Director Human Relations

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With over 14,000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 60 locations in 25 countries and 170 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands.

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our "Power of People" principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.

Position Overview

Provides Human Relations leadership on all facets of Human Relations strategy and deployment. Acts as a strategic business partner to internal customers and their respective leadership teams in developing and implementing programs and initiatives that support and enable the orgnaization's short and long range goals and objectives.Responsible for strategic HR plans and business plans, employee and labor relations; recruitment and talent management; leadership, coaching and development, support of organizational vision and values; performance management; regulatory prevention; compensation systems administration and communication; organization planning/development/change management; and People Support program/project identification, development and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction for assigned functions within the business unit. In conjunction with company-wide initiatives, develops programs and systems that enhance organizational capabilities and accelerate the ability to achieve business results.

•Responsible for all facets of HR functional strategy implementation: talent and performance management, compensation management, recruiting and staffing, communication. employee and labor relations.

•Partners with leadership teams to establish, and implement, functional strategy and direction particularly with respect to development of organizational capability.  

•Provides leadership to management teams in order to identify functional and organizational opportunities relating to human resource policies, procedures and/or programs.

•Responsible for development of direct reports.

Secondary Responsibilities

Required Qualifications- BSc/MBA in Human Relations or Business equivalent
Experience years of progressive plant and business unit HR experience minimum of 5 years in an HR leadership role.
Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence

Networking capabilities, influencing others, clear and concise communicator, must build relationships and value people.

Customers are internal - interacts daily Interacts outside of business unit within function and in role as committee member on a regular basis

Dimension

The impact of this position is far reaching, not only in the business unit but within the function as well. Problems can range from very straightfoward policy questions to large and complex organizational framework questions - and a combination of the two occurs on a regular and consistent basis High degree of independent problem solving required to accurately make a variety of decisions that arise from day to day issues. High degree of independent problem solving required to make a variety of decisions affecting long term results Integral to ensuring the work force is prepared and motivated to succeed in their job and thus help USIG succeed Broad approach to decision making is critical - must link many individual customer components in order to make the correct USIG decision Impact affects own team and function, plus ultimately business

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.