Sr. Seasonings Developer

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 a Sr. Seasonings Developer for our site in Mexico City (Cuautitlan). 

Please submit your CV in English.

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 (health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share
• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

Job Description

Responsibilities of this position include seasoning development, and commercialization. Effective project management and innovation skills. Active customer engagement, and championing / contributing to internal McCormick projects. Develop and manage customer relationships at all levels. Use the company’s technologies and resources globally available to ensure successful project execution.

Contribute to the sales of new products through seasoning development for snacks and other categories (confectionery, dressings, sauces). Works under supervision of an Innovation Manager

Responsibilities

• Expertly develops snack seasonings, including duplications, new creations, and modifications across a broad range of flavor profiles to meet customer and internal project requests. Creates new and innovative flavor profiles. Recognizes problems, gathers, and interprets significant data to find creative solutions to complex issues. Recognized as a technical leader in his/her area of expertise. Manages scalation of formulas from bench to successful plant production. In depth understanding of processes and operations to ensure successful product scale-up and troubleshooting problems.
• Provide technical direction and supervise lower-level professional people. Evaluates and prioritizes the work based on urgency and impact.
• Supports Sales & Marketing objectives and directly interacts/visits with target/key customers in support of existing and new business growth opportunities.
• Provide expertise on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and/or with vendors. Collaborates with Applications, Analytical, Purchasing, Quality, Regulatory, Planning, Production, Sensory, Marketing, Sales, and other department teams to ensure creations meet benchmarks set by customer and are reproducible in the plant.   
• Identifies, investigates, and assesses new ingredients, technologies, materials, and methods that will provide innovative solutions to customer and industry challenges. Work has significant impact on McCormick seasoning technology or capabilities. Transfers knowledge to McCormick.

Requirements  

• Food Engineer, Chemist, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing seasonings for snack products.
• Strong project management and negotiation experience.
• Advanced English required, to be assessed during the recruitment process.
• Knowledge of food regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of SAP and Salesforce preferred.
• Experience with formula management software.

En McCormick nos enorgullece ser un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Si cumple con los requisitos del puesto, se le considerará para el empleo sin distinción de sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, religión, nacionalidad, discapacidad, condición de veterano protegido, edad ni ninguna otra característica protegida por la ley.