Job Description

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Position Title

Operations Business Specialist
SP 60

Function/Group

GIC Supply Chain



Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

1:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Role Reports to

Manager

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Non Remote 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.

Function Overview
The GIC Supply Chain team manages end-to-end operations, encompassing planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and analytics. They strategically plan to meet market demands, optimize sourcing, ensure efficient production, and oversee the seamless movement of goods from production to delivery. The team employs advanced analytics throughout these processes, fostering adaptability and operational excellence. This collaborative approach ensures a well-coordinated supply chain that aligns with both organizational goals and dynamic market conditions. Link
Purpose of the role
The fundamental purpose is to drive improvement in forecast accuracy by optimizing the OMP statistical forecasting technologies, continuously improve the forecasting process, provide insights to the business partners (logistics and marketing division) to enhance business decisions and to support optimal service level.
The OBS act as supply chain representation on a cross-functional brand team that establishes, develops and executes Brand/Business strategies as they relate to Productivity, Profit, Volume and Share Top 3 Required Skillset • Excellent Project Management & Leadership capabilities (with no direct reportees) to lead & influence X-functional team
• Strong communication, relationship building, influencing and conflict management skills.
• Bias for action and process improvement.

Key Deliverables • Lead Operations & Technical (O&T) meeting along with the X-functional team to successful deliver all kinds of projects for the market i.e.:
+ NPI (New Product Innovation)
+ Reno (Product Renovation)
+ HMM (Holistic Margin Management - Cost Savings)
+ Plant moves (Manufacturing Strategy)
• Develop & maintain project timeline for all projects and share monthly reports (dashboard) for each markets to track progress & highlight risk.
• Coordinating with X-functional teams to deliver key project milestones as per timeline which includes :
+ Artwork development with marketing,
+ Packaging/Product development , as needed with ITQ or Regulatory from LRC
+ OBM/Plant for manufacturing/ COGs related info
+ PQM/FSQs for product quality/audit related info
+ SAP flow creation with D&T etc
• Work closely with MAT & BDT teams to discuss & align on project timelines, assess risk to reliability of supply, product quality or cost and work with markets to proactively develop solutions.
• Early management of emerging Supply Chain issues (eg: inflation, sustainability, resource constraints, Customer led initiatives, strategic sourcing initiatives) and risk management
• Know right questions to ask in business meetings regarding SC implications & knows what information is important to communicate back to other technical partners
• An OBS leverages the following:
+ Standard processes & tools (Lean Manufacturing- CI, VSU Tools)
+ Early and consistent influence of business teams
+ Platform management, issue resolution
+ Build Relationship within cross-functional team
+ Relationship with External Supply Chain

Additional skills for Considerations

• Demonstrated experience in influencing and a good team player
• Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience in Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, Sourcing and/or Logistics. Preferably with plant experience.
• Good understanding of SC Finance model
• Business facing experience helpful
• SAP knowledge helpful