Digital Industrial Placement

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Digital Industrial Placement

All positions have the following attributes:

• 52 week contract (typically July 2019 – July 2020)
• £14,500 (plus £3,000 London Weighting Allowance)
• 4 weeks holiday + bank holidays
• Access to discounts at over 1,600 retailers through our employee discounts website
• Personalised employee discount card, offering discounts off selected McDonald’s food
• Subsidised gym membership (Nuffield Health)

About the Role

• 12 month placement position
• Based in Shoreditch, London
• Reports to Product Director

Job Purpose

We are seeking an enthusiastic person to join the McDonald’s Global Product team based in Shoreditch, London. The successful candidate will be:

• Supporting the McDonald’s Corporation Global Product team in delivering new products and features into markets,
• Supporting the Product Director and Senior Product Manager by supporting project meetings, liaising with stakeholders, creating reports and managing communications to all stakeholders,
• Liaising with stakeholders to understand and support the delivery of key business objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with good analytical, creative and organisational skills who enjoys working in a busy environment and has a strong interest in digital customer experiences, design and business transformation.

Main Responsibilities

• Taking responsibility for the documentation of product releases
• Distribution of requirements with key internal stakeholders including Design, IT and Delivery teams
• Support the Product Director and Senior Product Manager in managing the global product backlog
• Work with the Global project management and wider Global Product teams to ensure that requests are accepted and progressed through the development process
• Work with markets and capability teams to ensure requirements are correctly recorded and developed
• Attend occasional meetings with suppliers and agencies, as well as key internal stakeholders.
• Attend occasional product design testing sessions to gather ideas and opinions
• Other Adhoc tasks

Relationships

• Develop relationships with key internal stakeholders
• Develop working relationships with the Global Digital, Design, Merchandising and IT teams based in London, Chicago and Singapore.

Knowledge and Experience

• Adaptable with a positive can-do attitude
• Initiative and a self-starter
• Ability to be flexible and work with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• A strong level of IT proficiency (nice to have - an understanding of agile project management tools and practices, but not a necessity)
• A strong interest in business change and digital initiatives in a global company
• A strong interest in developing product development and management skills in a global company
• An understanding or interest in how design can influence or impact customer decisions and behaviours
• Confident communicator
• Competent at prioritising workload
• Excellent written communication skills
• Strong organisational and time-management skills

About McDonald’s Global Franchising Limited

Working for McDonald’s is more than just a job. We’re a business that aims to have a positive impact in everything we do. We’re dedicated to being a great place for our people to work; to being a strong, positive presence in your community; and to delivering the quality, service, cleanliness and value our customers have come to expect from the Golden Arches – a symbol that’s trusted around the world. Whatever you want to get out of your career – with McDonald’s, you can.

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