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McDonald's · 1 day ago

Manager, Strategy & Planning

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$116K/yr - $145K/yr

2+ years exp

McDonald's is a global leader in the foodservice industry, recognized for its innovation and customer service. The Strategy & Planning team is seeking a Manager to guide growth-oriented priorities, define strategies for the US business, and provide business analysis.

Restaurants

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Strategy developmentBusiness analysisProject managementQuantitative analysisCommunication skillsIntellectual curiosityComfort with ambiguityCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

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

Health and welfare benefits

A 401(k) plan

Adoption assistance program

Educational assistance program

Flexible ways of working

Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)

Company

McDonald's

Glassdoor3.6

McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries.

Founded in 1955

Chicago, Illinois, US

10001+ employees

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/

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