Director Human Relations (Hybrid)

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire an DIRECTOR HUMAN RELATIONS immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland. 

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d 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

• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

Position Overview

Provides Human Relations leadership on all facets of Human Relations strategy and deployment. Acts as a strategic business partner to internal customers and their respective leadership teams in developingand implementing programs and initiatives that support and enable the organization’s short and longrange goals and objectives. Responsible for strategic HR plans and business plans, employee and laborrelations; recruitment and talent management; leadership, coaching and development, support oforganizational vision and values; performance management; regulatory prevention; compensationsystems administration and communication; organization planning/development/change management;and People Support program/project identification, development and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction for assigned global functions within the business unit. Inconjunction with company-wide initiatives, develops programs and systems that enhanceorganizational capabilities and accelerate the ability to achieve business results.


• Responsible for all facets of HR functional / global strategy implementation: talent andperformance management, compensation management, recruiting and staffing,communication. employee and labor relations


• Partners with leadership teams to establish, and implement, functional/ global strategy anddirection particularly with respect to development of organizational capability.


• Provides leadership to management teams in order to identify functional / global andorganizational opportunities relating to human resource policies, procedures and/or programs


• Responsible for development of direct reports

Required Qualifications

• BSc in Human Relations or Business equivalent


• 10-15 years of progressive plant and business unit HR experience minimum of 5 years in anHR leadership role.


• Networking capabilities, influencing others, clear and concise communicator, must buildrelationships and value people.


• Customers are internal - interacts daily Interacts outside of business unit within function andin role the as committee member on a regular basis

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA


• Industry expertise preferred but not required

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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.