and ensure on-time manufacturing.
• Establish and maintain continuous improvement processes for safety, productivity, quality.
• Oversee development and performance planning; implement staffing and succession planning.
• Create operating and capital budgets; participate in planning and cost reduction.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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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 Operations Manager immediately at our McCormick Flavor Solutions manufacturing plant in Geneva, IL.

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:

• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

Position Overview

Under general direction of the Plant Manager, the Operations Manager oversees the daily production operations of the plant. The Operations Manager utilizes TPM and continuous improvement methodologies to position the plant's human and capital resources for long-term success by ensuring safe, effective, and reliable production processes. Provides strategic leadership and direction for multiple operations within the Plant. As a Plant Leadership Team member, works with other functional leaders to develop organizational planning, strategic direction setting and goal setting for the Plant. Is responsible to develop a culture of continuous improvement through process improvement and enhancing employee skills and capabilities. As a member of the Plant Leadership Team, requires comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within their own functional area and also requires basic knowledge of these elements in other relevant functional areas in order to participate in the resolution of issues that have an impact beyond the area or impact multiple areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, plan, and direct the execution of operationally related issues for assigned areas through Team Managers. Designs strategies, procedures, and people utilization for improving safety, reliability, and efficiency while maintaining product quality and operating expenses for assigned areas.
• Creating an empowered environment to ensure that the Operations organization and its people understand the goals and objective (OGSM's) of the business and that they have the resources and support to accomplish them. Provide an environment which ensures and provides for open and healthy communication.
• Develop and maintain strong cross functional relationships to ensure that new and existing products are manufactured on time and in specifications to meet customer demand. Ensures strong relationships are developed and maintained with key customers and venders as they relate to the operations function to include fit for use materials and products.
• With the support of Continuous Improvement (CI) resources, establish and maintain comprehensive continuous improvement processes that maximize safety, productivity, reliability, and quality.
• Oversee development and performance planning for current employees, as well as implementing staffing strategies to ensure a robust and diverse succession plan. Ensure operations is appropriately staffed. Champions a thorough and consistent performance management approach for Operations employees.
• Creates operating budgets and capital budgets with other leadership team members. Manage department expense budgets with appropriate accounting information and support. Participates in the business planning and budgeting process. Develops short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies

Required Qualifications

• Level of Education and Discipline: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or relevant technical discipline required
• Experience:Minimum of 7-10 years functional/leadership
• Strong leadership experience with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and people. The job requires a detailed understanding of how all areas of the plant interact to contribute to the business. Requires a general understanding of the industry. Requires basic commercial awareness as it relates to competition but only requires limited understanding of the latest developments in the industry.
• Interpersonal Skills: Leadership: This job has full management responsibility for the operations team, including management of people, defining roles and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide and influence others. Leadership of exempt staff to achieve common objectives. May interface with external parties as representative of the plant/facility. Strong cross-functional strategic leadership, communication, and teamwork skills. Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear, concise, and professional manner. Ability to influence upwards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish

First consideration will be given to employees who have been displaced from their jobs for positions with the same grade or lower. If there are no qualifiedcandidates, all other employees will then be considered. No displaced employee will receive preferential consideration for a promotional opportunity.

McCormick may recruit external candidates concurrentlyin order toexpedite the recruitment process. Qualified internal candidates submitting bids within thefirst ten (10) days of the job being posted will be considered before external candidates. Internal bids received after the tenth (10th) day will be consideredalong with external candidates.

McCormick is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.If you are a qualified applicant, you will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Dividend Program. In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:

• Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
• Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
• Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans

WHY WORK AT MCCORMICK?

As a McCormick employee you’ll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities. You’ll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself—to have a say in where the company is going and how it’s growing.

Between our passion for flavor, our 130-year history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.