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McDonald's

Runs and franchises fast-food restaurants

Manager – Strategic Sourcing Food

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGuyancourt, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in agricultural/agrifood engineering or from a business school.
  • Significant experience (5–7+ years) in the restaurant or food-processing sector and in a similar role.
  • English proficiency is essential.
  • Strong negotiation skills are essential.
  • Ability to make proposals, work autonomously, stay organized, and adapt to internal and external changes.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and a service orientation.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of purchasing engineers and oversee partners responsible for animal proteins.
  • Supervise purchasing for approximately half of the French food product portfolio, valued at approximately €700 million.
  • Ensure, with the purchasing engineering team, that product specifications are met across the full supply chain, from farm to restaurant.
  • Supervise and participate in negotiations of purchasing terms.
  • Collaborate with the global purchasing organization on selected products.
  • Identify savings opportunities while preserving the intrinsic quality of products.
  • Manage relationships with the agricultural sector, including contracting and implementing environmentally respectful practices.
  • Validate strategic choices with other departments, including Marketing and Operations, to implement the marketing plan.
  • Ensure existing processes are correctly applied and strengthen them.
  • In the event of a product withdrawal, collaborate with Quality to execute the crisis-management procedure, communicate with the restaurant network, and strengthen contingency plans.
  • Take part in franchisee committees and help engage the franchise network.
  • Occasionally represent the Supply Chain department in policy, agricultural-sector, and representative-body matters.

Desired Qualifications

  • A third-cycle qualification in purchasing is ideally preferred.

About the Company

McDonald's

Runs and franchises fast-food restaurants

McDonald's runs and franchises quick-service restaurants for customers seeking burgers, chicken, fries, breakfast food and coffee. Its menu includes the Big Mac and Chicken McNuggets, while customers order at counters, drive-throughs, self-service kiosks and through its mobile app. Independent operators run most locations under agreements that license the brand and restaurant system. The corporation earns money from its own restaurant sales and from franchise royalties, rent and initial fees, with conventional franchise sites supported by property it owns or leases. The modern business dates to Ray Kroc's McDonald's System in 1955 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1955

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