Manager, Strategy & Planning

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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. As the global leader in the food service industry, our legacy of innovation and hard work continues to drive us.

From drive-thru updates to delivery to mobile order and pay, we are innovating quickly and growing. 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 a positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community, and family. From the 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 the planet.

We also offer outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance, and flexible work arrangements.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. We are interested in people who enhance our company culture:
Does this role interest you? We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement!

The Strategy & Planning team guides and supports growth-oriented priorities. This includes defining the 3-year and 1-year strategies for the US business, identifying sources of future growth along with risks, and providing business analysis.

In the US Strategy Manager role, you could contribute to these priorities through the following ways:

• Collaborate with global Strategy team, SLT, and growth driver leads to facilitate strategic planning process

• Lead and shape US strategic priorities through collaboration and elevation of strategic discussions throughout the system

• Lead strategic deep dives initiated by the US Senior Leadership Team

• Develop executive-level communications regarding the outlook of the industry, competitive intelligence, and US business

• Partner with Business Performance teams to align on narratives, financial impact of strategy and effect of changing business conditions

• Work with Prioritization team to ensure initiatives are resourced to support the strategy

• 2-4 years of experience in strategy, insights, management consulting, or marketing

• Proven communication skills with experience effectively developing narratives and communicating to various levels of leadership

• Experience leading and influencing large cross-functional teams and operating in a team-based environment

• Strong project management skills- self-motivated with the ability to establish and meet deadlines while prioritizing workload

• Strategic, enterprise mindset:
  Able to use an organized approach to think across multiple functions and utilize business knowledge, inputs from various stakeholders, data, and logic to develop recommendations

• Strong quantitative, analysis and problem-solving skills:
  Can solve complex problems using data analysis, financial models, business trend analysis, and evaluation of initiatives

• Excellent communicator:
  Ability to develop and deliver clear narratives about complex topics that can be catered to different audiences

• Collaborative and Influential:
  Open to others’ point of view and able to engage with others, within teams, across functions, and across levels to drive results

• Intellectually curious:
  Interested in digging into questions and problems affecting the business to identify insights that will drive growth

• Comfortable with ambiguity:
  Able to take large, opaque questions and focus analysis and recommendations on most relevant points. Able to pivot quickly with mindsets and timelines as projects evolve.

Benefits eligible :
Yes

Bonus eligible :
Yes

Long term incentive eligible :
Yes

The expected salary range range -$ - $ per year

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