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10 McCormick operations leaders
These ten current and former McCormick operations leaders have held director-level or more senior plant, site and regional operations roles at McCormick & Company in the Americas, EMEA, Africa and Asia Pacific. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at McCormick from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anoop Rai
LinkedInExperience: Director- Sonipat Site Operations & APZ Engineering · McCormick & Company
Director- Sonipat Site Operations & APZ Engineering at McCormick & Company since October 2023, in Sonipat, Haryana, India. Anoop Rai was also Director-APZ Engineering & SHE (2022–2023) and Regional Engineering Manager-Asia Pacific Zone (2020–2022) at McCormick, and Productivity Program Manager-Asia at Reckitt (2020).
Daniel Madigan
LinkedInExperience: Director - Plant Manager - Maryland Manufacturing Center · McCormick & Company
Director - Plant Manager - Maryland Manufacturing Center at McCormick & Company since July 2025, and Senior Director - Supply Chain Transformation there since September 2026. Daniel Madigan was also Director - Site Manager - Maryland Logistics Center (2023–2025), Senior Manager - Distribution Strategy (2019–2023) and Continuous Improvement Manager (2018–2019) at McCormick.
George Stoffels
LinkedInExperience: Former Plant Director - UK & RSA · McCormick & Company
Former Plant Director - UK & RSA at McCormick & Company (2017–2020), and Supply chain & Operations Director RSA there since June 2020, in Gauteng, South Africa. George Stoffels was also Supply Chain & Ops Executive (2015–2017) and Operations Executive (2014–2015) at McCormick, and Manufacturing Executive at Tiger Brands (2008–2014).
Jerry Nelemans
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - America's Consumer Operations · McCormick & Company
Vice President - America's Consumer Operations at McCormick & Company since February 2024, a role the profile places in the Operations department. Other McCormick roles include Sr Director of Operations (2021–2024), Plant Manager (2015–2021) and Operations Manager (2010–2015), and the profile also lists Production Coordinator at The Campbell's Company (1990–2009).
John Burdett
LinkedInExperience: Operations and Supply Chain Director - Consumer EMEA · McCormick & Company
Operations and Supply Chain Director - Consumer EMEA at McCormick & Company since February 2023, a role the profile places in the Operations department at director level. The profile also lists Global Operations Director at Tata Consumer Products (2020–2022) and at Tata Global Beverages (2017–2020), and VP Global Operations Planning at Tata Global Beverages (2009–2017).
Lennox Superville
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Operations Director - Seasonings · McCormick & Company
Former Senior Operations Director - Seasonings at McCormick & Company (2022–2023), and VP, Global Supply Chain Excellence there since August 2024. Lennox Superville was also Senior Director Global Supply Chain Excellence (2023–2024), Plant Manager (2020–2022) and Operations Manager (2020) at McCormick.
Rogelio Guerra Paniagua
LinkedInExperience: Operations director · McCormick & Company
Operations director at McCormick & Company since July 2025, in Mexico City, a role the profile places in the Operations department at director level. The profile also lists Plant Manager (2019–2025), Production Leader (2018–2019) and Quality Chief (2016–2018) at ITW, and Chemical Analyst at Colgate-Palmolive (2011–2016).
Scott Simmons
LinkedInExperience: Former Enterprise Resource Planing, VP Operations · McCormick & Company
Former Enterprise Resource Planing, VP Operations at McCormick & Company (2022–2023), in Hunt Valley, Maryland, where the profile describes work on the supply chain elements of a global ERP reset. Scott Simmons was also VP Global Supply Chain Projects (2018–2022) and Vice President NA Supply Chain (2014–2018) at McCormick.
Simon Leonard
LinkedInExperience: Supply Chain & Operations Director - APZ · McCormick & Company
Supply Chain & Operations Director - APZ at McCormick & Company since October 2023, in Australia, a role the profile places in the Operations department at director level. Simon Leonard was also Supply Chain Director - Australia (2017–2019 and 2021–2023) and Supply Chain Director - Australia/SEA (2019–2021) at McCormick, and Regional General Manager - Northern at Orora Fibre Packaging (2014–2017).
Talia Oozeer
LinkedInExperience: Plant Director · McCormick & Company
Plant Director at McCormick & Company since November 2023, in England, and EMEA Continuous Improvement Director there since April 2022, both placed by the profile in the Operations department. Talia Oozeer was also EMEA Supply Chain Excellence Director at McCormick (2021–2022) and Head of Global Planning and S&OP at Roquette (2016–2021).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you run a seasonings or spice plant to hit safety, quality and cost targets at the same time?
- 02What changes when one operations leader becomes responsible for plants in several countries?
- 03How do you build a continuous improvement program across food manufacturing sites in one region?
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