Portfolio & Project Management Consultant

Company Description:

A Little About McDonald’s

McDonald’s has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonald’s is one of the UK’s largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.

Job Description:

What You’ll Be Doing

This is where strategy meets execution. You’ll be at the heart of delivering McDonald’s most ambitious change programmes - from sustainability and digitisation to AI and automation.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Portfolio Governance & Reporting: Ensuring all Supply Chain programmes are aligned, on track, and delivering value.
• Programme Management & Delivery: Partnering with project owners to shape and deliver high-impact initiatives, and occasionally leading them yourself.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acting as a connector across local and global teams, suppliers, and franchisees - ensuring alignment and momentum.

You’ll be part of the Strategy Realisation team, a dynamic internal consulting group focused on building a faster, smarter, and more sustainable supply chain.

Qualifications:

What You’ll Bring

You’re a strategic thinker with a passion for delivery. You thrive in complex environments, love solving problems, and bring people with you on the journey. You’ll have:

• Proven experience managing multiple programmes or projects, ideally in a portfolio or consulting environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• A self-starter mindset with comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity.
• Practical knowledge of project management methodologies (AgilePM, Prince2) and tools (Smartsheet, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with business change techniques (e.g., BPMN, SIPOC) and a bonus if you know Power BI or Excel macros.

What You’ll Get

• Access to industry-leading training and career development opportunities.
• A collaborative and inclusive culture, where your ideas are valued.
• Competitive salary, plus a comprehensive benefits package including:
  • Bonus
  • Cash Allowance
  • Free parking, lunch, and gym access
• This role is based in our East Finchley office working 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely

Additional Information:

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

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."

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