Sr. Manager Integrated Business Planning & Transformation Job Details | McCormick & Company

McCormick & Company is hiring a Senior Manager to design, govern, and mature Integrated Business Planning across the Americas. The role leads the monthly IBP cadence and executive decision forums, connects strategic, commercial, supply, and financial plans, and drives planning transformation and capability building.
Responsibilities
• Own the Americas IBP governance framework, calendar, decision
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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
• 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
• 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
Skills
• 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, commercial, and supply chain acumen with demonstrated decision-quality judgment
• Hands-on experience with ERP/planning ecosystems and advanced planning tools
• Required knowledge of the Oliver Wight IBP model, including product/portfolio review, demand review, supply review, integrated reconciliation, and management business review where appropriate
• Executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders across functions and markets
• Strong change leadership with a track record of driving adoption in large-scale transformation initiatives
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills for executive decision forums
• Ability to align diverse stakeholders around integrated plans, priorities, and trade-off decisions
• Advanced analytical capability and comfort translating data into strategic actions
• Strong performance orientation and continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to resolve complex and ambiguous business challenges with speed and rigor
• High standards of collaboration, accountability, and people leadership
• As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future
• MBA or relevant Master's Degree
• Oliver Wight education/certification or equivalent IBP/S&OP certification preferred
• Experience in CPG and multi-country Americas planning environments
• Demonstrated success in enterprise planning transformation and operating model design
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Anaplan, o9, Blue Yonder, Power BI, and/or similar platfor

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