Director Communication Change Management

McCormick & Company Inc. a global leader in the spice flavor and seasonings industry is seeking a fulltime Director Communication & Change Managementto join our Organizational Effectiveness team. The Director Communication & Change Managementwill report to a Senior Director Global Change Management. This new hire will be based out of McCormicks global headquarters located in Hunt Valley Maryland and will be eligible to participate in our hybrid work program 50 onsite and 50 remote per month).

McCormick & Company Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories we manufacture market and distribute spices seasoning mixes condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including ecommerce retailfood manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick Frenchs Franks RedHot Stubbs OLD BAY Lawrys Zatarains Ducros Vahin Cholula Schwartz Kamis DaQiao Club House Aeroplane and Gourmet Garden. Every day no matter where or what you eat or drink you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is A World United by Flavorwhere healthy sustainable and delicious go hand in hand.

As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits programs and services. Benefits include but are not limited to tuition assistance medical dental vision disability group life insurance 401(k) profit sharing paid holidays and vacations.

Position Overview

TheDirector Communication & Change Management will be responsible for leading communications leadership alignment engagement and transformational initiatives in partnership with senior business global regional and functional leadership globally. The role will also be responsible for designing and implementingchange management communications in an effort to drive employee engagement to support enterprise transformational initiatives and the functional business strategy/culture in alignment with Global Employee Communications and Organizational Effectiveness

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a Communications and Leadership Alignment Strategy (Content Themes & Governance Audience Segmentation Editorial Calendar Channel Strategy and Development Messaging) for the global function/transformational initiative across employees and external partners.
• Provide strategic communications partnership and lead message development and for executive and functional/initiative leadership. Develop clear and compelling Communications for the function/initiative based on a keen appreciation of the strategic business intent to: drive understanding of and engagement on priorities and key initiatives ensure consistency and alignment of internal communication activities and communications to external partners across function/initiative to build a strong voice and visibility for the function/initiatives and ensure consistency and alignment of internal communication activities and communications to external partners across function/initiative to build a strong voice and visibility for the function/initiative.
• Support OCM leadership and provide change management expertise for function/transformation initiatives to align communication and engagement interventions necessary to mitmitigate change impacts.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of plans platforms and deliverables and drive continuous improvement for future deployments and initiatives.
• Provide graphic design/creative support and leverage technology/innovation to deliver communications and program branding effectively including collaborating with vendors (e.g. graphic design video production translation) as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (Communications Psychology Business or related professional area)
• 1012 years minimum of business and communications experience across multiple disciplines inclusive of leading endtoend largescale organizational change and internal/external communications in an international environment
• Influencing skills as the role interacts across different levels of the organization and contributes to developing leadership communications skills.
• Ability to work with crossfunctional teams and lead without formal authority.

• Experience with Change Management Project Management Full Lifecycle Deployment and Design Thinking

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Change Management Practitioner (Prosci) or Certified Change Management Professional (ACMP)
• Experience managing changes and engaging stakeholders associated with complex global ERP/systems implementation
• Experience consulting with business leaders providing communication and change management support
• Demonstrated success working in a complex deadlinedriven environment

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 color religionnational origin disability protectedveteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

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