Director of Global Restaurant Recruitment Strategy

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:17:34 -0500

Director of Global Restaurant Employment Strategy
McDonald's Corporation
Oak Brook, IL

McDonalds is the largest and best-known global foodservice retailer with more than 30,000 restaurants, serving 46 million customers each day in 118 countries. We plan to expand our leadership position through great tasting food, superior service, everyday value & convenience. Fortune Magazine released its 2007 list of America's Most Admired Companies ranking McDonald's Corporation as one of the top companies in the Food Services Industry category. In addition, our key attributes of reputation rankings on Social Responsibility, Financial Soundness, People Management, Quality of Management and Quality of Products/Services all rank in the top 10. McDonald's is one of the most valuable brands in the world. Join our Global HR Design team and find out firsthand why Fortune Magazine calls us one of America's most admired companies.

About the Global HR Design Department:
Designs and delivers core global HR Systems and restaurant based processes through the delivery of innovative people solutions in a disciplined fashion to Global HR constituents. The systems promote process and technology standardization, improve business performance, align with corporate goals and objectives, and yield measurable results that tie to increased profitability for our restaurants and the McDonald's system.

About this Opportunity:
This role is being created to have in-house expertise on global selection strategies. We want to create a global restaurant selection process and a global employment strategy to help position the company as an Employer of Choice for the 30,000 global restaurant community. This person will be required to maintain subject matter expertise on global staffing and employment policies, practices and trends within the food service industry. He/she will also serve as a consultant and subject matter expert in these areas to the country HR leads and Global Operations Board.

Responsibilities:
* Develops a global framework for global employment branding strategies
* Leads the development and maintenance of McDonald's global Employment Value Proposition. Must incorporate how to utilize technology within this effort
* Establishes global staffing strategy and global standard employment practices (adaptable at market level)
* Maintains expert understanding of global workforce trends and demographics, and makes recommendations about how McDonald's can adapt to those trends
* Evaluates current selection processes in each major market and make recommendations for global process, adaptable at the market level
* Acts as the internal subject matter expert on global selection processes and technology.
* Partners with internal and external market research to create a business case for new staffing and employment strategies
* Works closely with different areas of the world and markets on designing effective and efficient selection tools at restaurant level
* Maintains knowledge of industry trends in the area of staffing and employment practices
* Evaluates various selection technology systems being used locally and make recommendations for global approach/strategy
* Disseminates knowledge regarding Employment Value Proposition, employment branding, and staffing strategies with global markets
* Consults to local markets on development of their tactical implementation plans

Experience Required:
* Working knowledge of leading edge selection instruments and behavioral-based selection techniques
* In-depth working knowledge of how technology can be used for web-based selection
* Project management skills
* Vendor management experience
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Knowledge of retail industry recruiting practices and employment trends
* In-depth knowledge of web-based selection techniques
* Strong impact and influencing skills
* Global experience preferred
* Knowledge of quick service restaurants

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Director of Global Restaurant Recruitment Strategy