Director,ERP Solution Tower Lead Job Cockeysville area,Maryland USA,IT/Tech

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Director, ERP Solution Tower Lead to support the businses transformation team.

The Director, ERP Solution Tower Lead will report to the VP, IT Business Solutions. This new hire will work at McCormick's global headquarters in Hunt Valley, MD and will be eligible to participate in our 50/50 hybrid program (50% onsite and 50% remote per month).

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail,food manufacturers and food service businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's Red Hot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden.

Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor" and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."

As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Under the direction of the VP IT Business Solutions , this position has the broad responsibility of ensuring that the implemented set of technology platforms provide a comprehensive and seamless enterprise Solution to run the business globally. In addition, this position needs to ensure that the design and implementation is approached from an end to end perspective, to maximize value delivery and agility to adapt the platform to the evolving business environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Delivery of End-to-End processes and technology solutions that meet business requirements and delivers or exceeds the business case. Responsible for leading resolution of escalated issues and risks in a timely manner.
Provide leadership to complete detailed design and deployment of the Solution (including processes, systems, data and integration) ensuring a consistent level of detail across functional and technical areas. Provide expertise, both industry and process, on solution design and open detailed design issues. Strategic thinker.
Provide leadership to actively manage scope, minimize global template deviations and customizations. Ensure that the approach consistently adheres to the guiding principles and to the enterprise standards. Chair the Solution Integration Governance boards, advocate for adoption of standard solutions and adoption of industry leading practices
Participate and influence Solution increments and feature demonstrations to confirm delivery of the Solution process and technology scope. I member of the Emerging Technology Board to influence strategic planning, evaluate upcoming innovations and recommend selective adoption by Mc Cormick

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

BA/BSc - Business or Technology field, or related discipline
15+ years experience in complex SAP ERP implementations
Multiple complex ERP rollouts in a broad business or IT leadership role
10+ years in global leadership, experience operating with teams scattered around the world
Business digital transformation
IT architecture skills, including SaaS, cloud, ESB
Experience leading a system integrator engagement from the client side
10+ years experience technology strategic planning
Multi-million $ technology contract management
On time and on budget large & complex solutions delivery
CPG/FMCG experience
Strong leadership and communication skills, able to influence up to C-level executives,
Able to lead large groups in a matrixed organization
Strong business acumen, as well as financial acumen (including total cost of ownership, value realization,…