Culinary Development Manager
Culinary Development Manager
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$ 74330 - 130080
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Job Description
You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs spices seasonings and condiments and were only getting started. At McCormick were always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.
McCormick employees all 14000 of us across the world are what makes this company a great place to work.
We are looking to hire a Culinary Development Managerimmediately. This position is located in our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley Maryland.
What We Bring To The Table:
The best people deserve the best addition to the benefits youd 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
Wellbeing programs including Physical Mental and Financial wellness
Tuition assistance
Position Summary:
Responsible for contributing to the activities of the McCormick Kitchens needed to drive innovation and deliver product recipe and content development in support of the McCormick family of brands Club and Ecomm. Responsible for proactively supporting McCormick Kitchens in the planning evaluation and execution of Innovation Marketing PR & Sales plans that incorporate the principles and best practices of content development and recipe marketing that drive results. Responsible for delivering and influencing business-building food ideas to exceed consumers expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Works cross-functionally to provide culinary expertise through the product and content development processes. Works closely with Brand Innovation Digital Shopper Marketing PR E-comm Licensing PD and other teams to deliver best in class products recipes and content.
- Actively provides culinary leadership for McCormick Kitchens for the brands and projects they own. Manages the development of gold standard recipes and culinary prototypes for new product concepts line extensions and digital content including photo and video shoots info-graphics and article content.
- Implements best-in-class practices/procedures for consumer culinary recipe content and product development.
- Tracks and share broadly with CPD and external agency teams - food and flavor trends including cuisines ingredients preparation methods equipment demographic and generational preferences. Demonstrates turning insights into action by creating trend based proto-types to share with internal teams.
- Responsible for on-going coaching development and management of direct reports. Includes providing feedback on performance setting OGSM to drive business initiatives and Development Plans to ensure staff development and career progression.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS Culinary / Culinary Nutrition / Culinary Science / Consumer Science or other discipline (such as marketing/business) with significant culinary experience
- 6 years experience in culinary field with recipe and product development experience and a concentration in CPG consumer test kitchens.
- Experience in creating branded retail consumer-centric recipes and content including photo and video shoots
- Experience working with brand management innovation sales and digital teams for product and content creation and participation in the sell-in process
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work well and collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Ability to lead and influence and obtain results for the business.
- Excellent problem-solving skills on complex projects when dealing with limited or ambiguous details or information
- Excellent presentation skills and proficiency speaking in front of groups including senior leaders
- Strong project management skills
- Culinary Degree Preferred
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As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.
Base Salary: $74330 - $130080
Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location skills education experience for this role and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormicks Incentive Bonus (MIB) addition to a competitive compensation package permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:
- 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
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 religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
