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 Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the "Work with Heart" philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the provided Link

Purpose of the role

General Mills Digital & Technology department is developing a developing a best-in-class Product Content Management (PIM) capability to accelerate growth in the stores and on the digital shelf. We are accelerating a Digital Transformation of our Product Information Management (PIM) capabilities to provide a competitive advantage to our business. To this end we are looking for a Sr. D&T Analyst, with passion for Product Content Management and Analytics, to join our Product Information Capabilities team.

This role will play critical role of linking business objectives to core technological capabilities. D&T Analyst-I will be responsible for collecting requirements from business, establishing processes, and coordinating the work with our technical development team. This team member will also likely have accountabilities in coordinating work with both strategic and technical consulting 3rd parties.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Collaborate with a Product Owner/Solutions Manager to shape the end-to-end product strategy and determine business value.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and establish best practices which can be applied across all customers.
• Ensure best practices and standards are being followed and solution is aligned with global vision of Product Information capabilities team.
• Conduct or lead discovery efforts into product information publication issues. Translate findings into user stories and acceptance criteria for team.
• Partner with business users to develop effective demo to reduce rework.
• Negotiate accountabilities between business, functions, or teams in cases where there are disagreements or identified data issues.
• Prepare training materials as needed to conduct and facilitate training to increase awareness and drive the smooth adoption of technology.
• Assist in defining and documenting processes, templates, and technical specifications.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure data requirements are an accurate representation of business need to execute master data maintenance activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education – Full time graduation from an accredited university
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Some experience leading / working with teams in an agile setting as an analyst
• Experience working as an Analyst on large technology implementation project
• Excellent problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution
• Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technology
• Strong communication skills with ability to present complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
• Able to articulate business requirements and bridge the gap with development teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with change management
• Experience working with Vendors

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Exposure to Product Information Management Systems (PIM/MDM)
• Experience or exposure to ScreenDragon
• Experience with Data Syndication partners such as 1WorldSync, Syndigo and Salsify.
• Exposure to GDSN Standards
• Experience in Adobe Workfront
• Experience in Monday
• Experience in Aprimo
• Experience in Reporting & Analytics