Specialist, Procurement Operations - Reporting

Department Overview

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We are enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work model, in which employees spend part of their week connecting with co-workers in our state-of-the-art headquarters. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our crew members, staff, operators, and suppliers. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone.

Duties

McDonald’s currently has an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced Specialist, Proc Ops - Reporting. This role presents an exciting opportunity to support the ongoing transformation of Indirect Sourcing & Procurement (IS&P) through high‑quality, actionable analytics. The Specialist, Procurement Operations – Reporting & Spend Analytics plays a critical execution role in designing, building, and sustaining spend and category‑level dashboards that enable informed decision‑making across IS&P.

Reporting to the Manager, Procurement Data & Insights, this role is responsible for day‑to‑day reporting operations, including data preparation, dashboard development, validation, and ongoing maintenance. The Specialist ensures procurement insights are accurate, consistent, timely, and decision‑oriented, serving as a trusted analytics practitioner for Procurement Operations and Sourcing stakeholders.

The Specialist acts as a subject‑matter expert in procurement reporting, translating business and category requirements into clear visualizations, structured datasets, and recurring insights that support sourcing strategies, compliance monitoring, and operational performance tracking.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and enhance spend analytics and category dashboards across Indirect procurement, including supplier, category, region, and compliance views.
• Perform hands‑on data cleansing, enrichment, normalization, and categorization to ensure analytical readiness of procurement data.
• Translate reporting requirements from Procurement Operations and Sourcing teams into well‑defined dashboards, scorecards, and standard reports.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reconciliation across reporting outputs, partnering with upstream system and process owners as needed.
• Support recurring and ad‑hoc analytics requests related to spend visibility, sourcing performance, contract compliance, and operational KPIs.
• Develop clear narratives and commentary to accompany dashboards, highlighting trends, variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Proactively identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and simplify reporting processes, improving efficiency and usability.
• Adhere to established data governance, security, and access control standards, without owning enterprise data definitions or policies.

Qualifications

• Partner closely with Procurement Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Compliance, Finance, and Technology teams to ensure analytics solutions align with business needs and priorities.
• Act as a bridge between business users and analytics platforms, ensuring reporting solutions are practical, usable, and adoption‑focused.
• Support audit, compliance, and leadership requests by providing reliable, well‑structured procurement insights.