Director, CoMan & Supplier Quality - Americas

Position Overview

The Director, CoMan & Supplier Quality plays an integral leadership role in winning and maintaining business for an operating unit or significant business segment. They provide a broad range of quality and technical services or professionals to ensure compliance with McCormick policies and procedures. They formulate and administer guidance on key issues and assure the uniform alignment and execution of guidance across areas of influence including Supplier Quality, Quality and Food Safety for External Co-manufacturing and Warehousing.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and defend boundaries for regulatory and quality compliance for global formulas, global ingredients and food labeling for countries, regions or areas supported.
• Serve as the senior leader in setting global functional and business strategy.
• Able to effectively align, motivate, and develop multiple high performing teams to successfully execute those strategies.
• May serve as a member of the unit's Recall Committee and/or as the Recall Coordinator, with responsibility for documenting all investigation activities and flowing corporate notification /recall procedures and regulatory procedures.
• Define functional unit performance standards; participate in setting the priorities for functional area data and analytic needs.
• Earn credibility as a leader. Facilitate groups to achieve goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline of study
• Prior experience in at least two Quality focus areas (Customer, Operations, Regulatory, Supplier, External Comanufacturing, Global CoE) or related function, including Supply Chain, Product Development preferred.
• Supplier QA/Coman QA experience is strongly preferred.
• GFSI scheme (i.e. SQF, BRC) management experience required.
• Trade association engagement encouraged.
• Must represent McCormick well with suppliers and customers.
• Team leadership experience required.
• Project Management/Change Management experience preferred.
• Participant with Supply Chain/Product Development/Sales Teams required.
• Experience in the Food/Flavor Industry preferred.
• Advanced ability to influence others, inside and outside the organization, and with Strategic vendors/customers.
• Seek innovative solutions to challenges and train staff to do the same.
• Clear and persuasive communication, conflict resolution, relationship building, vision and strategic thinking, change leadership, coaching and development, accountability and integrity, cross-cultural influence, catalyst for collaboration and driver for continuous improvement.
• Financial Acumen: Responsible for the quality of total gross sales for the operating unit supported.

Preferred Qualifications

• PCQI (or HACCP based on region), GFSI schemes certification (i.e. SQF practitioner certificate)
• At least 15 years of relevant experience

Base Salary

$140,610-253,080

This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan and Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive total rewards programs that include comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits, family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support, retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans.