Global Process Manager R&D (HYBRID)

McCormick Canada continues its long track record of growth and is a respected leader in the spice, seasoning, flavouring and specialty food industry.  Our consumer products division serves retail grocery customers and emerging channels with Club House, Billy Bee and McCormick products, while our Custom Flavour Solutions division serves food service distributors and other respected food manufacturers across Canada.  McCormick Canada is part of the world leader in spice and seasonings, McCormick & Company Inc.

The Power of People is one of our five pillars.  It has been the foundation for McCormick's success for decades.  There is something inspiring about working at McCormick.  We have created an unusually dedicated workforce by fostering a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.  Without our employees, our success is not possible.  Our commitment to our customers, our consumers and our employees is unsurpassed. 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Global Process Manager will report to an Associate Global Process Owner. Responsible for understanding business requirements for the R&D workstream and for working cross-functionally to develop the global process and technology solution templates in partnership with other workstream leaders.  Works with cross functional Business Units and Global Functions to align on end to end processes that will drive success for an organizational business transformation project.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reports to an Associate Global Process Owner and demonstrates strong leadership, business and technical acumen.  The leader will also: 

• Confirm the team is utilizing leading practice assets & practices 

• Drive decisions to align processes to Global Template & Standard design 

• Manage Solution Decisions (Configuration, WRICEF, Cutover etc.) 

• Integrate with Solution Architect to drive cross team integration 

• Partner with the business users to design and deliver a cost center solution including the related assessments 

• Collaborate with process and workstreams to drive testing, change, training, data, cutover and hyper care activities. 

• Define and implement the functional area Process Roadmap to deliver targeted business benefits and ease of process use for the end user.  
• Provide insights into shaping policies related to functional area process and institute process improvements to drive improved adherence to policies.

• Actively participates in the development and continuous improvement of global policies and processes, inclusive of proper documentation, training, testing, and controls
• Define and implement KPIs and performance measures leveraging best practice benchmarking with a focus on continuous improvement  

• Collaborate with IT on system implementation/enhancement initiatives  

• Ensure adequate and timely root cause analysis to understand problem drivers and implementation of necessary corrections and/or changes. 

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure global alignment of priorities working in a matrixed environment. 

• Drive adoption of global process standards and gain buy-in from key stakeholders. 

• Lead associated change management activities for key stakeholders.  

Qualifications: 

• Master’s Degree in related professional area, 8 years minimum of business or professional experience, 6 years of global people leadership experience. Bachelor's Degree in related professional area and 10 years minimum of business or professional experience. Associate's Degree in related professional area and 12 years minimum of business or professional experience. In lieu of a degree in related professional area, 14 years minimum of business or professional experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in related professional area 

• Strategic thinking, strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Subject matter expert of functional area process and tools 

• Collaborative and resilient with a global mindset 

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a complex multinational organization 

• Demonstrated experience working in a matrixed global environment. 

• Program and project management experience required. 

• Formal continuous improvement (e.g. LEAN / Six Sigma) and project management (e.g. PMP) certification/training desirable. 

• Stakeholder management experience with ability to influence & persuade key stakeholders and to constructively deal with conflicts. 

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Throughout the selection process, accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available upon request.  Please notify H.R. if required.