Senior Manager, Investment Optimization & Standards (Restaurants)

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

This role focuses on optimizing capital investments in restaurant development in collaboration with different markets, while supporting the achievement of opening/reinvestment plans aligned with brand standards. The role requires collaboration with various teams, including the Global Restaurant Development & Design Team and the broader Restaurant Experience Team. Responsibilities include leading initiatives to drive value and optimization of capital investment, supporting prototyping, providing globally applicable tools, pursuing standardization, partnering with sourcing services, and providing guidance and training to market resources. The ideal candidate should have experience in managing development projects, a good understanding of McDonald's business, and possess strong project management and leadership skills.
Must have:
  • Lead initiatives to optimize capital investment
  • Support prototyping of restaurant solutions
  • Provide globally applicable tools
  • Drive standardization and scaling solutions
  • Manage development projects

Job Details

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.

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to pursue initiatives in collaboration with markets in the optimization of capital investments in restaurant development activities, while supporting their achievement of opening/ reinvestment plans in line with agreed brand standards.

The successful performance of this role will be critical to the function achieving its goals in the coming years.  Close collaboration with market and as relevant BU teams, the role will require the incumbent to be engaged with other members of the Global Restaurant Development & Design Team and in dialogue/exchange with members in the broader Restaurant Experience Team & company organization.

The position reports to the Senior Director Global Development, Investment Optimization & Standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead/pursue initiatives in collaboration with markets to drive value & optimization of capital investment in restaurant development/construction solutions
  • Partner with relevant markets, segment, 3rd party and other relevant functions to support prototyping & application of optimized investment restaurants solutions
  • Provision and maintenance of globally applicable tools (eg building right sizing calculator) to inform strategy & activities
  • Pursuit/lead of standardization and scaling solutions of greatest benefit and in accordance to market conditions
  • Partner with Global Strategic Sourcing Services and Segment to unlock sourcing opportunities of standardized solutions
  • Providing guidance/consultancy, benchmark, best practices and training of market resources and functions
  • When relevant provide input/insights/support as relevant to key stakeholders from across the organization, working on multi-disciplinary projects

Attributes

  • A natural collaborator who works easily, effectively and inclusively with multi-disciplinary teams and cultures
  • Strong Project Management and Leadership skills to deliver complex projects that require confidence to engage across all levels of the business and influence without authority
  • Execution with ability to consistently set frameworks to deliver work and hit deadlines at high quality
  • Understanding and considering other function challenges when making restaurant decisions to maximize efficiency   
  • A self-starter with a strong work ethic who shows passion, energy and enthusiasm for the journey ahead at McDonald’s
  • Possesses a global mentality in terms of identifying challenges, collaboration methods and the development of relevant solutions
  • First-hand experience in managing development projects
  • Good understanding of McDonald's business and other functions

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s  degree in a restaurant development discipline, construction, architecture, engineering, quantity surveyor or related field
  • Significant and proven experience in development, with broad management knowledge across several functional areas of a multi-site international operator; development (construction, engineering, real estate)
  • Proven experience in development cost analysis to identify profitability of different development/construction or process solutions to drive value & optimization of capital investment

Additional Information

At McDonald’s we are People from all Walks of Life... 

People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonald’s experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind.  These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald’s or elsewhere.”

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