Global Commercialization Manager II

McCormick & Company • HUNT VALLEY, MD

5d • $102,000 - $140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Commercialization Manager II leads global customer commercialization from opportunity intake through launch and post-launch stabilization. The role translates customer requirements into coordinated cross-functional execution, providing disciplined project leadership, commercial coordination, performance visibility, issue resolution, and alignment between global and local stakeholders.

The position establishes globally aligned business processes that support positive employee and customer experiences, enable the Flavor division to scale growth globally, and support a growing global customer base. It manages a portfolio of customer initiatives while identifying margin, cost-saving, simplification, and scale opportunities to support sound commercial decisions and reliable delivery. The role is based at McCormick’s Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland, in a hybrid 50/50 capacity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, supply chain, project management, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive, broad-based business experience in areas such as Master Data, Commercialization, Materials Management, Planning, Order Management, Supply Planning, or Accounting.
• At least 6 years of project management experience, including execution of large, multiple, or cross-functional projects.
• At least 2 years directing, overseeing, managing, leading, and developing dynamic work teams.
• SAP experience required.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in high-pressure, sensitive situations.
• Ability to implement process improvements and work under aggressive deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including synthesizing complex information and presenting clear decisions, actions, and escalations.
• Analytical and financial acumen to interpret performance information, evaluate trade-offs, and support margin and cost discussions.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability across functions without direct reporting authority.
• Ability to facilitate discussions, build consensus, manage competing priorities, and influence decisions among business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading workshops, requirements sessions, user acceptance testing activities, and solution review meetings.
• Experience driving organizational change, user adoption, training, and communication for new business capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Consumer Products (CPG) experience.
• SAP ECC and S/4 experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercialization projects from intake and scoping through planning, execution, launch readiness, and post-launch stabilization.
• Establish workplans, milestones, decision points, responsibilities, and governance; monitor progress and drive completion of agreed actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs and manage interdependencies, risks, changes, and resource constraints.
• Facilitate project reviews, confirm decisions and accountabilities, and maintain alignment on critical-path activities.
• Document and communicate project status, assumptions, approvals, handoffs, and next steps.
• Balance concurrent initiatives and recommend prioritization when timing, capacity, or business requirements conflict.
• Connect global customer priorities with local and regional execution needs and facilitate alignment across sales, commercial, technical, operational, supply, finance, and other relevant partners.
• Support effective handoffs and consistent communication across geographies, functions, and project phases; surface local considerations that may affect global commitments.
• Serve as a central commercial coordination point for assigned global customer commercialization activities, translating customer requirements into actions, owners, timing, and follow-up.
• Coordinate customer-facing inputs, updates, commitments, and decision points with sales and cross-functional partners.
• Maintain an organized view of opportunities, priorities, deliverables, and commercial dependencies across the assigned portfolio.
• Prepare for customer discussions by consolidating accurate status, open items, decisions, and next steps.
• Provide concise visibility into portfolio status, milestones, risks, decisions, and expected outcomes.
• Develop and maintain reports and analyses to support prioritization, management review, and fact-based decisions; track performance indicators and highlight trends or concerns.
• Identify commercialization issues early, coordinate root-cause assessment, and drive owners toward timely resolution.
• Escalate material risks, unresolved decisions, and delivery constraints with context, impact, options, and recommended actions.
• Facilitate recovery planning, monitor corrective actions through closure, capture lessons learned, and promote repeatable improvements.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and support for diverse life stages and choices
• Medical, vision, dental, life, and disability benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Caregiver support
• 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
• Incentive Bonus Plan, Sales Incentive Bonus Plan, or Dividend Program eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager