Supply Chain Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or STEM fields).
• 3–5 years of proven experience preferred.
• Experience in strategic sourcing, category management, supplier relationship management, supply chain, procurement, engineering, or product development.
• Hands-on experience with negotiations and contract management.
• Strong project management and execution skills.
• Ability to balance reactive problem-solving with critical thinking.
• Strong analytical skills; able to structure and solve ambiguous problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building skills; ability to lead through influence.
• Highly organized, proactive, and able to prioritize.
• Microsoft Office Suite required; advanced Excel skills are meaningful.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in QSR, restaurant industry, kitchen equipment, manufacturing, or international environments.
• McDonald's experience (operations, finance, business insights, equipment, engineering, supply chain).
• Industry Certifications (e.g. P.E., PMP, CPM, CSCP, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Developing and evolving Category Strategies and Core Suppliers to deliver a resilient and innovative supply chain that assures supply of cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable kitchen equipment.
• Supporting the Equipment Supply Chain Manager in the end-to-end category management of global core equipment, including category strategies, equipment development, equipment performance, aftersales service/support, and supplier management.
• Supporting key supply chain initiatives, negotiating pricing and contracts, selecting and qualifying suppliers, risk management, setting product specifications/validation requirements, equipment reliability, sustainability initiatives, data analysis, and communication.
• Improving the quality of products, services, and performance of the equipment categories they manage while ensuring business requirements are fulfilled and value is optimized.
• Providing support in developing and evolving the Equipment Team’s internal processes to drive efficiencies and structure to category management.
• Resolving equipment issues and support needs for various cross-functional projects that support the global or local markets.
• Translating industry trends, customer needs and opportunity analysis to design equipment specifications and execute long-term category strategy opportunities.
• Completing necessary tasks to gather key supplier data (i.e. volumes, costs, product and service performance statistics, financial information, etc.).
• Identifying supplier risks and formulating suggested mitigation strategies.
• Reviewing and approving vendor performance standards and measurements.
• Providing input into annual category management strategies.
• Facilitating critical issues on behalf of suppliers and internal/external partners.
• Project management and execution support of category strategies, from equipment ideation, to testing protocols, to commercialization and deployment.
• Independently run assigned categories and supplier relationships.
• Negotiation of pricing, service agreements, preventative maintenance programs, warranty, etc. with suppliers.
• Ensure stock availability and inventory planning for new product releases and/or special programs.
• Understanding of manufacturing and logistics processes.
• Management of McDonald’s and Supplier risk and liability, cost mitigation.
• Communication of new product releases as per above negotiations with alignment from stakeholders.
• Communicate, evaluate, measure, and implement Supplier Expectations with supplier base.
• Serve as an advocate for the Owner / Operator, Company and Supplier by leading successful resolution of field issues and minimizing recurrence through process improvement.
• Executing all necessary communications to ensure accurate and timely flow of information to internal customers, partners, and suppliers.

Benefits

• Sabbatical program
• Tuition assistance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Health and welfare benefits
• Comprehensive health insurance, which includes medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Adoption assistance program
• Educational assistance program
• Flexible ways of working
• Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)
• Bonus eligible (calculated based on individual and company performance)