About General Mills

We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Häagen-Dazs, we’ve been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.

How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate

us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out http://www.generalmills.com

General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.

With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out https://www.generalmills.co.in

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.

Job Overview

Function Overview

The GIC Supply Chain team manages end-to-end operations, encompassing planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and analytics. They strategically plan to meet market demands, optimize sourcing, ensure efficient production, and oversee the seamless movement of goods from production to delivery. The team employs advanced analytics throughout these processes, fostering adaptability and operational excellence. This collaborative approach ensures a well-coordinated supply chain that aligns with both organizational goals and dynamic market conditions. Link

Purpose of the role

SC Reporting and Analytics group is responsible for development of the reports, tools & dashboards which support and aid in decision making process in Supply Chain. This team provides exposure to Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Deployment, Transportation, Inbound Logistics and Sourcing function.

This team works directly with Supply Chain, Business teams and IT for developing solutions which aid decision making and drive business value.

This team drives step-change innovation and improvements in business practices by delivering actionable insights through advanced analytics and Supply chain expertise.

This role is responsible for development of business intelligence (BI) capabilities in at least one supply chain pillar. The incumbent will deploy business intelligence capabilities across pillar / segment based on Google Data Cloud and visualization and capability scaling.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Responsibilities - Data and Insight Generation (50% of time)

• Independently develop and deploy new business intelligence capabilities (reports, tools, visualizations) for business stakeholders, that drive insights and enable better decision making.
• Data and data sources exploration across multiple data sources – Data Lake, GCP, SQL, AFO, SAP etc.
• Perform complex ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) operation on large data sets, execute efficient data transformation techniques depending on the tools.
• Explore, research, and find technical solutions via technical community collaboration independently.
• Deliver time savings through process automations through automation of existing capabilities.
• Oversee / Validate the development activities of new team members / analysts as needed.
• Deliver high priority projects / adhocs requests with short turnaround time.

Stakeholder Engagement and Project Management (30% of time)

• Lead meetings with stakeholders during project requirements gathering, updates, feedback gathering.
• Independently resolve queries / business questions from stake holders
• Adopt agile project management principles with various workstreams during design, development, and signoffs from stakeholders to roll out end solution.
• Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices (data prep tools, connected data approaches, data cataloguing etc. which can elevate the team’s ability to tackle business and technical challenge)
• Recommend correct data and visualization practices in focus area by acting as a technical expert.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and quality.

Other responsibilities (20% of time)

• Support in devising and imparting trainings in Tableau, Google Cloud Platform, SQL, SSIS, Tableau, AFO, ERP interface etc.
• Support development and execute on-boarding programs.
• Development of SME in at least one supply chain pillar (Make/Source/Plan/Deliver)
• Participate in Technical, Soft Skill Trainings
• Participate in innovation challenges, Hackathon competitions, Knowledge sharing sessions Participate/Lead other engagement activities across SC Analytics team.
• Responsible of mentorship of new joiners & support them in on-boarding activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Full Time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory)
• 3+ years of work experience with demonstrated technical acumen in Data Development / Analysis / Visualization.
• Demonstrated Technical Expertise in Data ETL, visualization best practices, Data engineering, Cloud technology, Descriptive / Diagnostic Analytics, and basic understanding of applied statistics.
• Tools – Google cloud platform, Python, Advanced Excel, Tableau, SQL Server, SSIS
• Project Management – Basic at execution level. Analytical and prioritization skills
• Problem solving skill and critical thinking.
• Effective communication skills – verbal and written.
• Basic to intermediate storytelling and presentation skill

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• 5 years of related experience
• Major Area of Study: BSc., MSc., B.E., B.Tech., Engineering, MBA Operations/SC, BCA/MCA
• Professional Certifications: SQL, GCP, Tableau, Excel, Six Sigma, APICS
• SQL – Expertise in Queries, Procedures; Knowledge of SSIS