Sr Product Manager - Seasonings
About The Position
McCormick is a global leader in Flavor, known for its heritage in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments, and is also a rapidly growing flavor house. The company is investing in the future of flavor and is seeking a Sr Product Manager for Seasonings. This role will be based in Geneva, IL or Hunty Valley, MD, with a hybrid work arrangement. The position reports to the Marketing Director. McCormick emphasizes its employees as key to its success and seeks passionate individuals excited about creating a flavorful future. The company offers competitive benefits, including a 401k, health insurance, paid time off, competitive compensation, career growth opportunities, and flexibility for diverse life stages. McCormick is recognized for its community and environmental commitment, holding Diversity Inc. Top 50 company status and multiple Sustainability awards. Wellbeing programs and tuition assistance are also provided. The Senior Product Manager, Seasonings will be instrumental in managing and advancing McCormick Flavor Solutions’ seasoning business. This role involves developing seasoning solutions that support customer growth, business strategy, portfolio optimization, and long-term profitability. The position requires a blend of technical product development expertise, business leadership, market understanding, customer segmentation, and financial analysis. The Senior Product Manager will shape the strategic direction of the seasoning portfolio, support marketing and sales enablement, identify new business opportunities, and ensure McCormick’s seasoning capabilities align with customer, consumer, and market trends. Responsibilities include developing and implementing annual product line business reviews and marketing plans, articulating McCormick’s value proposition, and leveraging a deep understanding of McCormick’s taste creation capabilities, customer businesses, and the competitive market landscape. The role demands a strong grasp of the seasoning ingredient marketplace, customer needs, and commercial business drivers. Collaboration with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, Technical, Culinary, Consumer and Market Insights, Commercialization, Procurement, Regulatory, Quality, and Finance is essential. The candidate must be adept at interpreting data from various sources, assessing implications, and translating insights into clear recommendations. The role also requires the ability to present complex technical, commercial, and financial information clearly, provide sound business rationale with quantitative support, and influence stakeholders across the organization, including senior management and external partners.
Requirements
- 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. B:B 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.
- Position requires 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 business case.
- Comfortable working in matrixed organization and able to lead cross functional teams
- Superior analytical and organizational skills including 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 required
- Proficiency with Excel, Powerpoint and MS Office / Teams
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 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, sales enablement tools.
- Help develop tools, content, and selling stories that enable Sales teams
- 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 North American seasoning portfolio from an industry perspective to communicate McCormick’s seasoning value proposition effectively.
- Manage and execute annual marketing communication calendar and quantify results
Benefits
- 401k
- health insurance
- paid time off
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
