McDonald's is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 34,000 local restaurants, serving nearly 60 million people in 119 countries. We continue to grow our brand by working together. We must provide gold-standard service in every customer visit, a quality menu offering balanced food choices, marketing that generates excitement about McDonald’s, and great value across our menu. When we do, we will achieve our mission of becoming America’s favorite place and way to eat and drink.
McDonald’s is a restless business – always innovating, always moving forward to do things better for our customers tomorrow than we do today. Progressive companies like ours are on a journey. The scale of our ambition means we have not yet reached our destination.
In fact, we’re just getting started. Our supply chain people have developed a bold vision for 2025 – a vision to be the world’s leading supply chain, connecting customers with food they love and trust.
To make that a reality, we need new talent to join the brilliant people that already work with us.
Our vision is ambitious, which means your role can create real impact. We empower our people to make big decisions. We give you the space to make change happen and act with agility and speed. Joining our team means being part of a fast-paced culture, working with exciting technologies and in an organization where supply chain supports the growth of one of the world’s most iconic brands.
We make a real impact in people’s lives. You’ll be part of a company that is using its scale for good, working with the best suppliers, the best people and having a positive impact on the customers we serve.
The Global. Supply Chain Director reports to the Senior Director of Strategic Supply and is accountable for ongoing category leadership which includes: supplier engagement and development, risk management, price projections/forecasts, strategic sourcing reviews, optimization and utilization of benchmarks to validate and improve processes. The role requires building and enhancing strong supplier working relationships to drive performance excellence. Key stakeholders include suppliers, McDonald's Global Markets, Owner/Operator leadership, regional leadership/staff, senior management and other McDonald's departments.
Strategic Category Management/Leadership:
· Strategic Sourcing Reviews/ Category Optimization
· Category Vision Execution
· Cost Savings
· Raw Material Consolidation
· Emerging Issues management oversight
· Growth Plan execution within category
· Risk management commodity execution
· Category sustainability planning and execution
Supplier Excellence:
· Pricing Protocol development
· Competitive Validation reporting
· Supplier McDonald’s Business Unit partnership
· Supplier Diversity support
· Contingency supply planning
· Product council leadership
Category Cost Savings Process Management:
· Business reviews
· Supplier Financial Health
· Supplier Sustainability support
Alignment with other departments including Global Markets, Treasury, Menu Innovation, Marketing and Business Insights.
Minimum Requirements
• College degree required
• Leadership experience in supply chain required.
• Experience in the agricultural sector or meat industry preferred.
• Experience in advanced commodity risk management preferred.
• Experienced with a restaurant organization is a plus.
• Seasoned communicator with an understanding and track record for orchestration of information.
• Ability to demonstrate how your strategic thinking ability has had impacts on your company or the industries in which you work.
• Track record of driving positive change in an organization
• Ability to create a business plan to initiate, resource and complete/large-scale projects and initiatives
• Able to persuade and motivate a team including direct reports, peers, suppliers and management
• Demonstrated accountability in work area - highly self-accountable
• Cognizant of McDonald's core values and is able to represent them regularly
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