Strategic Merchandising & Display Manager — Hybrid

McCormick & Company; Cockeysville (MD); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Health insurance

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

McCormick & Company in Hunt Valley, MD is seeking a Mer­chandising Manager/Display Product Manager to lead US Consumer merchandising design and execution, collaborating with field sales, marketing and procurement to drive brand standards and sales growth.

The role requires strong project leadership, planogram expertise, and experience managing a team in a fast-paced retail environment; hybrid work arrangement and a comprehensive Total Rewards program are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional marketing/sales experience.
• Minimum 3 years of merchandising, visual merchandising, visual display design (CPG/retail).
• Strong understanding of display design principles, planograms, and product presentation.
• Ability to showcase products effectively while enhancing the overall shopping experience and supporting brand standards and strategies.
• Demonstrated success at managing people, projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and developing team members, with proven ability to lead, coach, and manage people effectively; build strong teams and foster collaboration.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills; flexible, detail oriented and deadline driven.
• Proven ability to plan, manage, and execute multiple projects simultaneously with strong organizational skills.
• Strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Results oriented with a track record of successful program management.
• Broad knowledge of CPG categories and merchandising vehicles; subject matter expertise.
• Excel and EDW reporting/analytics

Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of US Consumer merchandising displays (floor, temporary, permanent).
• Manage timelines, milestones and checkpoints to ensure on-time delivery.
• Oversee capitalized and expensed costs for merchandising vehicles and identify optimization projects for cost savings.
• Coordinate with field sales, trade marketing, marketing, procurement and suppliers for merchandising needs.
• Own Special Initiative Programs and oversee cross-functional teams.
• Drive commercial decisions to reduce inventory write-offs (IAR).
• Direct supervision of 2 exempt team members.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

People leadership

Communication skills

Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline

Tools

Excel

EDW analytics

Planograms

Job description

McCormick & Company in Hunt Valley, MD is seeking a Mer­chandising Manager/Display Product Manager to lead US Consumer merchandising design and execution, collaborating with field sales, marketing and procurement to drive brand standards and sales growth.

The role requires strong project leadership, planogram expertise, and experience managing a team in a fast-paced retail environment; hybrid work arrangement and a comprehensive Total Rewards program are provided.