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 following Link

Purpose of the role

This is an exciting time to work in General Mills' Supply Chain Organization! We are accelerating Digital Transformation of our Manufacturing capabilities to provide a competitive advantage to our business. To this end, we are looking for a D&T Manager, with passion for Manufacturing Systems and Analytics, and leading a pool of talented Analysts to achieve the Digital Manufacturing goals.

This role will play critical role of linking business objectives to core technological capabilities. This role will be responsible for partnering with Business to identify the opportunities, write business case, develop solution plans, and be accountable for the delivery. This role will also oversee the work of members those are working to deliver MAKE (Manufacturing) capabilities for all GMI Segments.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

· Ensure Product and Project delivery of business capabilities and outcomes through active engagement in key projects and strong partnership with key stakeholders

· Identify opportunities for process improvements and establish best practices which can be applied across all MAKE teams

· Ensure best practices and standards are being followed and solution is aligned with global vision of MAKE Capabilities teams

· Drive responsibilities of Solution Manager Collaborating with Product Owners & D&T Stakeholders to shape the end-to-end product strategy and determine business value; Manage features of products of a segment of MAKE portfolio

· Drive portfolio/Product development from conception to launch

· Leadership, people management and development of highly talented D&T MAKE team

· Prioritize and manage work and secure appropriate talent

· Use external perspective and internal relationships to improve how we work and what we deliver.

· Engage with business for their internal systems, processes, documentation and identify/execute opportunities like automations, redundancy, modernization, usage of latest tech stack and low-code no-code platforms.

· Drive POC for exploration projects

· Experience of working in an International, multi-cultural organization

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS