Global Sustainability Director, Operations & Value Chain Resilience

Trellis Group is hiring a Global Sustainability Director, Operations & Value Chain Resilience in a hybrid capacity at their headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The role involves leading strategies for operational resilience and sustainable value chains, focusing on human rights and social risks. Responsibilities include defining enterprise strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals, and driving cross-functional initiatives in collaboration with various teams.
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 Global Sustainability Director, Operations & Value Chain Resilience 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 compensationCareer growth opportunitiesFlexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and ChoicesPosition Overview McCormick is seeking a Director of Operations & Value Chain Resilience to lead the enterprise strategy to strengthen the resilience of McCormick’s operations and value chain systems, ensuring risk mitigation and sustainable performance.The role is responsible for defining and advancing an integrated approach to enterprise resilience including sustainable and resilient value chain systems, lead integration and coordination of human rights due diligence (HRDD) across operations and value chain, supply base resilience.The role connects environmental and social dimensions of resilience, ensuring a consistent, enterprise-wide approach to risk identification, mitigation, and long-term value creation.The Director will drive and coordinate cross-functional alignment and delivery, partnering closely with Operations, Procurement, R&D, and Commercial teams, while execution of initiatives remains within those functions.The position reports to the Chief Sustainability Officer and partners closely with HR, Supply Chain Operations and Procurement (Sustainable Sourcing), R&D, and other enterprise functions.ResponsibilitiesDefine enterprise strategy for operations and value chain resilience and lead a cohesive enterprise resilience frameworkOwn and continuously evolve McCormick’s enterprise resilience strategy and cohesive framework with alignment across operations and the value chain. Own strategic approach to enterprise resilience, with a focus on human rights, social risk, and supply chain resilience.Ensure alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and external stakeholder expectations.Identify and enable value creation opportunities, including supply security, cost resilience, risk mitigation, and customer-driven growth linked to resilience initiatives.Lead enterprise resilience, social risk integration, and cross-functional delivery (including HRDD).Drive and coordinate clear enterprise roadmaps and priorities in partnership with execution teams in HR, Operations, Procurement. Ensure consistent identification, assessment, and mitigation of social risks in operations (own employees) and value chains (farmers), including labor, human rights, and livelihood risks, aligned with HRDD standards.Establish governance mechanisms to track delivery and ensure accountability.Partner with Director, Climate Strategy & Transition to align environmental and social risk mitigation, including physical climate impacts on operations, own workforce, supply, and farming communities.Establish and/or recommend company positions, policies, and standard operating practices, for material social sustainability matters or for emerging regulatory requirements.Create a glidepath for enabling company compliance with current and emerging regulatory requirements company-wide for material social topics, such as Human Rights Due Diligence requirements. Partner to ensure accurate reporting of associated metrics in alignment with external frameworks.Build external relationships and represent the company in prioritized external events and partnerships.Identify opportunities to showcase thought leadership and represent the company in prioritized external events and conferences.Develop partnerships with NGOs and industry groups to advance scalable solutions.Stay ahead of emerging trends and standards.Build enterprise…