Manager, Organizational Change Management

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With over 14,000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 60 locations in 25 countries and 170 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands.

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.

Position Overview:

Under the direction of the Sr. Director, Global Change Management, this position acts as a strategic partner to Business Leadership team(s) and HR Leadership team(s) and plays a key role in McCormick’s transformation journey. This position develops and implements change management strategies, increases user knowledge and adoption and enhances the high-performance work systems needed to support organization’s short-term goals and long-term transformation strategies. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Change management of transformational initiatives: Guide the development and implementation of comprehensive change plans that enable individuals, groups or an organization to transition from the current state to a future state, with intended business benefits. Address business needs through implementing change management strategies, with focus to include developing and implementing change management plans that minimize stakeholder resistance and maximize employee adoption.
• Organizational assessment: Ownership of stakeholder mapping and analysis and organizational change readiness and quantitative and qualitative organizational assessments to drive speed of adoption, greater utilization and/or higher proficiency. 
• Improve organizational dynamics: Identify patterns of behavior in organizations and develop solutions to increase their effectiveness during transformation change initiatives. Could include consultation and design of standards, tools and processes. Engage and liaison with global HR COEs, participate on special projects or improvement teams as business needs exists, collaborate and share insights
• Leader effectiveness: Work with business leaders to help them improve and/or sustain performance. Projects may include new leader integration, team coaching, and process consultation
• Cultural shaping: Utilize methodologies to identify opportunities to strengthen culture by changing thinking, behavior, systems, structure, processes

Position Requirements:

• Bachelors or equivalent
• 7+ years of experience working in roles of Change Management, Transformation Management, and/or HR or Business leadership

• Expert knowledge on implementing change management strategies to maximize user/stakeholder adoption
• Experience in business consulting/large-scale and complex project management
• Expertise in managing stakeholder expectations, including key senior business stakeholders

• Change Management experience leading mid to large scale change initiatives.
• Project Management experience participating and leading mid to large scale projects
• Leadership skills, presence and credibility, strong judgment, business instincts and high level of influence and professionalism 
• A strong understanding of HR systems, processes and tools.
• Strong business acumen/savvy and understanding of cross-functional stakeholder needs
• Ability to influence decision making senior stakeholders and ability to negotiate/present to various stakeholder groups
• Able to work both strategically and hands-on to deliver results.
• Influence without direct authority, diplomacy and tact, can build meaningful relationships
• Proven ability to resolve problems by applying technical experience and expertise to review precedents identify potential solutions and select the best and most viable course of action

Preferred Qualifications

• PROSCI certification preferred
• HR Business Partner experience

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.