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10 McDonald's indirect procurement leaders
These ten current and former McDonald's indirect procurement leaders and category managers have led or managed sourcing for IT, corporate support and other indirect categories at McDonald's. A reader can learn how indirect procurement works at McDonald's from people who have led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Artion Pipa
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global IT Procurement Leader · McDonald's
Director - Global IT Procurement Leader at McDonald's since July 2025, a role the profile tags at director level. The profile also lists Head of Indirect Procurement at Cushman & Wakefield (2022–2025), a role it describes as responsible for both corporate and IT procurement, and Global Director - IT Procurement at Cushman & Wakefield (2018–2021).
Ashish Chandage
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing, Indirect Procurement · McDonald's Global Office in India
Director Strategic Sourcing, Indirect Procurement at McDonald's Global Office in India since July 2025. The profile also lists Indirect Procurement Leader – Rest of Asia Countries & GSC-COE at Eaton (2018–2025), Indirect Commodity Manager India & GM International region at General Motors (2015–2018) and Manager, Strategic Indirect Procurement, PAN India (7 Plants) at Tata Motors (2013–2015).
Charles H.
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement · McDonald's
Director - Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement at McDonald's since August 2026, a role the profile tags at director level, and Senior Manager - Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement Modernization at McDonald's from 2024 to 2026. The profile also lists Sr. Category Manager - Consulting & Financial Services at Walgreens Boots Alliance (2022–2024).
Jason Cesta
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement · McDonald's
Vice President Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement at McDonald's since December 2024; the profile headline describes Jason as leading the modernization of McDonald's indirect sourcing and procurement worldwide. The profile also lists Vice President, Global Spend Management (2018–2024) and Senior Director, Head of Relationship Management (2014–2018) at Aon.
Matthew Lang
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT Strategic Sourcing & Relationship Management · McDonald's
Director, IT Strategic Sourcing & Relationship Management at McDonald's since June 2025, a role the profile tags at director level; the profile headline reads Director, Global Indirect Sourcing and Procurement at McDonald's. The profile also lists Global Category Manager - GSM Director (2024–2025) and Center of Excellence - GSM Director (2018–2024) at Aon.
Robert Jaspers
LinkedInExperience: Head of Indirect Procurement · McDonald's Nederland
Head of Indirect Procurement at McDonald's Nederland since 2021, a role the profile describes as leading a team merged from the franchise procurement and indirect procurement teams of the McDonald's headquarters in the Netherlands. The profile also lists Indirect Procurement Manager Marketing & Communications at McDonald's Nederland (2016–2018) and Procurement Lead Franchisees (Marketing COOP & McDiensten) there (2019–2021).
Rose Drolett
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Department, IT Procurement & Professional Services · McDonald's
Former Head of Department, IT Procurement & Professional Services at McDonald's (2003–2010) and former Director, Supplier Management & Support Services at McDonald's (2010–2013), a role in which the profile says Rose restructured a fragmented organization. The profile also lists Director Supply Chain - Field at WM (2013–2016) and Director Supply Chain at Shipley Flour & Supply Company (2016–2019).
Sneha Thakur
LinkedInExperience: Director - Corporate Support Sourcing · McDonald's
Director - Corporate Support Sourcing at McDonald's since June 2025. The profile also lists Procurement Director - Professional Services (2024–2025), Procurement Director - Corporate Services (2023–2024) and Sr Category Manager - Financial Services (2022–2023) at Walgreens Boots Alliance, plus Global Director - Contract Manufacturing and Procurement Operations at Stepan Company (2021–2022).
Vithal Donakonda
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Procurement Operations · McDonald's
Senior Director Procurement Operations at McDonald's since September 2025, a role the profile describes as driving the transformation of McDonald's Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement by building a procurement operations function. The profile also lists Global Head of Procurement (Chief Procurement Officer) at Cyient (2024–2025) and Global Head of Procurement for Data, Digital & IT at Novartis (2022–2023).
Y. Angela Perez
LinkedInExperience: Category Manager, Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement · McDonald's
Category Manager, Global Indirect Sourcing & Procurement at McDonald's since April 2026, and in Global Strategic Sourcing Services - Business Services at McDonald's from 2024 to 2026. The profile says that as a manager within the Global Business Services function at McDonald's, Angela leads end-to-end sourcing efforts to fulfill the needs of the organization.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you run indirect procurement for corporate teams spread across many countries?
- 02What does modernizing an indirect sourcing and procurement function involve in practice?
- 03How do you set priorities across IT, professional services and corporate support categories?
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