McCormick & Company
Website:
mccormickcorporation.com
Job details:
You may know McCormick as a global leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments — but we are also home to a team of packaging professionals dedicated to delivering consumer-preferred, sustainable, and commercially optimized packaging solutions.
The Packaging Data Analyst plays a critical role within the North America Packaging R&D team, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and lifecycle governance of packaging specifications that enable successful product commercialization.
This role combines systems expertise, data governance, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure packaging master data is accurate, compliant, and operationally ready across SAP platforms. This directly enables speed-to-market, compliance assurance, and operational excellence across our North American portfolio.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Packaging Data Governance & SAP Lifecycle Management
- Own and manage SAP packaging specification lifecycle processes, including creation, modification, approval, release, and obsoletion.
- Ensure proper template selection, standardized nomenclature, completeness, vendor documentation, and regulatory compliance.
- Administer STEP / MDG workflow tasks for assignment of new VERPs / ZPAKs within SAP specifications.
- Maintain high data quality standards through validation, audits, and continuous process improvement.
Commercialization & Cross-Functional Support
- Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external packaging specification data requests
- Support commercialization timelines by ensuring timely and accurate packaging master data availability.
- Partner with vendors to ensure specification sign-off and documentation completeness.
Capital & Tooling Data Administration
- Initiate and administer Capital Authorization Approvals (CAAPs) related to packaging tooling.
- Track spend and payments for associated projects, providing updates to engineering and finance stakeholders
Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Develop and refine work instructions and standard operating procedures.
- Identify opportunities to streamline specification workflows and improve data accuracy.
- Support onboarding and training of new team members on packaging data processes and systems.
Candidate Profil
eEducation & Experienc
- eBachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, Supply Chain, Data Management, or related field preferred
- .3–6 years of experience in food or CPG packaging specifications, packaging materials, or master data management
- .Experience working in ERP environments (SAP strongly preferred; S/4HANA exposure a plus)
- .Experience with Master Data Governance (MDG), STEP workflows, or structured specification systems
.Technical Skill
- sStrong understanding of packaging materials, formats, and tooling
- .Knowledge of specification lifecycle processes and change control management
- .Advanced Excel skills (data validation, pivot tables, reporting)
- .Basic statistical and analytical capabilities to support data integrity and reporting
- .Familiarity with capital project tracking and documentation management
.Professional Competencie
- sExceptional attention to detail with strong analytical problem-solving ability
- .Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced R&D environment
- .Systems-oriented thinker with a process discipline mindset
- .Strong written and verbal communication skills (English)
- .Proven ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders
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At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical val
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