Materials Planning Team Manager II

McCormick & Company•Hunt Valley, MD

About The Position

McCormick is hiring a Materials Planning Team Manager II for its Hunt Valley Plant. Under the general direction of the Department Manager, this role leads a functional team in a high-performance environment, oversees daily operations, drives improvement through people and process development, and is accountable for team results. The position provides leadership and technical expertise to maintain plant production material inventory and coordinate material supply at the lowest cost. It works with plant planning and scheduling, corporate purchasing, plant receiving, accounts payable, logistics, and external suppliers. The role also manages materials planning across multiple facilities, including portfolio optimization, inbound planning, and freight optimization. A university degree is typically required, and the role calls for a sound understanding of the relevant technical area and how it interacts with other business functions.

Requirements

BSc in a relevant discipline.
At least 5 years of experience, generally combining demonstrated technical and leadership skills.
Sustained demonstrated leadership in a high-performance environment.
Demonstrated knowledge of at least one functional area outside the candidate’s current discipline.
Experience managing projects through successful completion.
In-depth understanding of how the candidate’s area integrates with other areas and comprehensive understanding of how multiple areas contribute to business goals.
Basic understanding of the operating industry sector and its impact on the function.
Full supervisory capability, including setting objectives, coaching, evaluating performance, determining reward outcomes, and developing and motivating team members.
Sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills, including the ability to exchange complicated or sensitive information.
Ability to communicate issues to Executive Leadership Teams weekly and work with external suppliers on service levels, inventory reconciliation, and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

Lead a team across multiple plants in line with McCormick’s High Performance System principles.
Coach employees, manage employee relations, provide regular performance feedback, and oversee individual development and training plans.
Use performance and development tools to document improvement and recognition discussions; reward achievements and remove barriers to team success.
Manage and optimize portfolios across facilities.
Use problem-solving methods to improve functional processes across multiple facilities and lead root-cause analysis when required.
Develop, document, and continually improve functional procedures and best practices.
Work cross-functionally to resolve issues and optimize freight and inbound planning across facilities.
Direct daily team management, prioritize work, and support achievement of team goals and key results in areas such as safety, quality, cost, reliability, and customer service.
Promote compliance with operational processes and procedures, coordinate resources, and ensure the team has procedures and scorecards.
Communicate organizational, plant, and team objectives and scorecard metrics; conduct regular team meetings and maintain two-way communication.
Manage interactions with other areas to support total plant objectives and manage the materials escalation process.
Execute annual functional OGSM projects and action plans in addition to core responsibilities.
Manage technical duties specific to the functional area and lead supplier collaboration across facilities.
Coordinate with planning and scheduling, purchasing, receiving, accounts payable, logistics, and suppliers to maintain material supply, service levels, inventory reconciliation, and issue resolution.
Escalate issues to Executive Leadership Teams through weekly communication.