India is among the top ten priority markets for General Mills, and hosts our Global Shared Services Centre. This is the Global Shared Services arm of General Mills Inc., which supports its operations worldwide. With over 1,300 employees in Mumbai, the center has capabilities in the areas of Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Digital and Technology, Sales Capabilities, Consumer Insights, ITQ (R&D & Quality), and Enterprise Business Services. Learning and capacity-building is a key ingredient of our success.
Position Title: | Analyst I | Function/Group: | Sales & Commercial Capabilities |
Country: | India | Location: | Mumbai |
Recommended Level: | EP 50 | Job Type: | Full time |
Role Reports to: | Assistant Manager | Geographical Scope of the Role - Location: | US/UK/Other International |
% of travel required: | None | | |
Job Overview |
| The Role will be responsible to support the business teams across categories and regions in the US markets. The team member will independently and proactively support a wide variety of planograming & reporting needs including refreshing excel reports & initiating value adds, proprietary tool proficiency and technical expertise on planograming. |
| Job Responsibilities |
70% | of Time | Deliver Standard POGs and ad-hoc reporting | Build POG's/reports from scratch - Develop expertise with the planogramming tools to build the in-store merchandising modulars. - Collaborate with stakeholders and provide support on relays/resets of planograms. - Navigate through the guidelines and build quality planograms. - Build expertise to create BIC POGs. - Master and own the monthly deliverables in the form of reports & presentations and send quality output in a timely manner - Upgrade monthly deliverables based on business requirements and facilitate the larger team create functional, high impact efficient reports - Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices and tackle real time business questions with value adds - Display a high sense of accountability and presence of mind when completing requests with high visibility or tight turnaround times and communicate effectively - Find synergies in the reports/database to avoid redundancy - Resource Pool on complex projects with the team | 20% | of Time | Technical Expertise - Apply intermediate/advanced level of expertise in intermediate/advanced level of expertise in JDA, Appollo, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Tableau, Syndicated, POS and Panel Data etc. - Actively learn & implement principles of category management - Build a robust audit system for all reporting and planogram activity - Undergo trainings: As recommended and self-initiated refresher trainings to keep abreast of tool dynamics and their functional as well as tactical applications - Knowledge Sharing: Gain in-depth knowledge of customer details as well as a comprehensive understanding of GMI product groups and DMSP strategies and share new learning’s with the team on a continual basis | 10% | of Time | Continuous Improvement mindset to deliver Executional Excellence, Stakeholder and Project Management - Ensure TAT is upheld via awareness on process requirements, meeting benchmark time estimates and through articulate expectation settings with the stakeholder - Guarantee data quality and accuracy through thorough comprehension of request, accurate application of tools/platforms with an eye for detail and a robust data & logic check - CI Mindset: develop a lens of continuous improvement for the projects, process & larger team - Stakeholder Management: Engage with the stakeholders to understand the requirement, explain tactical application in our reports/process, cross reference projects and present final output upon project completion - Project Management: Juggle multiple projects seamlessly starting with project scoping, to tackling hurdles to timely communication/iterations with peers and stakeholders to high impact completion and presentation - - Mentoring & Training Executive and Associates to excel in their roles and outperform expectations | |
Education & Experience |
| Education Minimum Degree Requirements: | Bachelors | Preferred Degree Requirements: | Bachelors/Masters | Preferred Major Area of Study: | Business Management, Statistics, Marketing, Retail, Economics | Experience Minimum years of related experience required: | 3 years of relevant Business Reporting or Analytics experience in CPG (or related) industry. | Preferred years of related experience: | 3 - 5 years of relevant Business Reporting and/or Planogram experience | |
Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed |
| • Experience with Planogram building software (JDA) is preferred • Ability to make optimal placement & assortment related decisions • Experience with market data analysis tools is preferred • MS Office proficiency preferred • Comprehending complex requests & meeting timelines and expectations • Strong command over oral and written English • Multitasking ability - work on a host of tools/databases and software’s/platforms • Organizing and Prioritization • Collaborate with peers to align with the team’s vision • Experience with market data analysis tools is required (experience working with ACNielsen and IRI data preferred.) • Introduction to Grocery Retail Concepts is preferred |
Competencies/Behaviors required for job |
| • Company Values - Do the right thing all the time; Play to win; Grow and Inspire; Win as a team; Act boldly move quickly • Seeks assistance, information and resources at the right time to make quick, good decisions • Resilience - willingness to change mind or approach given new information • Develops an awareness of own's strengths and development needs; seeks and learns from feedback • Inclination to learn end-to-end project completion • Communicate effectively with peers & stakeholders; influence team on applying initiatives • Proactive and the ability to handle ambiguous situations in a calm, composed manner |
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