** Senior Marketing Manager, Alternate Channels Delivery**

HUNT VALLEY, MD, US, 21031

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Senior Marketing Manager, Alternate Channels Delivery. This new hire will work at McCormick's global headquarters located in Hunt Valley, MD. The Senior Marketing Manager will report to the Vice President - Customer Brands, Alternate Channels, and Multicultural Consumer.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 13,000 employees worldwide. As a Fortune 500 company with over $5 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 e-commerce, retail,food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, 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:**

This role will include direction, development, and execution of strategic plans for highest revenue, strategic product groups to achieve sales goals. Overall responsibility for alternate channel delivery of annual volume/profitability targets, 3yr Customer Playbook/Strategy in core categories, omnichannel promotion plans, merchandising, packaging new products and pricing recommendations. Leads direct reports and cross-functional teams through business reviews, annual planning, and in-market execution of channel marketing plans. Represents alternate channel needs in established stage gate process and insights for pan-channel initiatives. Closely collaborates with Field Sales with category, shopper, and product insights for base business, new products, and in buyer reviews. Leads process changes as needed to meet customer timelines, internal development requirements, and product sell-in. Leads and coaches team through Integrated Business Planning process.

**RESPONSIBILITIES:**

* Manages channel annual budgets and financial targets to deliver growth in these strategic channels for the Consumer Products Division.

* Develops comprehensive annual and 3yr marketing plans and presents to divisional leadership; and develop and lead transformation business change initiatives.

* Monitors execution of plans and makes course correction as needed.

* Leads the Integrated Business Planning process and supports with sales planning for the Channels team.

* Inspires and leads to key cross-functional partners such as research, sales, product development, manufacturing, quality, finance, legal & Marketing Excellence partners.

* Achieves and demonstrates a deep understanding and knowledge of our key strategic customers in Alternate Channels. This knowledge should enable thought leadership and strategy setting that is fully in line with the mandatory needs and strategic direction of each customer.

* Diversifies Alt Channel portfolio through consumer insights, competitive and market analysis and deep understanding of emerging trends.

* Demonstrates operational expertise and understanding of MKC ways of working and processes to effectively drive and lead change and optimization that builds capability to win

* Champions key strategic and tactical initiatives in product quality improvements, new products and line extension development, testing, cost reduction, promotions, and in-market performance of such items.

* Recommends promotional and pricing (Price/Pack Architecture, price slope) to leadership and internal governance processes, with thinking on cross channel impact and contingency plans.

* Coaches and develops direct and dotted line reports

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

* Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Business or related discipline

* Minimum of 5 years experience of demonstrated success in building 3 Year vision grounded in consumer and shopper insights and delivering annual sales and profitability targets

* Management and development of direct reports and team

* Strong leadership, strategic thinking, communication and teamwork skills.

* Strong analytical, and project leadership experience with ability to manage multiple projects.

* Expertise in syndicated databases, market research, business & brand planning, advertising, finance, promotional activities and consumer communications.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

* MBA Strongly Preferred

* Experience working in the Club channel, e-commerce, or other channels

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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.

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

United by flavor. Driven by results.

As a McCormick employee youll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities. Youll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourselfto have a say in where the company is going and how its growing.

Between our passion for flavor, our 130-year history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.