Sr. Manager Integrated Business Planning & Transformation

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team. McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.   We are looking to hire an Sr. Director, America's Commercial Planning immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.    What We Bring To The Table: The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer: • Competitive compensation • Career growth opportunities • Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices   The Senior Manager, Integrated Business Planning & Transformation is the leader accountable for designing, governing, and maturing the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) capability across Total Americas scope, including North America Consumer, Flavor Solutions, Canada, LATAM, and enterprise cross-functional Americas planning. This role connects strategy, product and portfolio plans, demand, supply, transformation, and financial plans into a OnePlan / One Number operating model. The role leads the monthly IBP cadence and executive decision forums, advances scenario planning and value delivery, and drives sustained process, capability, and technology transformation to improve agility, service, profitability, and growth outcomes.   Key Responsibilities:

IBP Strategy, Governance & Operating Model

Own the Americas IBP governance framework, calendar, decision rights, and KPI standards across commercial, finance, and supply chain partners. Institutionalize the Oliver Wight IBP model cadence, including product/portfolio review, demand review, supply review, integrated reconciliation, and management business review where appropriate. Ensure alignment to a OnePlan / One Number operating model and clear accountability for plan quality and execution.

Transformation & Capability Building

Lead the multi-year transformation agenda across people, process, data, and technology to modernize planning capabilities. Drive adoption of standardized planning practices, role clarity, and capability building across the Americas matrix. Translate transformation initiatives into measurable business value and sustainable operating improvements.

Executive Decision Enablement & Scenario Planning

Lead monthly executive IBP forums and provide integrated recommendations on growth, margin, service, and inventory trade-offs. Develop robust scenario plans that evaluate commercial, operational, and financial impacts under changing market conditions. Provide decision-ready insights and risk/opportunity transparency to senior leadership.

Lead and develop a high-performing team while influencing broad cross-functional matrix teams across the Americas. Set performance expectations, coach talent, and build succession depth for critical planning and transformation roles. Champion change leadership behaviors to embed new ways of working and strengthen organizational adoption.

Define and monitor IBP performance metrics, governance health, and value realization outcomes. Lead root-cause problem solving to close performance gaps and improve forecast quality, service, and working capital outcomes. Drive continuous improvement of IBP processes, tools, and decision effectiveness.

Bachelor’s Degree 7-10 years of progressive leadership experience in IBP/S&OP, demand planning, supply chain, finance, commercial strategy, or transformation within CPG and/or manufacturing environments. Proven leadership of cross-functional teams and complex enterprise planning cadences. Strong financial,