SAP Functional Analyst - OTC/TPM

Position Overview:

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With over 14,000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.

This position acts as the primary liaison to business workstream leaders and uses in-depth knowledge of our applications and tools to facilitate the optimization of business unit performance by enhancing the alignment between business process and information technology. The IT Business Relationship Analyst II is responsible for solution identification and design, translating business needs and objectives into solutions and technology roadmaps and solution delivery for assigned area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Relationship Management Primary liaison to business workstream leader to define solution, address business objectives, enable efficiencies. Influence business LTP with technology acumen.

• Works with respective Business Relationship Director to develop IT LTP in area of expertise. Working closely with business leads, internal and external customers, vendors and peer companies, research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies to support McCormicks strategic initiatives.

• Seeking constant improvement opportunities and appropriately challenges processes, streamline and optimize business and/or IT processes whilst maximizing effectiveness.

• May serve as project functional leader, team member or IT Project Manager on multiple applications, technology projects and strategic planning initiatives.

• For projects, formulate systems scope, estimates, and objectives relative to business needs and project requirements, considering application of industry best practices and new technologies.

• Participates in project design reviews for large (Tier 1 and 2) projects.

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BSc - Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related discipline, May consider 10+ years of related experience in lieu of degree in Business or related area.

• Certification and/or Licenses: SAP, PMP, or ITIL.

• 3 years strong IT project related experience (full life cycle experience preferred).

• Understands project budgeting process including tracking cost of actions and decisions.

• In-depth knowledge/understanding of more than one business area through project participation/experience.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Ability to build relationships, interface effectively with all levels of the organization.

• Ability to influence across functional teams and manage relationships across multiple cultures.

• Excellent organizational and verbal communication skills; outstanding problem-solving skills and sound judgment.

• Demonstrated written communication skills, specifically, documentation of system design, configuration, and process specifications.

Other Skills and HPO Competencies:

Expertise in delivery, project management, process management and business systems requirements definition. Knowledgeable of non-SAP tools used at McCormick.

Preferred Experience:

3 years solid knowledge of at least one business area and knowledgeable of other areas preferred.

Dimension:

Participates in projects, typically $1-10MM, with team size that can exceed 50 people.

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.