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:Position TitleSr. Business Analyst \xe2\x80\x93 WalmartFunction/GroupSales Strategy & IntelligenceLocationMumbaiShift Timing11.00 AM \xe2\x80\x93 8.00 PMRole Reports toAssistant Manager/ManagerRemote/Hybrid/in-OfficeHybridABOUT GENERAL MILLSWe make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and H\xc3\xa4agen-Dazs, we\xe2\x80\x99ve 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 accelerateus 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 outGeneral 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 outWe advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.JOB OVERVIEWFunction OverviewGIC Sales Strategy & Intelligence team partners with our global General Mills sales teams in providing them with analytical horsepower and enable business continuity so they can focus on core activities \xe2\x80\x93 Selling, driving distribution gains and optimizing merchandising plans to deliver sales volume targets. We enable customer, pricing & promotion strategies across the global markets through our focused capabilities of Sales Execution, Trade & Strategic Revenue Management and Category Management. Teams within function are aligned to the above focused capabilities for each of our markets and each team member specializes in domains of Advanced Analytics, Visual Insights & Planogramming.We are a family of Data analysts, Business analysts and Business Consultants with diverse opinions, cultures and passions and are united by our desire to serve the world by making food people love. We apply the principles of analytics to everything we do, constantly experimenting to discover new ways to add value to our stakeholders, customers and team members.For more details about the Function please visit thisPurpose of the roleThe role will be responsible to partner with the Sales Customer Managers for the Walmart teams in US.The team member will independently build a seamless rapport with the point of contact overseas, address and initiate business requests, establish solutions through sophisticated reporting, tool building and/or analysis and present the solutions with superior presentations/visuals. The work will be sent with actionable analysis that showcases depth & breadth of business acumen.The role includes trade fulfillment, enabling assortment and trade optimization sales strategies, competitive intelligence, recommending merchandising & pricing scenarios via leveraging various data sources (Nielsen, Lumintae, etc.) and analytical techniques either independently or through collaboration of cross-team peers.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES70% of time- Business Analysis & Analytics

• Master/own the recurring deliverables in the form of reports and presentations. Send high-quality output in a timely manner with upgrades as required.
• Leverage Wal-Mart Luminate, Nielsen and other such POS data sources to deliver insights about Wal-Mart customer behavior and changes to inform and influence sales and customer strategies.
• Design, develop and execute superlative templates/dashboards and tools in a turn-key scalable format that provides actionable insights for the business questions.
• Confidently present the data-backed analytical solutions to the business questions to stakeholders and rationalize techniques and approach.
• Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices and elevate the team\xe2\x80\x99s ability to tackle. Provide holistic business solutions by leveraging existing capabilities within the team.
• Showcase thought leadership; look for ways to integrate better business solutions.
• Demonstrate an analytical bend of mind in all tasks/projects/collaborations

15% of time- Continuous Improvement mindset to deliver Executional Excellence, and Project Management

• Ensure TAT is upheld via awareness on process requirements, meeting benchmark time estimates and through articulate expectation settings with the stakeholder.
• Guarantee data quality and accuracy through thorough comprehension of request, accurate application of tools/platforms with an eye for detail and a robust data & logic check.
• Eliminate Waste, Contribute to the Functional Productivity Goals
• CI Mindset: develop and drive a lens of continuous improvement for the projects, process & larger team.
• Project Management: Juggle multiple projects including long range projects and own project scoping, to trouble shooting, collaborating to timely communication/iterations with peers and stakeholders to high impact completion and presentation.
• Mentoring & Training new hires and Sr. Executives to excel in their roles and outperform expectations.

15% of time - Building Stakeholder Relationships

• Brand themselves as a SME on multiple fronts
• Understand client needs/ customer request and see the larger picture to enable holistic solutions.
• Ability to recommend and influence changes to process/procedures.
• Explore business development opportunities and transform into tangible results.
• Ability to communicate challenges in an assertive manner.
• Work through people and processes to accomplish superlative results.
• Articulate and comprehensive presentations to the audience

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education \xe2\x80\x93 Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
• 3-4 years of relevant Business Reporting, Analytics & Visualization experience in CPG (or related) industry, Data Modelling preferred
• Experience in analysis data and applying analytical techniques (preferred)
• Agility to learn new databases, tools, platforms on the fly and implement in real time
• Strong command over oral and written English
• Multitasking ability - work on a host of tools/databases and software/platforms effectively to manifest superior results
• Organization and Prioritization - in line with the team\'s goals
• Collaborate with peers to align with the team\xe2\x80\x99s vision.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-6 years of Business Reporting, Analytics & Visualization experience, Data Modelling preferre
• Company Values - Do the right thing all the time; Play to win; Grow and Inspire; Win as a team; Act boldly move quickly.
• Process Transformation
• Business & Category Planning
• Problem Solving & Analytical
• Leads Innovation: Tech & Data Savvy
• Selling & Influential Communication
• Proactive and the ability to handle ambiguous situations in a calm, composed manner

COMPANY OVERVIEWWe 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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