Department Manager Warehouse

Department Manager Warehouse

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 Department Manager
- Warehouse immediately at our Maryland Logistics Center in Sparrows Point, MD. 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

Position Overview The Warehouse Department Manager, Zone 3 is responsible for leading a complex, multi-shift warehouse operation supporting Industrial Flavor Solutions customers, internal manufacturing facilities, and finished goods handling. This role oversees the storage, movement, labeling, re-labeling, unloading, and transport of raw materials and finished goods across a high-volume operational zone. This position provides leadership for approximately 60 non-exempt employees, two exempt employees, and contracted agency partners supporting container unloading, product labeling and re-labeling, and material transport across warehouse zones.

The Warehouse Department Manager is accountable for ensuring safe, compliant, efficient, and reliable warehouse operations across three shifts and weekend activity. The role requires strong operational leadership, people management, cross-functional partnership, and the ability to manage specialty storage environments, including organic, hazardous materials, refrigerated storage, and temperature-controlled areas.

• Operational Leadership
• People Leadership
• Contractor and Agency Management
• Safety, Quality, and Compliance
• Inventory, Materials, and Service Execution
• Continuous Improvement

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Logistics, Engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Prior leadership experience in warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or supply chain operations. Experience leading large teams in a multi-shift operational environment. Demonstrated ability to lead both exempt and non-exempt employees. Experience managing safety, quality, productivity, and service performance in an operational setting.

Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills. Ability to work with cross-functional teams and influence across departments. Ability to support flexible work hours as needed, including off-shift and weekend operations.

Preferred Qualifications Experience in food, flavor, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, chemical, or regulated manufacturing environments. Experience with specialty storage requirements, such as organic, hazardous materials, refrigerated, or temperature-controlled storage. Knowledge of GMP, food safety, sanitation, allergen control, and quality systems. Experience managing contractor or temporary labor agency resources. Experience with warehouse management systems, ERP systems, inventory control processes, and operational performance metrics.

Continuous improvement experience, such as Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or similar methodologies.

Key Competencies Create an inclusive environment:
Builds a respectful and inclusive workplace where employees across all shifts feel valued and supported. Collaborate to deliver:
Partners effectively with internal teams, contractors, and cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business results. Drive accountability:
Sets clear expectations and holds self and others accountable for safety, quality, service, and performance. Demonstrate agility:
Adapts to changing operational needs, staffing challenges, customer priorities, and off-shift requirements. Improve and innovate:
Identifies opportunities to improve processes, reduce waste, and strengthen warehouse performance. Enable others to succeed:
Coaches, develops, and empowers leaders and team members to perform at their best. Drive strategy into action:
Translates business priorities into clear operational plans and daily execution.

Working Conditions Primarily based in a warehouse and operations environment. Regular presence required on the warehouse floor. Must be able to support operations across three shifts and weekends as business needs require. Exposure to warehouse equipment, material handling activity, refrigerated areas, temperature-controlled environments, hazardous material storage areas, and other specialty storage conditions. Must follow all required safety, food safety, quality, GMP, and site procedures.

Recruiting Summary The Warehouse Department Manager, Zone 3 is a key operational leadership role responsible for managing a large, complex warehouse zone that supports Industrial Flavor Solutions customers, internal manufacturing facilities, and finished goods container unloading. This leader will oversee employees, exempt…