General Mills Hiring for GIC: Sr Analyst – SC Analytics- Supply Capabilities at Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time

Full Job Description:

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.

Job Description:
Job Overview:
The role is primarily responsible for the development of supply planning related capabilities to regional and/or global planning organization. It involves bringing step-change innovation and improvements in supply planning processes and capabilities by developing advanced optimization, simulation, and statistical tools to provide visibility and insights for organization

Responsibilities:
30%

of Time

Developing Solutions/Tools:
Work with regional planning teams, COEs and Hub teams to identify gaps in the existing process, capabilities, systems, and align on the opportunities to develop, automate or enhance the solutions.Support development of Project charter- Business context, Scope, Outcome & success criteriaDevelop different modeling approaches/techniques to solve the business problem at hand recommend the best approachBuild new tool/capability or scale existing capability of one region to anotherProvides analytics support during implementation and transition phase.
40%

of Time

Data Management & Analysis:
Understanding different data sources, pulling data sets, leveraging accordingly for project purposePerforming data wrangling & analysisRun & analyze what-if scenarios by leveraging advance optimization & simulation tools and provide insights to business team.Proactively analyze current set of the supply chain based upon facts and root cause analysis
20%

of Time

Stakeholder Management/Project Documentation:
Prepare analysis reports, presentation, methodology documents & assumption documents for client meetingsTraining to the users/stakeholdersDrive regular project meetings with stakeholders to share the updatesCommunicate effectively with broad audience i.e. client/stakeholders/cross functional teamsInteract with cross functional teams/stakeholders on regular basis to share opportunity areas and help them to reduce the losses
10%

of Time

Self/Team Development:
Learning new tools & techniques to be future readySigning up for skill training sessionsImproving soft skills to convey ideas/solution effectivelySupporting/mentoring other team members
Minimum Degree Requirements:
Bachelors

Preferred Degree Requirements:
Masters

Preferred Major Area of Study:
Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematical Modeling, (Optimization/Simulation/Statistics) or Supply Chain

Preferred Professional Certifications:
CSCP, CPIM

Minimum years of related experience required:
2-3 years

Preferred years of related experience:
4+ years of experience in core Supply Chain

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed:
Experience in dealing with large data sets and tools like MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Access, Visio
Knowledge of optimization models, linear and multi linear programming models, advanced operations research, basic statistical tools like regression, Anova, logistic regression etc.
Hands on experience in R/Python and visualization software like Spotfire, Tableau will be added advantage
Demonstrated analytical skills in model building using any analytics software
Strong analytical and business acumen skills
Demonstrated skills in core Supply chain & functions understanding

Competencies/Behaviors required for job:
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Broad perspective/Business Acumen
Leads Innovation
Energize & Develop People
Deliver Results

Additional Information:
This position reports to the Supply Capabilities group with the Supply Chain Analytics Division at GBS India. Hours of operation are 1.30 PM to 10.30 PM Mumbai time (Monday to Friday) with the ability to flex hours as the job demand
In performing these accountabilities, the incumbent must develop and maintain an effective working relationship with General Mills International employees at all levels across the company locations

Company Overview:
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.