Job Description:
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.
Job Description
McDonald's is built on the foundation of Running Great Restaurants. Join our high-performing team responsible for enabling our restaurants to operate at their best and deliver exceptional customer experiences every day. Global Operations supports markets to ensure they have operational solutions and consulting resources that solve the needs of today, while looking ahead to our future.
This position sits within the Global Operations team working out of the Chicago West Loop headquarters and reports into the Director, Global Operations Strategy and Standards. A successful candidate will support corporate functional teams, Global Operations stakeholders and global markets focused on continuous improvement and innovation efforts.
Business questions or topics supported could include kitchen operations/production optimization, operations procedures, restaurant capacity/efficiency planning, and operational impact of shifting trends in consumer behavior.
The role will work cross-functionally with teams across global operations, data science, restaurant experience and market stakeholders.
Position Purpose
- Support Global Operations team members to frame business challenges and opportunities, leveraging data and simulation to test potential solutions.
- Analyze and evaluate existing operational systems and processes to find opportunities for enhanced efficiency, increased capacity, and more consistent performance.
- Utilize existing simulation processes, procedures, and tools to support work across Restaurant Experience Team and Global Market partners.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Curious to learn the details of McDonald's current restaurant operations
- Knowledgeable in Operations, Process Design, Modeling and Simulation, Data & Analytics
- Ability to understand and analyze complex processes
- Ability to use and incorporate quantitative data as part of larger narrative
- Comfortable working with large sets of data and performance analytics
- Ability to work independently within tight timelines & competing demands
Principal Accountabilities
- Build, maintain and produce discrete event simulation models to support Global Operations, functional partners, and global markets.
- Support process design and data analytic requests for cross functional projects and global market engagements
- Utilize process mapping and principles of mathematics, science, and engineering to support operations development.
- Collaborate on opportunities to improve throughput, capacity, and customer experience and prevent waste and inefficiency
- Provide insights and tools to support Global Operations continuous improvement efforts
- Support the development of valid and reliable innovation lab tests and in-restaurant tests
- Maintain the global service/production process documentation (e.g., process flows, time and motion studies, engineered standards, etc)
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science or related field
- Minimum 2 years business experience with executing process design and simulation/testing efforts
- Expertise with Simio Simulation Software preferred
- Knowledge of continuous process improvement processes, methods, and programs, such as Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, 5S and the appropriate application of each
- Big Data Analytics skills: Querying languages (SQL, Postgres), open source data/analytics languages (Python), experience with data analytics platforms (Alteryx), ability to use data visualization tools (Tableau)
- Microsoft Office Skills
- Periodic travel to company locations in the U.S. and internationally for consulting, training or data collection (less than 20% travel commitment)
Compensation
Bonus Eligible: Yes
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Salary Range
Salary Range: $87,050.00 - $108,810.00 per year
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
Additional Information:
Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment.
Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance.
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.
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What We Do
McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 38,000 locations in over 100 countries. We feed 68 million people every day and, along with our franchisees, employ 1.9 million people worldwide.
We're a household name across the globe, and we’re in the midst of a tech revolution in our business, doubling down on tech and creating a tech ‘recipe’ that is almost as proprietary as our Big Mac sauce®. Our tech organization is made up of intrapreneurs who get to build really cool tech with scary smart people using the latest innovations like AI, IOT, edge computing.
Why Work With Us
You'll work on industrial-scale products and platforms, alongside diverse, global teams who are always hungry for a challenge. We invest more than $1 billion in tech every year and have countless projects in AI, ML Image/Voice Recognition, IoT, robotics, edge computing and more. Bonus: see your family and friends use your work across the world.
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