RDQR Organizational Effectiveness Manager

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time RDQR Organizational Effectiveness Manager. This new hire will work at our Global HQ located in Hunt Valley, MD. We can also support hiring this role in Canada or the UK.

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 foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, 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.

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/Primary Purpose

Reporting to the Global Service Owner, the Organizational Effectiveness Manager implements change and project management programs to accelerate delivery, engagement, capability, and adoption of ways of working, systems, processes, and business priorities impacting the Q&R and/or R&D organizations. This role develops, maintains, and audits the skills, requirements, and developmental activities for employees as well as collaborates with stakeholders to identify business needs and resolve performance gaps. Using Change Management principles, provides the Transformation and Organizational Effectiveness organization standardized process of communication, prioritization, implementation, and tracking progress of programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and Deployment of Q&R and/or R&D Organizational Effectiveness initiatives - in partnership with the RDQR Transformation and Organizational Effectiveness team to create comprehensive change and project plans that enable delivery of strategic objectives. Effectively communicate organizational goals, changes, and initiatives to stakeholders at all levels. Build strong relationships to ensure understanding, buy-in, and support for change and project management initiatives
• Organizational Change and Project Management – change and/or project leader for the prioritized Q&R and/or R&D integration and/or technical opportunities, ensuring all three phases of change (preparation, managing, and reinforcing) and their tools are executed. Deliver change and project management solutions that enable functional readiness and ensure success through guiding employees and leadership through change, promoting adaptability and resilience.
• Program management of technical skills and competencies Leadership of identification, development, and ongoing utilization of professional and functional skills, competencies, behaviors and requirements for Q&R and/or R&D employees, ensuring the organization has identified competencies and plans for successful transformation, current positions and future aspirations, succession, organizational design incorporative of the different levels of competencies, and the strategy for new roles and competencies within the structure. Partner with technical leaders, Communities of Practice, and/or learning organizations to ensure and enable alignment, planning and delivery through appropriate channels.
• Leadership and partnership of HR/OE toolkits - cascade tools, playbooks, standards, and strategies set forth by the Organizational Change Management and Project Management Offices.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Consults with PMO, CMO, SC, and CoE with input from internal and external stakeholders to understand and anticipate the needs of the organization so that change and program initiatives align.
• JTE and Quality Culture team to ensure changes, projects, programs, and competencies are aligned and standardized
• Classroom based facilitation and/or training, as needed.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in relevant Sciences discipline (ChemE, Food Science, IE, Biology); Instructional Systems Design, Organizational Design and Effectiveness

5+ years of experience with change and leading initiatives, including experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools

Project/ Program Management: Ability to set and achieve project goals and objectives by applying the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about successful project completi