Manufacturing Innovation Manager

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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
Manufacuturing Innovation Manager for our Hunt Valley Plant.

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:

• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Under the direction of the Engineering Manager, the Manufacturing Innovation Manager plays a pivotal role in enabling business growth & supply chain resiliency strategies through the manufacturing capabilities of the Hunt Valley Plant (HVP). This hands-on leader serves as a conduit between the plant and cross-functional business partners, galvanizing teams to assess manufacturing capability, enable agile and data-driven decisions, and accelerate speed to market through internal manufacturing.

The role leads a team of direct reports and key processes supporting commercialization, manufacturing innovation, data readiness, Early Management, and capital project startup. A key focus is establishing closed-loop processes that connect testing, implementation, and actual manufacturing performance to strengthen future decisions and continuously improve HVP's manufacturing capabilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate manufacturing capability and product inflow assessments, including Make vs. Buy evaluations, by connecting business opportunities with HVP capabilities, constraints, risks, operational impacts, and potential investment needs.
• Lead manufacturing commercialization processes, including Manufacturing Analysis and Costing (MAC) trials and First Time Order (FTO) runs, supporting the successful introduction of new products, blends, packaging, materials, and suppliers.
• Build data-driven, closed-loop processes that connect product, packaging, laboratory, historical test, and manufacturing performance data to improve future assessments and understand impacts to safety, quality, yield, throughput, reliability, waste, and cost.
• Lead and continuously improve the Data Validation process, ensuring product, material, packaging, and manufacturing data is accurate, manufacturing-ready, and effectively integrated across plant processes and systems.
• Supports the TPM - Early Management (EM) pillar. Supporting early management processes for new product innovations at the site and own capital project Start-Up Management, including IQ/OQ/PQ, to enable manufacturing readiness and Vertical Start-Ups.
• Lead and develop direct reports and their project portfolios while influencing broader manufacturing direction. Build strong relationships and communicate effectively from the manufacturing floor with frontline teams through executive-level presentations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Packaging, Operations, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years’ experience in manufacturing, with 5+ years’ experience in engineering, commercialization, product/process development, or project management.
• Experience in managing stakeholder expectations, including key senior business stakeholders, and maximizing stakeholder adoption.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional projects, processes, and teams within manufacturing.
• Demonstrated SAP experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, process-development, and business…