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: Supply Planner, Pet
Function/Group: Logistics
Country: India
Location: Mumbai
Recommended Level:PG 60
Job Type: Full time
Role Reports to:PET Manager
Geographical Scope of the Role - Location:Regional
Percentage of travel required:0%

Job Overview:
This role is responsible for supporting the balancing of demand and inventory information against capacity realities to determine net requirements and production quantities by location in Long range. Process responsibility includes supporting the setting of inventory targets, Distribution Requirements Planning, Volume Planning, & Capacity Planning. Primary responsibility is to build supply plans that support demand while enabling commercial & supply chain decisions with cost-benefit analysis.

This role specifically supports PET\xe2\x80\x99s growing international business ambitions. The individual in this role will gain the leadership experience of leading cross-functional teams in a global matrix organization; this includes working with global suppliers, international business segment leaders, and international stakeholders. A couple of the specific supply chain capabilities one can expect to develop in this role are initiative management and business partnership. This role affords the opportunity to develop cultural agility and empathy while demonstrating an ability to drive results across markets/segments.

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80% Distribution Requirements, Volume, & Capacity Planning:

\xc2\xb7 Manage strategic planning from months 4-36 in Planning systems.

\xc2\xb7 Run scenarios based on total capacity, net requirements, inventory targets, segmentation strategies, and volume plans across locations based on cost-benefit analysis

\xc2\xb7 Support execution against selected Supply Plan scenarios that balances constraints in consideration of Capacity, Distribution Requirements, and Volume Planning

\xc2\xb7 Partner with (distribution) Network Management to support mid to long-term distribution strategies

\xc2\xb7 Support mid to long-term volume plans (production volume)

\xc2\xb7 Build annual supply strategies to meet financial, operational, & business targets of each market he/she supports

\xc2\xb7 Balance supply plan & drive adherence according to Shared Resources market supply agreements

\xc2\xb7 Partners closely with Demand Planners to understand levers and make decisions regarding supply chain and business trade-offs

Processes and Procedures:

\xc2\xb7 Monitor & drive improvement through KPI (Key Performance Indicators) tracking to reconcile performance against plans to drive ongoing improvements in costs, time, capacity, and asset utilization

\xc2\xb7 Perform root cause analysis for key service issues, as well as share output with appropriate leadership

20% Stakeholder Management:

\xc2\xb7 Maintain and develop relationships with stakeholders, encourage and enhance cross function collaborations

\xc2\xb7 Build relationships with Brand Planners and Product Platform Managers & understand all market supply agreements supported by his/her supply chain

\xc2\xb7 Build relationship with finite scheduler, deployment, network manager and material planner, ESC (External Supply Chain) and Region Planning COE

Education & Experience :
\xc2\xb7 Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in any major

\xc2\xb7 5+ years related experience

\xc2\xb7 Basic knowledge of demand planning processes, principles, and acumen to push integrated strategies that consider impact of demand through supply chain

\xc2\xb7 2 years+ of experience as Logistics Planner or Supply Planner

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
\xc2\xb7 Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain planning process

Ability to utilize visualization and communication tools
Effective communication and influencing skills
Planning system knowledge is required e.g. OMP, Logility, APO etc

Competencies:
Engage with purpose by building relationships

\xc2\xb7 Build relationships within the function and across the Supply Chain and collaborate to make decisions and achieve goals

\xc2\xb7 Build trust by involving others in issues that affect them and communicating openly and honestly

Demonstrate agility by showing curiosity and being culturally agile

\xc2\xb7 Ensure the team challenges the status quo

\xc2\xb7 Ensure the team learns from mistakes and failures

\xc2\xb7 Be self-aware and humble

\xc2\xb7 Value differences and treat them as an opportunity to gain diverse perspectives and broaden thinking

Leverage standardized processes

\xc2\xb7 Ensure teams adhere to safety and other existing processes to produce consistent, repeatable results

\xc2\xb7 Ensure teams use continuous Improvement and other best practices to drive food and human safety and zero-loss

\xc2\xb7 Ensure teams leverage opportunities to use consistent processes across organizational boundaries

\xc2\xb7 Identify and remove barriers that prevent teams from achieving zero loss

Leverage expertise by being broad and going deep

\xc2\xb7 Understand the General Mills business and how the Supply Chain delivers business value

\xc2\xb7 Help the team understand how the integrated Supply Chain delivers value to customers

\xc2\xb7 Demonstrate a working knowledge of core Supply Chain capabilities

\xc2\xb7 Help the team understand the interdependencies within the Supply Chain

Seize opportunities by thinking outside-In

\xc2\xb7 Take a broad perspective when making decisions and solving problems

\xc2\xb7 Ensure priorities are consistent with functional direction and goals and reflect an understanding of the external business environment

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 \xe2\x80\x94 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 what\xe2\x80\x99s next.

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