Supervisor, Vendor Relationship Manager

3 weeks ago

Chicago, United States McDonald's Corporation Full time

**Company Description**
McDonald's evolving Accelerating the Arches growth strategy puts our customers and people first and demonstrates our competitive advantages to strengthen our brand. We are recognized on lists like Fortune’s Most Admired Companies and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.

**Doubling Down on the 4Ds (Delivery, Digital, Drive Thru, and Development)**

Our growth pillars emphasize the critical role technology plays as the best-in-class, global omni-channel restaurant brand. Technology enables the organization through digital technologies, and improving the customer, crew and employee experience each and every day

**Global Technology forging the way**

Leading the digitization of our business is the Technology organization made up of innovation specialists who build industry defining tech using the latest innovations and platforms, like AI and edge computing to deliver on the next set of groundbreaking opportunities for the business. We take on technology innovation challenges at an incredible scale, and work across global teams who are always hungry for a challenge This provides access to compelling career paths for technologists. It’s bonus points when you get to see your family and friends use the tech you build at their favorite McD restaurant.

The Vendor Relationship Manager, Vendor Management Office (VMO) is responsible for relationship management with assigned McDonald's portfolio of providers. Leads the portfolio management for Global Technology assigned providers and supervises the efficiency of the VMO within Global Technology.

Working closely with McDonald’s teams to cultivate existing and establish new provider relationships to assist delivering Technology and other initiatives. Responsible for the full supplier lifecycle from identifying, negotiating, on-boarding to handling provider’s performance via a structured governance process. Collaboration with other members of the VMO, Global Technology, Delivery teams, Global Sourcing, Senior Management and Providers.

**Responsibilities**:

- Supervisor level position responsible for Enterprise Services, Risk Management, Security providers relationships, Back Office Applications, and Software as well as some non-technology providers.
- Accountable for the McDonald’s Global Technology services portfolio, ensuring consistent fields are established to supervise all service providers (segmentation of providers: Strategic, Major, Specialized, Commodity)
- Facilitates the engagement of key executives in the governance processes for Service Providers, including the facilitation of key decisions related to agreements
- Executes on the VMO strategy on behalf of McDonald’s
- Executes the portfolio risk management program for providers to comply
- Provide clarity on and interpretations of contractual obligations to McDonald’s personnel, including contract education and awareness
- Facilitate timely problem resolution of contractual issues to minimize impact of service disruptions to McDonald’s Global Technology and business partners
- Monitoring performance of contracts against performance indicators to ensure all obligations under agreements are being met
- Ensuring McDonald’s stakeholders understand our contractual obligations and monitors our compliance to them

**Accountable for**:

- Execute contractual changes with key partners
- Execute changes and/or additions to contract documents (such as SOWs)
- Leads the development of the portfolio scorecard / provider view of performance (Executive, Functional, Operational reporting)
- Overall Governance for Providers including Business Reviews, Contract Renewals, Stakeholder Management & liaison between internal functions and Provider.
- Builds McDonald's contractual obligations and supervises compliance to the obligations under the outsourcing agreements
- Handles the contract benchmarking and renewal process, with appropriate engagement from partners
- Validates invoices against contract cost and clauses to ascertain whether the set achievements have reached
- Alignment of processes with Global Workforce Solutions
- Coordinate and direct relevant VMO projects as assigned

**Qualifications**
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Technology related Provider Management with large scale providers and negotiation with provider on service and hardware
- Experience with presenting to stakeholders and management
- Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills; team-oriented, collaborative leadership skills and ability to lead colleagues informally
- Strong prioritization skills
- Adaptable and flexible whilst working in a busy global virtual team
- Bachelors Degree IT or related discipline
- Software Licensing experience, especially with Microsoft and Oracle, is preferred

**Additional Information**

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

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