McDonald's buys ingredients from over 17,500 British and Irish farmers and spends over £1.1billion annually on its food and packaging requirements. McDonald's is committed to supporting British and Irish farmers to ensure it can continue to source many of its ingredients from the UK and Ireland.

McDonald's is a market leader in its field, striving for the highest standard of quality, speed and restaurant experience. Re-generation of our restaurant infrastructure, covering digital ordering, re-imaging and dual-point service make working at McDonald's more exciting than ever!

We are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for people, our industry and the planet. From bold recycling initiatives and sustainable sourcing efforts to our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we see every day as a chance to have a genuine impact on our customers, our people and our partners.

We're a people business just as much as we are a restaurant business. We strive to be the most inclusive brand in the world by building diverse teams who create delicious, feel-good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy. Joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that can have impact around the world.

Company Vision and Culture...

Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald's and, in the UK, and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.

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 positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.

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

Job Description

The Opportunity
In this exciting opportunity you will be accountable for the planning and coordination of product features deployment and local patches activities across the UK&I technology portfolio. You will work with the deployment team on planning, as well as reporting on completion and risk management.

What will my accountabilities be?

• Accountable for the planning and sequencing of product feature and local patches deployment activities across the technology portfolio, ensuring maximum efficiency and prioritisation of business-critical activities.
• Provides reporting on the quality of deployment activities and products.
• Assist in deployment risk assessment and mitigation activities.
• Analyse deployment issues and provide effective resolutions.
• Work closely with the deployment officers and project managers on any issues around
• Coordinate with the team to develop a continuous deployment plan.
• Develop deployment documentations for the team and external partners.
• Organizes and participates in walkthrough reviews of implementation plans.
• Work closely with the deployment officers, project managers and the Quality and Deployment lead on escalating any deployment blockers, risks, and dependencies.
• Attend relevant multi-functional team meetings and contribute as required.

What Team will I be a part?

You will work as part of the Deployment & Testing team which forms part of the wider Technology team for the UK&I and Global business. We are a high energy team, looking for an individual who can add their talent and personality to make us even better.

Who are my customers?

Customers of this role will include:

• Our Franchisees and restaurant teams
• Global Technology colleagues in other McDonald's markets and those working in global and segment functions.
• Our UK&I testing supplier
• Global product teams, local product teams, local product suppliers
• The Quality & Deployment Lead and the Deployment Officer.

Qualifications

What background do I need to have?

An individual who understands the importance of building relationships across the business, with excellent curiosity and communication will do well in this role. An attention to detail, an analytical approach, and the ability to quickly identify the root cause of issues will be critical to success in the role.

An individual fulfilling this role will be passionate about and demonstrate success in:

• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to develop reporting to drive change.
• Previous experience in deployment planning and reporting.
• Excellent knowledge of Jira and Confluence would be a plus.
• Ability to identify key metrics for business reporting in order to drive continuous improvement of product quality and deployment practices.
• Strong communication skills - written, verbal and presentation
• Exceptional organisational skills and experience.
• Computer Literate - Sophisticated Excel, Word PowerPoint. Jira & Confluence essential.
• Comfort and experience working in a fast paced and changing working environment
• Experience in identifying and using external best practice to deliver best in class deployment solutions
• Excellent problem-solving skills and curiosity to explore new ways of working.
• Display leadership behaviours and characteristics and a desire to develop self
• Experience and an ability to think outside of the box to tackle problems supporting a more frequent and smoother deployment process
• Seeking opportunities for continual improvement.

Additional Information

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."