Patrick Thornton

About Patrick Thornton

I am a Director of Global Consumer & Business Insights for McDonald\'s Corporation, focusing on Pricing and Analytics. Prior to my current role, I was a Director of Global Consumer and Brand Strategy for Mcdonald\'s, focusing on Menu Strategy.Prior to joining McDonald\'s, I spent 4 years working for Deloitte Consulting where my primary client engagements were in the consumer goods and downstream oil industry. Functional expertise includes: strategy & planning, strategic turnarounds, retail process improvement, mergers and acquisitions and enterprise cost reduction.Prior to joining McDonald\'s, I spent 10 years working for BP Products North America Inc. in Downstream Convenience Retail. I held a variety of positions in strategy & planning, performance reporting and retail operations.

Experience

1. Director, Global Consumer & Business Insights

   McDonald's

   Mar 2013 — Present · Oak Brook, IL, US

   Responsible for providing a consultative and leadership role in developing, adopting and measuring business strategies for the McDonalds system-Deliver Quarterly Business Reviews which analyzes business and brand performance from both “looking back” and “looking forward” lenses-Implement and support Dynamic Strategic Pricing Framework which enables a proactive, integrated and continuous evaluation of short, mid- and long-term pricing strategies. Framework is based on multiple-scenario assessment of current and expected internal and external risks & opportunities-Lead team to deliver key business reports and analytics to enhance senior management business understanding including but not limited to: Daily / Weekly Sales Reports, Quarterly Pricing Reports, Product Mix Analysis and Macroeconomic Scorecard-Direct the completion of ad hoc business analysis requests from management to understand key drivers of business opportunity areas-Provide coaching to team to enable achieve specific business and personal development objectives

Education

• Loras College

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  1991 — 1994

• University of Dubuque

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  1994 — 1996

Skills

• Management Consulting
• Management
• Business Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Energy
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Development
• Project Planning
• Forecasting
• Business Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Strategy
• Change Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Competitive Analysis
• Financial Modeling