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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

Primary function of consultant is to understand business strategies from Business teams and to replicate it in OMP systems.

Individual will be responsible for implementing & supporting system best practices across Demand Planning processes, Testing business functionalities / Enhancements for Demand Planning systems. Also responsible for continuously monitoring process performance and identifying improvements.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

50% of Time : Provide on-going business application support for Demand Planning team

• Maintain System Parameters to reflect business strategies.
• Identify, develop and implement best practices, Resolve end user system/process issues.
• Work on Business Process Standardization
• Utilize Continuous Improvement (CI) tools as necessary.
• Ownership of any break fixes for planning systems
• Gather and analyze supply chain data. Ownership over OMP-based Planning data, and stewardship over OMP and non-OMP planning data (with GIC counterparts)
• Analyze data to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements.
• Drive Data Governance initiatives and other key projects to improve system and data integrity by developing appropriate break fix KPI and track them
• Partner with DA team to deliver on key projects which would drive forecast accuracy by building robust system governance trackers around SKU splits, network realignments,CSF Splits.

20% of Time : Support & sustain Demand planning processes and system usage metrics

• Support System wellness/health-check processes including compliance & metric tracking.
• Support & Sustain processes for driving effective system utilization.
• Support training documentation.

20% of Time : Support business expansion initiatives via seamless systems integration

• Establish impact of new technology on Demand Planning Systems along with Technology Team.
• Support integration of new technology, corporate acquisitions, location transitions within current business processes / systems
• Identify opportunity areas for new system solutions.

10% of Time : Continuous Improvement & individual development

• Leverage global processes & tools.
• Expand understanding of SC tools & capabilities.
• Grow Technical Skillset, attend soft skill and technical trainings.

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

• Must have excellent understanding / keen inclination towards systems viz OMP, SAP-R/3 or relevant systems used in Supply Planning & Logistics Operations
• Ability to work cross-functionally and to learn quickly.
• Good problem-solving skills, bias for action, decisive, strong time management skills required.
• Experience dealing with U.S. personnel over phone preferred.
• Basic understanding of Demand planning or Supply Planning
• Good written communication
• Ability wiork independently and critical thinking

Competencies/Behaviors required for job

• Broad Perspective – Sees & understands the “Big Picture”. Excellent collaboration and influencing skills.
• Excellent Analytical Skills / Problem solving capabilities.
• Technical Leadership - Develops technical depth and breadth.
• Process Leadership - Looks for ways to streamline the processes to effectively balance efficiency & Quality.
• High in Stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• It is good to have Excel, Tableau skills so he/she can work with data

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum years of related experience required: 5-6 yrs
• Preferred years of related experience: 2- 3+ yrs
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
• Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
• Preferred Major Area of Study: Engineering or Equivalent
• Required Professional Certifications: Good to have
• Preferred Professional Certifications: SAP certified Professional.