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 H agen-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 (DT) 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 teams 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. 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 Heartphilosophy, 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
This role is for IPT Program Capability lead position, responsible for analyzing requirements, documenting system flow, Understanding General Mills Business and prepare UST s for OMP product, perform functional testing. Individual should be able to work independently on large projects. Individual should be expert in required technologies and provide guidance/help to others. Individual should be able to understand business requirement and convert into UST s.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Support and enhance OMP Supply Chain Systems Processes for IPT Integrated Planning Transformation program.
Provide support, enhancement and analyst support for the Supply Chain systems used by GMI Viz. OMP Capabilities.
Requires trouble shooting and providing consulting services to business to overcome problems.
Work on Supply chain project and enhancements to the system. Looks for newer ways to do things, keep updated with technological advancements, updates in system landscape and comes up with ideas execute them for delivering better business solution
Provide opportunities to the Business on how to overcome a problem statement, improve business processes, come up with innovative ideas as continuous improvement
Provide Leadership to peers and colleagues
Drive Planning Capabilities for the Enterprise. Liase with Product team to build product enhancements for business, measure the success and enable maturity of the Processes.
Key Deliverables - Functional specifications/user stories/use cases/scenarios | Business process and system documentation | Service level agreements | Support metrics
Maintaining 100% integrity of business processes data
Displays a structured and self-disciplined approach to working - able to work on own initiative.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, with the ability to prioritize conflicting activities, raising roadblocks early.
Exhibits sound business judgment and sees developing strong business and technical relationships as a key to success.
Conducts / leads business process analysis or design, construction, validation, and deployment phases of the project
Design and develop Test functional specifications for modifications, interfaces, reports and screens to ensure smooth integration between technical and functional business requirements
Design business workflows/ process documentation to ensure proper application mapping / flow throughout the project life cycle
Collaborate to develop transition interfaces to ensure proper integration with other systems
Collaborate with Cross Functional teams and develop solution and functional / technical design documents to support development of end-to-end final solutions
Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, collaboration, and problem-solving skills Primary Skills
Providing technical / non-technical knowledge transfer / user training during pre-implementation / GO-LIVE / post GO-LIVE phases of the projects
Cost effective and solution-oriented professional
Proven ability to work independently provide project / development estimates
Ability to work collaboratively with different Stakeholders / customers - management skills.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education Full time graduation from an accredited University
OMP with strong supply chain planning domain knowledge (certifications will add value)
Configure and customize OMP planning applications, Demand and Supply Planning with focus on OPR Operational Planning Module
Functional and Systems development experience of 3 to 5 years, mainly in OMP implementation and support
SAP, Planning systems implementation and support experience in at least 2 full life-cycle projects in FMCG industry.
Minimum industry experience of 7+ years.
Planning Data integration experience with SAP SD, MM
Concepts of SAP Planning Master Data Locations, SKU, BOM, Production etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
FMCG Industry-relevant business process experience in Supply Chain area (Experience in Planning Area)
Good understanding of master and transactional data needed for Demand and Supply Planning
Knowledge of Solvers, OPAL, configuration, clearly a plus