Sr Product Manager - Seasonings

About the Role

The Senior Product Manager, Seasonings will play a critical role in managing and advancing McCormick Flavor Solutions’ seasoning business by developing seasoning solutions that support customer growth, business strategy, portfolio optimization, and long-term profitability. This position combines technical product development expertise with business leadership, market understanding, customer segmentation, and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of the annual strategy for the seasonings business within McCormick Flavor Solutions, regularly assessing the needs of Sales and other customer-facing teams to ensure marketing support is aligned with commercial priorities.
• Help establish the strategic vision for the seasoning portfolio, including growth priorities, innovation platforms, customer targets, margin improvement, portfolio optimization, and drive the commercialization strategy & implementation.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, Technical, Culinary, and Insights teams to identify key market trends, consumer needs, and customer opportunities to drive the seasoning innovation pipeline.
• Support annual product line and business reviews by providing technical, commercial, and financial input for assigned seasoning platforms.
• Contribute to long-term seasoning capability roadmaps, including new flavor profiles, technologies, formats, labeling solutions, and application areas.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams across Product Development, Marketing, Sales, Commercialization, Culinary, Consumer and Market Insights, Procurement, Finance, Regulatory, Quality, and Operations.
• Support financial analysis for the seasoning business, including revenue growth, margin improvement, cost optimization, pricing strategy, and portfolio performance.
• Lead the development of marketing campaigns and materials focusing on seasoning value propositions, portfolio messaging, and innovation platforms, providing consumer and market input for communication plans, customer presentations, trade materials, and sales enablement tools.
• Drive Sales enablement and effectiveness by defining customer segmentation across seasoning categories and subsequent marketing plans. Proactively identify new content and methods for engaging customers and regularly assess the needs of the Sales team to adjust tools and approach to align with key customer plans to drive pipeline.
• Provide direction on how to best position the North American seasoning portfolio from an industry perspective to communicate McCormick’s seasoning value proposition effectively.
• Manage and execute the annual marketing communication calendar and quantify results.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Business/Finance/Marketing or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in product management/marketing or closely related field; such as sales or customer marketing. B2B experience preferred.
• Knowledge of the overall flavor industry across the retail and/or foodservice spaces and knowledge of the competitive environment for seasonings and flavor providers.
• Strong financial and business acumen and excellent leadership skills. Must be able to lead cross-functional teams, with an emphasis on P&L implications.
• Knowledge of the CPG & Food Service industry and competitive environment necessary to provide leadership with a business case.
• Comfortable working in a matrixed organization and able to lead cross-functional teams.
• Superior analytical and organizational skills, including a good understanding of syndicated retail data analysis, financial analysis, and business planning.
• Strong presentation skills with demonstrated success leading and championing business plan recommendations for senior management.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Office / Teams.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and support for diverse life stages and choices
• Wellbeing programs including physical, mental, and financial wellness
• Tuition assistance
• 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

Pay

Base Salary: $103,520 - $181,150. Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan/ McCormick’s Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ McCormick’s Dividend Program.

Location: Geneva, IL or Hunt Valley, MD (Hybrid)

Reports to: Marketing Director