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 Overview:

The Operations Analyst (OA) is a member of Global Sourcing Operations & Capabilities (GSOC) and will be an integral member, working collaboratively with Sourcing Buyers and Category leaders, the broader GSOC organization, and also cross-functionally (i.e. Digital & Technology). As an OA, you will deploy standard operations, tools & processes by appropriately matching resources to support business priorities and drive results. Depending on the area of support, you may be partnering with both external suppliers and internal partners to support overall Sourcing initiatives. Strong communication, project management and change management/influence skills are imperative to lead stakeholders from customized processes to standard process. You will participate in governing standard process through reporting, analytics, and Source to Pay process support or project management.

Each role is unique and allows the OA to contribute and develop in their own meaningful ways. Category specific support, broad initiative support and training of small teams may be required.

Job Responsibilities:

45 %

of Time

Category and Buyer Support

a~ Process Execution - including Category Specific

a~ Budgeting/Contract Support

a~ Category Mngt Analytics

• Global OA support and initiatives - onboarding systems, tasks, context support and leveraging standards

• E2E Execution including Forecast/RMWB, Contracting, New & DiscoaEUR(TM)d Products, New Vendor set-up, Inventory/Waste Tracking

• Budgeting: SP/MMO/MRB/Freight analysis, Vendor Allocation

• Bidding Events: RFQ support - spec validation, requirements gathering, support value assessment.

• Contract Mngt Process - Execution of SAP Time / volume contracts, uploading/reviewing signed contracts into repository, manage contract cycle. analyzing, webforms, T&CaEUR(TM)s

• HCS Support: Category management analytics.

• Facilitate and educate on S2P tools and resources

• Taxonomy and Spend Classification support

• Integration/ Acquisition/ Divestiture Support

• Category Specific Operational Tasks

• Blue Buffalo Integration

• Extensive Contract Mgmt. Support

• Monthly Transportation RFI

30 %

of Time

System Optimization & Trouble- shooting (30%)

a~ Business & Platform Service Support

A Systems expert (SAP, AFO, gPLM, Coupa, Maximo, gBuy, GEP Smart, GContracts) - site navigation, guidance, pulling/formatting reports, purchasing transactions & escalations (POs, Invoices, catalog price changes).

A A/P process, payment terms and Taulia execution and support

A Inbound Logistics escalation and other (replenishment, inventory mngt, forecast/new products/RMWB, waste, disco)

A Work with PSS support

A Delivery Issues, New Goods Shipped # setup

A GoBuy, Ask the link & Tail Spend support - site navigation guidance, support buyers with key document maintenance (preferred vendor list, taxonomy

A Optimization Opportunities within tools & processes.

A Continual update of Buyer Matrix and Preferred/Approved Vendor work.

A Data Analytics and drive HMM savings

15 %

of Time

Internal & External Relationship Management (15%)

a~ P2P Policy Champion

a~ Quality Customer Service for clients

• Support vendors with invoicing guidance (ex. AP issues)

• Facilitate and Lead Vendor/Stakeholder through new vendor set up

• Adhoc troubleshooting & maintenance requests

• Escalation point for key stakeholders (PSS, AP, Plants etc)

• Supplier Change & Performance Management (switching suppliers)

• Risk Management (deliveries, contracts, inventory)

• Quality Issue Resolution Support

• Communicate to key stakeholders and receive continual feedback

• Ensure vendors are integrated properly in various systems (SAP/MRB/Coupa/Maximo and Vendor Contacts)

• Contacting Carriers/Answering Carrier Questions

• Monthly Rebate Check

• Conduct Facility Surveys

Minimum Degree Requirements:

Bachelors

Preferred Degree Requirements:

Masters

Preferred Major Area of Study:

Supply Chain, Procurement

Preferred Professional Certifications:

CSCMP

Minimum years of related experience required:

3 to 6

Preferred years of related experience:

2 to 4

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed:

Some material management expertise shall be preferable

Competencies/Behaviors required for job:

Basic data analysis skills, hands-on experience of working on excel.

Additional Information:

This role would liaison with the buyers in the India Sourcing foods business team to support the P2P and New Product Development operational work.
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 aEUR" 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 whataEUR(TM)s next.