Job Description

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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.
Position Title
D&T Analyst I - Supply Chain
Function/Group
Digital & Technology
Location
Mumbai
Shift Timing
3PM to 12 AM
Role Reports to
D&T Manager - Supply Chain
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
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
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
Purpose of the role
The Digital and Technology team of General Mills India Centre is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual to contribute to the Global Digital Transformation initiative at General Mills in capacity of D&T Analyst I- Supply Chain. This role will report into D&T Manager - Supply Chain in India and functionally collaborate with North America Supply Chain Product team. It is an Individual contributor role.

• The candidate is accountable to perform integration of new trading partners, work on new interfaces, setup messages to/from GMI SAP systems
• Individual should be able to convert functional requirements into technical specifications & implement solutions

• The individual should have working knowledge of at least one EDI standard (EDIFACT, TRADACOMS, X12), IDoc & SAP commercial operations

• The Individual should be able to implement at least one integrated process like P2P, material management, supply chain & logistics, O2C business transactions etc.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
55 %
of Time
- Provide solutions to Production incidents
- Monitor SM37 / Tidal alerts for job failures in North America systems
- Work on ad-hoc request
- Writing mapping specifications & guide to build maps
- Provide support on other integration projects
30 %
of Time
- Play active role with business in integration of various processes
- Understand business requirements and translate in technical spec
- Troubleshoot issues to ensure that business processes dependent on EDI remain up and running
15 %
of Time
- Provide help across team
- Work on innovation and automation to reduce routine work
- Work on better implementation plan on critical tools
- Work with other teams to improve service provided to them
- Responsibilities include rotating on call support (including weekends) and planned project activities support
- Candidate will be expected to be able to manage multiple commitments in a dynamic environment
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education - Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
• In depth understanding of at least one major EDI standard (EDIFACT, X12, TRADACOMS)
• Working knowledge of at least one major value-added network (like GXS, Sterling etc.) and one other message exchange protocol (AS2, SFTP etc.)
• Programming / map development experience on an EDI translator (webMethods or similar) that demonstrates candidate can work either as analyst or developer
• Can analyse, document and develop a current or future business process. This should include identifying gaps to be resolved, preparing mapping specifications for developers and documenting a unit / system / regression test plan
• Resolves recurring or critical issues through root-cause analysis and proposing solutions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Working knowledge of order to cash, transportation or procurement to pay business processes for a CPG manufacturer
• Functional knowledge of EDI integration with SAP modules SD, MM, FI
• SAP ABAP programming knowledge related to IDoc and/or functional modules enhancement
• Understands fundamentals of project management such as cost/benefit analysis, estimating and scope creep
• Capable of building a work plan for their own project or as part of a larger cross functional project