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Technology Strategic Sourcing Manager

2 months ago

Chicago, United States McDonald's Full time

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 Charities 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.

We are enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work model, in which employees spend part of their week connecting with co-workers in our state-of-the-art headquarters. Located in the booming West Loop of downtown Chicago, it's set up to be a global hub that cultivates collaboration:

  • Take a class at Hamburger University
  • Sample future items in our Test Kitchen
  • Utilize the latest technology to connect with your team around the globe

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone.

Job Description

This position will reside within Global Strategic Sourcing Services (GSSS) group within the McDonald’s Global Supply Chain organization. GSSS is a dynamic team that contributes directly to the bottom-line performance of the company, consulting with leaders throughout the organization to support initiatives that are driving McDonald’s into the future. The leader in this role will be responsible for strategy development and execution, initiating and cultivating stakeholder relationships and establishing and prioritizing activities to achieve objectives. The Technology Strategic Sourcing Manager reports to the Director, IT Global Strategic Sourcing Services and will work closely with other team members, critical cross functional departments, and team members at McDonald’s HQ and in markets throughout the world.

Responsibilities:

  • Leverage curiosity and resources to establish new stakeholder relationships, understand needs and establish strategies to problem solve
  • Develop category strategies and execution plans, through team member collaboration
  • Reconcile business objectives and priorities with category objectives and priorities
  • Advise approach for the selection of a particular good or service, based on a variety of factors including cost/benefit, category & business portfolio strategies & business objectives
  • Advise partners on and/or negotiate commercial and operational terms
  • Develop negotiation plan to ensure terms are achieved with the supplier selected
  • Advise team members on comprehensive and legally binding agreement for the goods and services
  • Regularly refresh applicable risk evaluations
  • Own and approve savings reported figures with support from Center of Excellence support function
  • Develops and furthers strategic and operational relationships at Officer Level and below to advance cross functional business priority alignment, GSSS vision and overall value offering
  • Communicate results to stakeholder partners
  • Develop and monitor the pipeline of open initiatives across business areas (planned and unplanned) to forecast and manage sourcing operations resources and benefits



Qualifications


  • 4-year accredited degree required, Bachelors’ Degree in Business, Supply Chain, or STEM fields preferred, MBA a plus.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in strategic sourcing or commensurate experience in related functions

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Customer first mentality with a passion to lead growth and continuous improvement
  • Ability to solve ambiguous problems, passion for driving plans independently and willingness to shift approach based on stakeholder needs and flex to support the team.
  • Ability to develop important partner relationships and influence both internally and externally to provide McDonald’s with the highest value goods and services
  • Uses internal and external network/sources to leverage best practices and tackle problems
  • Proven understanding of sourcing standard processes, including supplier negotiations, selection, evaluation, management, and development
  • Strong analytical competence with ability to synthesize complex information and articulate in a concise manner, translating into business recommendations, with a high level of completeness and accuracy
  • Proficient communication skills: ability to create, adjust and present both written and verbal communications to varying audiences in a confident, clear and concise manner
  • Ability to focus attention on what matters most, re-prioritizing often to support dynamic business needs
  • Models McDonald’s values (Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, Family) in ways of working

Additional Information

McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.