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: Sr. Analyst - CPW Function/Group: Consumer Insights
Country: India Location: Mumbai
Recommended Level: Professional/PG 50 Job Type: Full time
Role Reports to: Manager Geographical Scope of the Role - Location: Global
Percentage of travel required:

Job Overview (Briefly describe the purpose of job in no more than 2-3 sentences.)
At CPW team we are looking for someone to lead analytical and Consulting projects for us. This candidate will work with stakeholders and other analytical professionals across the Globe to understand business challenges and opportunities and define the analytical techniques to answer these.

We expect the candidate to:
- Lead project engagement for one of the CPW regions and be accountable for all analytics needs
- Understand the Business Opportunities and Challenges, evaluate multiple data sources (POS data, Panel Data, external sources) and synthesize this data to draw detailed analysis and insights and provide the "story" to aid business objectives
- Have a good experience in Consumer research with a good Analytical mindset
- Possess excellent Stakeholder management skills
- Have depth knowledge in POS data, good to have knowledge in HH panel data
- Know how to translate complicated business question to simplified solution
- Have strong Communication skills and be a good Story- teller

Some examples of projects we expect are:
- Understanding the Product Performance and derive key driving factors
- Determining the potential size of new products launched
- New Product , Price, Promotion, BTL Analytics
- Product Strategy

Job Responsibilities (Describe the responsibilities of the role)
(Consider listing the primary duties/responsibilities of the role and the approximate percentage of time spent on overreach area during the course of a year. Percentages should add up to 100%. Do not list any duties or responsibilities that require less than 5% of the role's time.)
Please use the following rows to clarify the responsibilities.
90%
of Time Operational Responsibilities
- Stakeholder management
- Probe to understand the underlying Business question from stakeholders and share relevant insights that drives impact to the Business
- Share insights proactively & frequently using the pool of data available
- Gain expertise in using the tools developed in-house
- Conduct logical analyses using the rich pool of data to provide clear verbal and written explanations or key conclusions based on the analyses conducted
- Own specific analytic infrastructure relating to mission-critical strategic approaches
- Build process efficiencies into analytic procedures as opportunities present themselves to provide swifter analyses with higher accuracy
- Be able to explore large data sets and proactively make recommendations for an analysis plan and follow-through with the proposed plan.
- Integrate other learning as appropriate
- Provide the "story" not just the data
- Independent & End to End project management on multiple projects undertaken
10%
of Time Strategic Responsibilities
- Identify process improvement areas.
- Leverage Continuous Improvement tool to eliminate waste in the process
- Serve as a consulting resource for the Global & Regional teams

Desired Profile (Describe the expectations from the candidate)

Education

Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
Preferred Major Area of Study: Marketing / Market Research
Required Professional Certifications: Masters in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics/Econometrics, MBA
Preferred Professional Certifications: MBA

Experience

Minimum years of related experience required: 5-7 years - analytics experience; experience with business consulting is desired.
Preferred years of related experience: 6+ years - analytics experience; experience with business consulting is desired.

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
- Strong technical knowledge of Syndicated research (Point of Sale, Nielsen IRI tools)
- Need to have HH panel data experience
- Good communication skills
- Strong Story telling skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively together
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Fluency with Microsoft Office Suite with strong excel and PowerPoint
- Experience using SQL
- Experience of working on Nielsen Answers/IRI Unify/ Dunhumby Tools
- Prior Experience in CPG industry preferred
- Experience working and collaborating with others to build effective plans for conducting analysis based on needs of the project.
- Problem solving skill
Competencies/Behaviors required for job
Leading Change
- Continually asks him/herself, "Why do I (or we) do it this way?"
- Continuous Improvement mindset
- Remains curious despite having developed deep expertise
Delivers Outstanding Results
- Thinks through ways of implementing his knowledge/experience which the process could benefit from
- Makes quality decisions in a timely manner
- Proactively anticipates and addresses issues/opportunities
- Consistently accomplishes assigned tasks
- Delivers high quality work within established timeframes
- Pays attention to detail and focuses on accuracy
- Seeks assistance, information, and resources to make good decisions
- Displays sense of urgency even in absence of assigned deadlines
Technical Expertise
- Strong Excel, PPT Knowledge, exposure using to SQL queries,
- Adapts to tools & technology as per the process needs
- Acquires good knowledge and skills in his/her functional area
- Seeks to understand the principles of service excellence & how to apply them in own area
- Encourages his/her group to continuously expand their knowledge base
Influence and Impact
- Maintain good working relationship with peer group delivering as a Team
- Set examples in the peer group
Agility
- Shares and collaborates with peers on application of relevant industry trends

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 -- 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's next.