McDonald's Corporation
Consultant, Strategy
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About Us
McDonald's has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonald's is one of the UK's largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.
About the Team
The Strategy, Planning & Digital (SP&D) team is McDonald's UK&I Supply Chain's internal strategy and transformation function. Partnering with senior leaders, franchisees, suppliers, and global teams, the team develops long-term strategy, drives organisational effectiveness, governs prioritisation, and leads major transformation programmes, helping ensure Supply Chain remains both a source of competitive advantage and a key contributor to the strategic direction of the UK&I business.
Supply Chain faces some of the most significant opportunities and challenges in the world of business. From delivering net zero across restaurant operations and supply chains through the elimination of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and strengthening agricultural resilience, to navigating geopolitical conflict, inflationary pressures, climate disruption, and global supply chain shocks, the function plays a critical role in protecting growth, restaurant profitability, and long-term business resilience.
Managing billions of pounds of annual spend, McDonald's UK&I Supply Chain supports one of the busiest restaurant systems in both the McDonald's network and the UK restaurant sector. The function secures commercially advantageous partnerships that create value for customers, franchisees, and suppliers while ensuring the resilience, safety, and quality of supply across more than 1,500 restaurants.
What You'll Bring
Experience
- Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, transformation, programme management, business planning, or a related discipline.
- Proven track record of solving complex business problems and delivering measurable improvements.
- Experience developing business cases, strategic recommendations, and executive-level communications.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
- Experience operating effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
- Experience with supply chain, operations, consumer goods, retail, foodservice, or franchised business models is advantageous but not essential.
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Skills
- Structured problem solving and analytical thinking.
- Strong business case development and strategic analysis capability.
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
- Ability to build compelling presentations, reports, and recommendation papers for senior leaders.
- Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Familiarity with business improvement, process design, or transformation methodologies.
- Data analysis and visualisation capabilities (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in an analytical discipline.
- Professional qualifications in project, programme, or change management are advantageous but not required.
- Professional qualifications in data analysis and visualisation, or AI, are advantageous but not required.
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global Vision
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald's, and in the UK and Ireland, we are working hard to be the UK & Ireland's best-loved restaurant company.
Our Culture
McDonald's is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees, and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating a positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.
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Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities, and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another, and how we show up as a brand to the world.
- Serve: We put our customers and our people first.
- Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone.
- Integrity: We do the right thing.
- Community: We are good neighbours.
- Family: We get better together.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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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