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About McDonald’s: One of the world’s largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries, McDonald’s Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global offices serve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs, designed to expand McDonald's global talent base and in-house expertise. Our new office in Hyderabad will bring together knowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability to deliver impactful solutions for the business and our customers across the globe. Role Title: Source-to-Pay System Lead (Ariba) Function: Global Business Services Level: G5 – Sr. Manager Role Summary: McDonald’s has set an ambition to become a Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement leader. To make this happen, we are standing up a new Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement Organization (IS&P). This organization will help McDonald’s to better leverage our scale and unlock sustainable value for our company and communities. We are transforming our Indirect Sourcing and Procurement capabilities, processes, solutions, and ways of working to create One McDonald’s Way of buying Indirect goods and services responsibly. This role presents an exceptional career opportunity to be a part of this journey as the Lead for the Source-to-Pay System. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Procurement Operations, and working closely with the Enabling Services team, this role will own the end-to-end Source-to-Pay solution (SAP Ariba), supporting McDonald’s in its journey to becoming a Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement leader. It is expected that this role works closely with Procurement, IT, Finance, and broader business stakeholders to understand requirements and drive improvements. Key responsibilities will include partnering with stakeholders to ensure the solutions meet requirements (user-centric design), reviewing the solutions and data to ensure quality and integrity, enabling reporting and analytics capabilities, and owning upgrades, patches, and regression testing for SAP Ariba. Key Responsibilities: Serve as the Product Owner / expert and govern the products & platforms to drive enhancements, harmonize data and ensure scalability of systems (e.g., less customization) to drive a “One McDonald’s Way” Partner with key Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to understand and document requirements Translate business requirements into technical requirements and embed new processes into system requirements. Prioritize system enhancements / upgrades based on factors like business value, risk, and resources. Own the deployment of new product solutions and provide support throughout the implementation process, including adoption of new products in the business Lead regular reviews of the Source-to-Pay solution and their ability to meet Procurement, Finance, Legal, and business needs and facilitate effective and efficient processes. Lead upgrades, patches, and regression testing for the Procurement Systems in partnership with the Technology Enterprise Platforms team Perform regular audits to ensure data integrity in the Procurement Systems Knowledge and Skill Requirements: Minimum 4-year degree 5+ years of relevant experience in Source-to-Pay Systems. Experience with SAP Ariba is a plus. 2+ years’ experience managing multiple projects Proven ability to gather stakeholder requirements and drive Systems improvement initiatives. Experience in conducting influential discussions with leadership Mandatory Skills: Source-to-Pay Systems, SAP Ariba (Functional expertise) - 5 yrs Good to have: Systems Improvement, Strategic Thinking, Executive Presence / Communications, Stakeholder Management, Project Management Show more Show less
