Vice President & General Manager, McDonald’s Business Unit - CH Guenther & Son

CHG is a leading global bakery platform with over 5,000 employees and 30 manufacturing facilities across North America and Europe. With a 175‑year heritage of quality and service — and the backing of Pritzker Private Capital — CHG is positioned for accelerated growth, operational transformation, and strategic expansion.

• Relationship ownership and governance
  • Serve as the enterprise channel owner for McDonald’s; lead top‑to‑top engagement and relationship health across regions.
  • Translate complex system issues into decision‑ready options; drive fast alignment and follow‑through.
• Commercial stewardship (pricing, contracts, negotiations)
  • Set and execute pricing strategy; ensure disciplined price realization and value articulation.
  • Lead partnership agreements, strategy and negotiations; protect long‑term economics while strengthening partnership equity.
• Build and run Joint Business Planning (JBP)
  • Establish the operating cadence: weekly operating reviews, monthly scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and annual JBP.
  • Create multi‑year strategic roadmaps that align with McDonald’s priorities integrating innovation, productivity, and sustainability; translate into executable plans.
• Cross‑functional orchestration and executive reporting
  • Align R&D/Innovation, FSQS/QA, Supply Chain/Operations, Finance, Sustainability, and Customer Service/Forecasting around one integrated plan and clear ownership.
  • Provide clear reporting to the CEO: performance, risks, opportunities, and actions.
• Supply assurance and escalation leadership (bakery/frozen)
  • Drive assured supply consistency through proactive robust risk management, scenario planning, and disciplined recovery execution when disruptions occur.
  • Partner with McDonald’s supply ecosystem and logistics partners to strengthen resilience and decision velocity.
• FSQS leadership
  • Sustain and improve food safety and quality performance; lead transparent, root‑cause corrective action and prevention.
  • Ensure rapid, high‑integrity issue response and closure with clear stakeholder communications.
• Innovation + productivity execution
  • Ensure scalable, operationally feasible commercialization across regions; advance the pipeline with speed, discipline, and accountability.
  • Deliver productivity: simplification, cost‑to‑serve improvements, capability upgrades, and reliability gains.
• Talent leadership
  • Build and develop a high‑performance team (4 direct reports + matrix); strengthen bench depth and succession readiness.
  • Foster a collaborative, high‑accountability, high‑engagement team culture.
  • Develop succession and elevate capability across the function and enterprise.

• Stakeholder coverage includes all key McDonald’s groups:
  Supply Chain, QA/FSQS, NP/Menu, Sustainability/Social Accountability, Finance, Operations, and system partners.
• Balanced mandate: innovation + productivity + execution reliability; sustain and improve positive FSQS trends.

• Reports to:
  
  President & Chief Executive Officer
• Direct reports include:
  • Director Technical Services
  • Director, McDonald’s Business Unit North America
  • Commercial Manager
• Critical Internal CHG Stakeholder – matrixed influence
  • Executive leadership team
  • R&D / Innovation / Culinary
  • Operations / Supply Chain leadership
  • FSQS/QA and Regulatory
  • Finance (pricing, profitability)
  • Customer Service / Forecasting
  • Sustainability, Marketing/Insights (as applicable)
• Critical external stakeholder – McDonald’s system
  • Supply Chain
  • QA/FSQS
  • NP/Menu Development
  • Sustainability/Social Accountability
  • Finance / commercial governance
  • Operations leadership
  • System partners (e.g., logistics/distribution/planning)

• Must‑haves
  • P&L & commercial acumen: runs the customer like a business; disciplined pricing, mix, cost levers, and ROI trade‑offs.
  • Strategic business planning: builds multi‑year roadmaps integrating innovation, productivity, and sustainability; drives cadence and accountability.
  • Supply chain & FSQS: translates commercial plans into assured supply consistency; protects food safety, quality, and continuity.
  • Executive influence & communication: credible with senior stakeholders; converts complexity into clear implications and decisions.
  • Cross‑fun…