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 Project Management/Commercialization Analyst immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
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
The Project Management/Commercialization Analyst is responsible for assisting with the management of Marketing processes for line extensions, product changes and product deletions. This role supports the systematic “stage-gate” and Salesforce processes for projects from initial requests to project completion. The Project Management/Commercialization Analyst supports cross-functional project teams maintaining documentation to track project status. This role is responsible for Branded Food Service and Custom Restaurant (CR) commercialization processes for any North American or regional initiatives. Must be able to handle multiple priorities, in a fast-paced environment and strong project management is a requirement.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain project timelines, leads packaging changes, highlighting, and identifying commercialization risks and adjusting workarounds as appropriate.
- Assess business processes to identify gaps and solutions to improve commercialization efforts. Optimizes processes for line extensions, product changes, product deletions, speed to market initiatives, coordinated efforts of many North American cross functional teams.
- Lead the projects for Product changes utilizing the McCormick technologies such as: Salesforce, Cloud Coach, MS Project etc.
- Issue minutes for projects led and/or other team meetings.
- Maintain a shared ownership of data integrity for projects in Salesforce.
- Lead line-extension projects when required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related discipline is required.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred level of education.
- 1-2 years of project management experience with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects at one time.
- Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams.
- Strong commnication, organizational, and detail orientated skills required.
- Ability to multi-task, be resourceful, adaptable, and self motivating.
- Proven record of achieving results with limited supervision.
- Ability to motivate others to achieve results and to deliver against commitments without formal authority.
- Exercises discretion regarding data and sources, analytic conclusions, and smaller strategic recommendations.
- A good understanding of innovation commercialization process and how the team interacts and integrates with others in accomplising objectives.
- Good understanding of Innovation stage gate process, Custom Restaurant Salesforce process, and other commmercialization activities.
- System savvy (SAP, MS365 platform, MS Project, Excel, SalesForce.com) preferred.
- Demonstrated success leading and championing business plan recommendations for senior management preferred.
- Ability to speak to all audiences using appropriate trade jargon.
- Ability to travel 0-5% as needed.
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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.
