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:
Lead Enterprise Platform Architect - SAP
Function/Group:
Digital and Technology
Country:
India
Location:
Mumbai
Role Reports to:
Geographical Scope of the Role - Location:
Global
Percentage of travel required:
-
Remote/Hybrid/in-Office
Hybrid
On-call required
Shift
Regular
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. The awards and recognition we've received
showcase our commitment to be a force for good:
World's Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2022
America's Most Responsible Companies, Newsweek 2022
100 Best Corporate Citizens, 3BL 2021
Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality, Human Rights Campaign 2022
100 Best Companies, Seramount 2021
Diversity Best Practices Leading Inclusion Index, Seramount 2021
Best Companies for Dads, Seramount 2021
Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Seramount 2021
Top 10 Companies for Executive Women, Seramount 2021
Military Friendly Employer Bronze, VIQTORY 2021
Best Place to Work, Canada, Greater Toronto, 2021
Top 50 - India's Best Workplaces for Women, 2021
Top Workplaces in Brazil, 2021
Asia's Best Workplaces, 2021
Hungry for What's Next
We exist to make food the world loves, and it shows. Our passion for people, doing good and creating
delicious food has energized us for over 150 years. Breaking away from the pack is how we win, so
we need your unique perspectives: your quirks, 'crazy' ideas, rigor and insatiable curiosity to make it
happen. We want people who constantly experiment, embracing the new and bold, who keep
pushing to turn ideas into reality, no matter how big or small. We've learned becoming the
undisputed leader in food means continuously reshaping, reimagining and rebuilding-- that only
happens when you surround yourself with those who are hungry for what's next.
For more details check out www.generalmills.com
General Mills India Centre General Mills India Center (GIC) operates out of Mumbai and supports the global operations of General Mills. The center was established in 2005 and has grown in strength. Today, we are a vibrant and diverse team of over 1500 employees that come together to champion business services for the various global entities of General Mills in the areas of Business Operations, Analytics Consulting, Logistics, Finance, IT Development & Technology Consulting, Consumer & Market Intelligence, Sales Capabilities, Research & Development. Digital and Technology team Digital and Technology is the largest team in GIC, which focuses on understanding the latest and innovative trends in technology and leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies at General Mills. The team closely collaborates with global business teams to understand business models and assess where technology can leveraged to bring efficiency and disruption. Be it AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain or Enterprise Architecture, GIC Digital and Technology has something for every technology enthusiast who wants to work here. Our MillsWorks initiative is where we bring agile@scale delivery model to life. Here, business and technology teams work cohesively in pods as ONE team, driven by a singular mission and focused on delivering value for the Company. Our employees, who work on large technology projects of strategic importance, are the Digital Transformation change agents. Our service partnerships and employee engagement are centered on advancing equity and strengthening communities. We believe in an inclusive culture and trust in the power of people who have a passion for learning and growing with technology. We believe in "Work with Heart". Work with Heart is focused on results, not facetime. If you are passionate about the latest in technology and want to make an impact on the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company, we're waiting for you.
Job Overview
Role: Lead Enterprise Platform Architect - SAP
Location: Mumbai, Hybrid eligible
The Platform Architect, SAP is a critical role within CyberEA (Cyber and Enterprise Architecture) group
of General Mill's D&T (Digital and Technology) organization. This role specifically focuses on the SAP
platform and its comprehensive integrations across the enterprise. Solutions include projects and
products, systems (applications, processes, data and technology), shared infrastructure services and
shared application services. They are accountable for driving clarity, enabling enterprise agility, and
mitigating risk within and across all domains.
Role Responsibilities
The candidate works as an individual contributor.
The candidate is accountable to provide guidance and regular consulting to various stakeholders.
Focus on technical near-term strategy to design and deliver successful solutions, with a emphasis on
the SAP landscape and integrations with the SAP landscape.
It is expected that the candidate should act as partner with overall SAP practices teams and
contribute to architecture design of critical enterprise systems.
Align prioritized solutions to strategy, technical implementation leadership across an ecosystem (ex,
Finance, Sales, or Marketing), design & delivery, and define interfaces and integration patterns for
SAP and connected systems.
Coach and mentor other architects, product owners/managers and business stakeholders to encourage architectural thinking Provide leadership, analysis and design tasks ensure technology solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards, with a strong focus on SAP best practices, architectural principles, and roadmap alignment Should keep constant connect with external community, understand future trends, and influence internal functions with the same
Must - have skills and experience
12+ Years of architecture experience with SAP
Deep knowledge of SAP's technology stack, such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology
Platform (BTP), SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and various SAP
modules & bigger picture understanding of systems that integrate with SAP.
Candidate should have working experience with a global team on supporting SAP and Non-SAP
systems.
Candidate should have knowledge in working on HANA, S4, cloud hyperscaler (desired GCP) &
macro knowledge of various modules of SAP solutions
Strong problem determination and resolution skills are needed
Skilled at understanding the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations
Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
Ability to organize, prioritize, follow-up and ensure execution of multiple projects in a dynamic
environment.
Proactive and anticipate future needs.
Demonstrated ability to work independently or in a team environment.
Clear understanding of criticality of SAP BASIS team roles and responsibilities.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Strong aptitude to learn and passion for problem solving
Quickly learn and apply new technologies.
Good to have skills
Able to define strategic vision and help to implement
Skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making
Knowledge of various artificial intelligence/machine learning frameworks (AI/ML) and their
application within the SAP ecosystem
Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and their practical application to enable
new and evolving business and operating models.
Data savvy with knowledge of various aspects of a technology architecture like integration, network
and security, with a strong understanding of SAP data models, data migration strategies, and SAP
security architecture.
Understanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall,
spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize and
DevOps)
Facilitates the evaluation, selection and TCO of software product standards and services, as well as
the design of standard and custom software configurations.
Manages and develops the architecture for a broader scope of projects or products, working closely
with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or product or
initiative.
Develops the roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise solution portfolio from current to future
state.
Contributes to the development of goals for the department and planning efforts
Manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area.
Derive result from highly ambiguous situation
Work is performed with limited oversight.
Communicates and work to influence with parties within and outside/external of own job function regarding policies, procedures, and practices. Energizes others to go the extra mile Sets and example of effective self-development Challenge self and others to identify creative approaches to solution Focus time and energy on most important priorities Proactively develop solution to mitigate the risk and maximize the opportunities Create the atmosphere of trust in work group. Model and insist of multi-perspective approach on all projects and customer interaction Challenge and question with courage Demonstrate the judgment to maintain systems and processes that are working well Holds self and other accountable for getting the job done with excellence Encourage team to continuously expand their knowledge base
Skill proficiency expectations
Expert level Intermediate Level Basic Level
Strong relationship
management and
communication skills
Effective abilities to
solution, design and
architect
Broader SAP component
knowledge
Working in global teams
Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Cyber Security Resource management/technical resource guidance Agile techniques, methods and experience External vendor relationship management experience
Additional Information
Hiring Manager

Skills Required