Manager, Strategic Sourcing Services

McDonald's Corporation•Chicago, IL

23h

About The Position

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world. At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements. The Center of Excellence (COE) is a centralized group of supply chain experts who provide the essential resources and services that support our Global Supply Chain Goals. Together, the team provides strategic thought leadership and builds, improves, and implements processes and tools that make our Global Supply Chain more effective and efficient. The Center of Excellence’s purpose is to help enable our GSC Vision: “To be the world’s leading supply chain, connecting customers with the food they love and trust”. We do this by enhancing the unique “ingredients” of Global Supply Chain (GSC) and empowering supply chain business decisions through our special SAUCE: Strategy and Risk Management: We lead our GSC Strategy and Risk Management processes, including owning the area of Supplier Human Rights. Analysis: We lead key Supply Chain Reporting activities and provide insights, intel and benchmarking capabilities across GSC. Upskilling: We lead GSC Training Programs, manage the Learning Resource Center and our Development Experience Portal (DEP). Collaboration: We facilitate collaboration across GSC and other Functions to find solutions to important problems and uphold our cultural norms. Excellence: We build and leverage tools, templates, and technologies to provide strategic thought leadership and best practices. The COE has two teams – Sourcing Excellence and Functional Excellence - each performing complementary roles in support of GSC. This role will sit within the Sourcing Excellence team and report to the Sourcing Excellence Director. The Functional Excellence team is responsible for managing GSC Risk Management, key GSC processes such as Food & Paper reporting, Savings and Spend, and functional COE responsibilities such as GSC training. The Sourcing Excellence team’s key stakeholders are our global and market strategic sourcing teams across both Food and Services categories. Our vision is to be a trusted catalyst of innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership for our sourcing teams - aided by a strategic, agile, and data-driven ecosystem. The Sourcing Excellence team provides process expertise and discipline, acts as a conduit for best practice sharing and enables an agile supply chain. Examples of each area can be summarized as follows: Cross-Category Best Practices: Act as an extension to our Sourcing Teams to identify best practices across key workstreams common to multiple categories. Current examples include our Supplier Engagement Strategy, Pricing Protocols, and expansion of Commodity hedging programs. Strategic Sourcing Review Process: Leveraging best practices across the 7 Step Sourcing Framework. Managing 3rd Party Sourcing Project Support for key sourcing activities, including SSR/RFx, Network Optimizations and Category Research. Supply Chain Insights & Reporting: Commodity and Economic Insights & Reporting. Commodity benchmarking.

Requirements

Ability to prioritize most impactful work across multiple disciplines, both as an individual and on behalf of the team (Strategic Mindset and Prioritization)
Influence and manage a broad range of stakeholders; strong interpersonal skills to drive change without direct authority (Stakeholder Management and Influence)
Demonstrate exceptional ability to communicate with clarity, purpose, and empathy across all levels of the organization, and create a shared sense of ownership across the team (Communication)
Ability to proactively identify creative solutions and flexibility to manage evolving priorities (Proactivity, Creativity and Agility)
People management experience elevating individuals by way of visibility and capability (People Leadership)
Experience in managing multiple complex projects simultaneously and optimizing performance (Operational Acumen)
Data-driven decision-making and problem-solving (Analytical Thinking)
5+ years in supply chain, sourcing, or risk management (Industry Experience)

Nice To Haves

Prior category and strategic sourcing management experience
Experience with various food or service categories
McDonald’s Global Supply Chain and market supply chains knowledge

Responsibilities

Provide process expertise and discipline
Act as a conduit for best practice sharing
Enable an agile supply chain
Identify best practices across key workstreams common to multiple categories
Leverage best practices across the 7 Step Sourcing Framework
Manage 3rd Party Sourcing Project Support for key sourcing activities, including SSR/RFx, Network Optimizations and Category Research
Provide Commodity and Economic Insights & Reporting
Conduct Commodity benchmarking

Benefits

Sabbatical program
Tuition assistance
Flexible work arrangements
Health and welfare benefits
Comprehensive health insurance (medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage)
Life insurance
401(k) plan
Adoption assistance program
Educational assistance program
Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)
Bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance
Stock or other equity grants pursuant to McDonald’s long-term incentive plan