Retail Development Project Manager

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McDonald’s Corporation has an exciting opportunity for a Retail Development Project Manager for markets supported by the Latin America Business Unit. The position entails the oversight of Retail Development related activities and various corporate initiatives. Partnering with market project leads to ensure projects remain on track, on budget, as well as provide strong communication and reports to the Business Unit on project status. This includes the review of both new and modernization project plans for optimal layout and compliance with both GRBES and EOTF requirements.

Responsibilities:

Continuous Business Improvement

• Bench marking Restaurant and Kitchen design and layout
• Drive Thru upgrades to maintain channel leadership
• Partner with IT and other business areas to obtain store data to Plan, budget, and aim to completion automation improvement projects such as market store mapping, new and modernization tracking and reports, equipment inventory, automated sales and channel dashboards
• Gather, review, audit, and maintain project cost reports to identify areas of opportunities
• Further the implementation of McDonald's corporate social responsibility (CSR) within new and reimaged stores

Development Licensees Empowerment

• Creation of SME (Subject Matter Expert) within each DL’s organization
• Supporting local construction product development and sourcing
• Volume consolidation strategies for supplier cost leverage

Regional Growth & Site Development

• Supervising all markets’ projects for timing and completion establishing KPI’s to help improve the execution and on time completion
• Partnering with Market Real Estate Managers to review and ensure a robust pipeline that can sustain the planned future growth for that Market
• Ensure quality control standards for construction (e.g., cost, timing, site building design layout, specifications).
• Working with Global Restaurant Design Group to ensure consistency and applying Site Development Standards to optimize the site development processes (e.g., site layout, zoning, signage, and building capacity).
• Ensuring resolution of delayed projects to improve months of sales
• Helping to create, lead, and complete the development plan to meet market specific plans

Minimum Requirements:

• Bilingual (English and Spanish)
• 2+ years of experience influencing and managing franchisees as well as leading and coordinating vendors and consultants
• Priority setting, decisiveness, organization and time-management skills
• Strong technical, quantitative and analytical skills, as well as great attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• College Degree in Engineering, Finance, Architecture or Business
• Experience working independently and prioritize effectively in a complex, ambiguous and fast-paced environment
• Problem solving, ability to troubleshoot complex issues and achieve a solution
• Franchisee/Licensee experience
• Expert level proficiency with current Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, External data, Macros)
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Problem solving abilities and mapping to IT solutions
• Customer focused
• Experience leading external resources and contract staff
• Negotiating and administering contracts
• 5+ years of experience in a Latin America market and Corporate Retail Development Role
• 5+ years of project management role

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