IT Business Relationship Director, Global Manufacturing

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 IT Business Relationship Director to join our corporate IT team. The position will ideally be based at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland although considerations for other locations may be made in certain circumstances. The position will be eligible to participate in McCormick's hybrid work program (50% onsite, 50% remote per month).  

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:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Business Relationship Director (BRD) works with business partners across McCormick seeking to stimulate, surface, and shape demand for capabilities and solutions forming IT's business-aligned roadmap. The BRD ensures that the potential business value from those capabilities and assets are captured, optimized, and recognized in partnership with other IT teams. Acts as an internal business consultant by recommending strategic projects that brings business value. Provides technical expertise regarding project design, architecture, implementation, and support. This position is responsible for the direct management of global team(s). The BRD must be able to communicate technical roadmaps, strategies, capabilities, solutions and trends both inside IT, with business leaders, and with leadership teams in a form and level that each audience can consume. Through effective relationship management, the BRD contributes to IT direction by actively partnering with business stakeholders to determine and set overall strategic technology direction. They work to identify ways in which they can support and advance business objectives. Additionally, the BRD helps shape business demand by partnering with business and IT resources to facilitate the creation of business cases and value plans and ensuring value optimization and communication across teams.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with business leaders to:
  • Enable them to articulate their function's technology needs and requirements to enable business performance
  • Measure adoption and develop future roadmap and opportunities
  • Plan new initiatives, evaluate ideas, and determine how they fit into business capability roadmaps and priorities
• Partner with Application Delivery to maintain visibility over the portfolio execution
• Act as an internal advisor and visionary on emerging technologies by recommending strategic projects that bring business value
• Manage budgetary efforts necessary for securing appropriate funding for key efforts. Responsible to drive business case definition for strategic projects
• Accountable for end-to-end process technology cost centers, budgeting technology projects and assistance in development of value propositions for solutions
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Security on architectural strategy and technical innovation plans to support the IT vision with the business teams
• Seek innovative solutions and feed them back to the business weighing all key factors such as business fit, development and support cost, technological fit in landscape, security requirements and ease of use
• Evaluate new applications for compatibility with current systems, technical requirements, business objectives and corporate strategy
• Manage annual and interim evaluation process of global team members in regard to performance and development needs, including drafting goals and supporting employees’ in writing their development plans
• Mentor team to shape initiatives and work efforts to seek cost efficiencies and effectiveness for the business
• Identify, develop and embed technology and strategic capabilities that drive profitable growth and/or provides competitive advantage for McCormick & Co.
• Drive innovation within the IT organization and the business through ongoing evaluations of emerging or value-added solutions
• Leverage external sources, network and partnerships to identify best practice and offer progressive solutions that deliver incremental value or create a competitive advantage

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BSc - Business or Technology field, or related discipline
• PMP, SAP, APICS certifications highly preferred
• At least 7+ years experience in systems solution design, integration or development
• At least 5+ years prior staff leadership experience and resource/budget planning
• Ability to build relationships, interface effectively with all levels of the organization
• Ability to influence across functional teams and manage relationships across multiple cultures and geographies
• Ability to manage remotely, working with diverse global resources, ensuring they are engaged and informed throughout the organization
• Project management skills in technical or business area for a particular function or process
• Ability to think strategically; strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Global business and functional acumen - Understand the complexity of business on a global scale

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA - Business acumen needed to work business and technology strategies and objectives
• Strong MES knowledge and implementations
• Industry strategies for Manufacturing automation
• Supply Chain operational knowledge
• SAP supply chain knowledge

Base Salary: $137,850-$248,120

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 Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan/ McCormick’s Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ 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

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, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future. 

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