Job Description

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Position Title

Data Analyst - Sales & Commercial Capabilities

Function/Group

Sales & Commercial Capabilities

Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

01:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Role Reports to

Assistant Manager/Manager

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Hybrid

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 Haagen-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

GIC Sales Strategy & Intelligence team partners with our global General Mills sales teams in providing them with analytical horsepower and enable business continuity so they can focus on core activities - Selling, driving distribution gains and optimizing merchandising plans to deliver sales volume targets. We enable customer, pricing & promotion strategies across the global markets through our focused capabilities of Sales Execution, Trade & Strategic Revenue Management and Category Management. Teams within function are aligned to the above focused capabilities for each of our markets and each team member specializes in domains of Advanced Analytics, Visual Insights & Planogramming.



We are a family of Data analysts, Business analysts and Business Consultants with diverse opinions, cultures and passions and are united by our desire to serve the world by making food people love. We apply the principles of analytics to everything we do, constantly experimenting to discover new ways to add value to our stakeholders, customers and team members.





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Purpose of the role

The Role will be responsible to support the business teams across categories and retailers in the Latin American & Carribbean Distributor Markets. The team member will complete several key responsibilities such as trade reconciliation, basic analysis and turn-key reporting.



The role encompasses data mining from multiple sources/tools to data harmonization to visualization combined with robust quality audit and documentation.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

30%



of Time

Brand Management:

Innovation set up activities - pricing approval processes (feasibility - PIE), sku creation. Selling sheets in English and Spanish Keep updated portfolio info by country: Product Planning Letters, Tech sheets Track competition activities, Online Competition and Ecommerce Nielsen and market data reports and analysis Finance analysis tools

30%



of Time

Trade Marketing - Distributor processes:

Budget tracking and systems: Purchase Orders's (PO) and Purchase Agreement's (PA) creation and tracking, Accruals monitoring Distributor investment tracking Distributor portal admin (content, grant access, train users) NAR innovation summaries

30%



of Time

Marketing Operations:

Vendors creation Product samples requests A&CP planning and tracking Digital platforms management (communication calendar, assets to agencies) Innovation mapping and tracking (PMR summary by month) Launch plans checklist and calendars

05%



of Time

Technical Expertise

Actively learn and apply intermediate/advanced level of expertise in MS Excel, SAP etc. Undergo trainings: As recommended and self-initiated refresher trainings to keep abreast of tool dynamics and their functional as well as tactical applications

05%



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 Eliminate Waste, Contribute to the Functional Productivity Goals

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education - Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Degree Requirements: Bachelors/Masters; Spanish Language Expert Preferred Major Area of Study: Any Stream (preferably Marketing, Business Management, Statistics, Retail)

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

100% bilingual (Spanish & English). Strong desire to learn and develop professionally. Passion for marketing and keeping up with industry best practices. Excellent communication and analytical skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and maintain close attention to detail. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Experience in Brand Marketing / Trade Marketing / Category Management from Global Consumer Goods /FMCG Industry. * Strong self-management, can-do attitude to be able to work remotely with multi-functional, multi-cultural teams.