Supervisor, Supply Chain Center of Excellence

Company

Description:

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.

This position will reside within McDonald’s Global Supply Chain under the Supply Chain Center of Excellence organization. To further advance our strategic capabilities and efficiency, GSC has launched a Center of Excellence (COE) Sourcing team. The COE supervisor will provide support for all Global Supply Chain functions through skill development, reporting, and standardization. This role promotes collaboration within Supply Chain and enables the category teams to focus on strategy and supplier relationships.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of tools, processes, and standards that improve efficiencies, driving towards standardization, while still assuring that solutions meet stakeholder needs.
• Proactively identifies Supply Chain processes that could gain synergies from centralization.
• Help determine skill development opportunities for Global Supply Chain and facilitate sessions and/or create resources to address opportunities.
• Assist in planning and monitoring project pipeline, status reporting, and prioritization.
• Facilitates execution of centralized reporting tools and processes.
• Proactively seek out best practices, market insights, and other Supply Chain functional knowledge for the team.
• Drive visibility of the team and adoption of processes within Global Supply Chain through various communication channels.
• Build and maintain surveys, McDonald’s intranet site pages, and other applications for GSSS team members, providing best practice recommendations.

• Possesses working knowledge of supply chain tools and best practices while also having the capacity to learn more from internal and external sources.
• Willingness to learn new tools and applications and understanding of how they can be applied within the business.
• Builds positive working relationships across multiple levels and business groups.
• Drive and patience to partner with stakeholders through change management.
• Customer focused mentality, listens to and understands the needs of stakeholders.
• Achieves objectives through influence and narrative building.
• Thinks critically and structure analyses to solve ambiguous problems.
• Proactively communicates relevant information to keep key parties informed of progress and potential roadblocks.
• Effectively communicates through written and oral methods. Can simplify complex concepts.
• Focuses attention on what matters most, reprioritizing frequently to support dynamic business needs.

Ability to work in a matrix organization.

• Diverse supply chain background. Experience with multiple categories, multiple industries, direct, indirect, products, and services.
• Familiarity with applicable tools/applications is a plus:
  Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, and MS Office.

• Bachelors’ Degree required

3+ years’ experience in strategic sourcing or commensurate experience in related functions.

The expected salary range for this role is $78,281.00 - $97,852.00 per year. The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition.…