Process Automation Developer

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.

Position Overview

Responsible for implementing business process automations through research, analysis, testing and fact-finding combined with basic understanding of business systems and/or industry requirements. Serves as a business partner and as part of a global team to enable business processes through technology in an integrated enterprise systems environment. The geographic scope of this position is global.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for understanding automation system requirements as documented in the process assessment document, creating detailed process design and system design documents, and engaging in peer review processes and updating documents accordingly.

• Responsible for developing automations to support those requirements, unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance, and deployment. Engage in peer review processes and update automations accordingly. Develop automations with adherence to documented automation best practices 

• Provides post-implementation process and automation support; performs break-fix assessments and develops appropriate solutions. 

• Assists with development of training materials and trains power users. 

• Contributes to team metrics and completes tasks in order to meet team SLAs; supports QA and Audit activities as needed. 

Required Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline

• Associate's Degree in Business Management, Information Systems, or related field required.   
  3-5 years of related experience in lieu of degree.

Certification and/or Licenses

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate

Experience - functional/industry/commercia l knowledge, business acumen.

• 1-2 years of demonstrated knowledge, expertise, and experiences with automation tools. 1-2 years of experience with business processes (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, or Hire to Retire, Master Data Management). 2+ years of demonstrated knowledge and expertise with SAP, GTS, and/or BW/EDW business processes. Prior experience with programming and/or scripting preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platforms, VBScript, and VBA.

Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and develop effective working relationships. Strong verbal and written communication skills. The incumbent performs his or her role in a professional manner to develop and maintain effective working relationships.

Other Skills and HPO Competencies

• Change Management - Demonstrated ability to adjust to changing priorities, to deal with uncertainty, and to adapt to modifications to project plans. Process Improvement - Demonstrated possession of a process improvement mindset.