DEPARTMENT MANAGER WAREHOUSE

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  Department Manager- Warehouse immediately at our Maryland Logistics Center in Sparrows Point, MD. 

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

Position Overview

The Warehouse Department Manager, Zone 3 is responsible for leading a complex, multi-shift warehouse operation supporting Industrial Flavor Solutions customers, internal manufacturing facilities, and finished goods handling. This role oversees the storage, movement, labeling, re-labeling, unloading, and transport of raw materials and finished goods across a high-volume operational zone.

This position provides leadership for approximately 60 non-exempt employees, two exempt employees, and contracted agency partners supporting container unloading, product labeling and re-labeling, and material transport across warehouse zones. The Warehouse Department Manager is accountable for ensuring safe, compliant, efficient, and reliable warehouse operations across three shifts and weekend activity.

The role requires strong operational leadership, people management, cross-functional partnership, and the ability to manage specialty storage environments, including organic, hazardous materials, refrigerated storage, and temperature-controlled areas.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Lead daily warehouse operations for Zone 3 across three shifts and weekends, ensuring effective execution of operational priorities.
• Oversee the receipt, storage, handling, movement, and shipment of raw materials and finished goods.
• Support Industrial Flavor Solutions customers and internal manufacturing operations by ensuring timely and accurate supply of raw materials to production facilities.
• Manage container unloading operations for PCC’s and Simply Asia finished goods.
• Ensure operational readiness and staffing coverage across shifts, including off-shift and weekend operations as required.
• Monitor daily performance, resolve operational issues, and drive improvements in safety, quality, service, cost, and productivity.

People Leadership

• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development for approximately 60 non-exempt employees and two exempt employees.
• Build and sustain a high-performing, engaged, accountable, and inclusive team environment.
• Set clear expectations, monitor performance, provide feedback, and address performance issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Partner with Human Relations, Continuous Improvement, Maintenance and Facilities, Safety, Quality, and other functional leaders to support employee engagement, workforce planning, attendance, training, and performance management.
• Promote strong communication across all shifts to ensure consistent execution of standards, priorities, and expectations.

Contractor and Agency Management

• Lead and coordinate contracted agency resources supporting container unloading, product labeling and re-labeling, and material transport.
• Ensure contracted partners follow site safety, quality, GMP, food safety, security, and operational requirements.
• Monitor contractor performance and partner with appropriate stakeholders to address service, compliance, staffing, or productivity concerns.
• Safety, Quality, and Compliance
• Champion a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with all applicable safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure proper handling, storage, and movement of materials in specialty storage areas, including:
  • Organic storage areas
  • Hazardous materials storage
  • Refrigerated storage
  • Temperature-controlled storage areas
• Maintain compliance with food safety, quality, GMP, sanitation, allergen control, organic handling, hazardous material, and temperature-control requirements.
• Lead or support audits, inspections, investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure employees and contractors are properly trained and qualified for assigned work.

Inventory, Materials, and Service Execution

• Ensure accurate material movement, storage, labeling, and inventory control practices.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Customer Service, Transportation, and other stakeholders to meet business and customer needs.
• Support reliable supply of raw materials to manufacturing facilities while minimizing delays, errors, damage, and service disruptions.
• Drive disciplined execution of warehouse processes, standard work, and system transactions.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve warehouse flow, labor utilization, equipment usage, service reliability, and cost performance.
• Use operational metrics and root cause analysis to address recurring issues and improve performance.
• Support site initiatives related to productivity, process standardization, employee capability, and operational excellence.
• Lead change effectively in a complex, fast-paced, multi-shift environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Logistics, Engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Prior leadership experience in warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or supply chain operations.
• Experience leading large teams in a multi-shift operational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead both exempt and non-exempt employees.
• Experience managing safety, quality, productivity, and service performance in an operational setting.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and influence across departments.
• Ability to support flexible work hours as needed, including off-shift and weekend operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in food, flavor, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, chemical, or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience with specialty storage requirements, such as organic, hazardous materials, refrigerated, or temperature-controlled storage.
• Knowledge of GMP, food safety, sanitation, allergen control, and quality systems.
• Experience managing contractor or temporary labor agency resources.
• Experience with warehouse management systems, ERP systems, inventory control processes, and operational performance metrics.
• Continuous improvement experience, such as Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or similar methodologies.

Key Competencies

• Create an inclusive environment: Builds a respectful and inclusive workplace where employees across all shifts feel valued and supported.
• Collaborate to deliver: Partners effectively with internal teams, contractors, and cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business results.
• Drive accountability: Sets clear expectations and holds self and others accountable for safety, quality, service, and performance.
• Demonstrate agility: Adapts to changing operational needs, staffing challenges, customer priorities, and off-shift requirements.
• Improve and innovate: Identifies opportunities to improve processes, reduce waste, and strengthen warehouse performance.
• Enable others to succeed: Coaches, develops, and empowers leaders and team members to perform at their best.
• Drive strategy into action: Translates business priorities into clear operational plans and daily execution.

Working Conditions

• Primarily based in a warehouse and operations environment.
• Regular presence required on the warehouse floor.
• Must be able to support operations across three shifts and weekends as business needs require.
• Exposure to warehouse equipment, material handling activity, refrigerated areas, temperature-controlled environments, hazardous material storage areas, and other specialty storage conditions.
• Must follow all required safety, food safety, quality, GMP, and site procedures.

Recruiting Summary

The Warehouse Department Manager, Zone 3 is a key operational leadership role responsible for managing a large, complex warehouse zone that supports Industrial Flavor Solutions customers, internal manufacturing facilities, and finished goods container unloading. This leader will oversee employees, exempt leaders, and contracted agency partners across three shifts and weekend operations while ensuring safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient warehouse performance.

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

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.

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Base Salary: $103,520 - $181,150

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 McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan. In 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