D&T Manager- Supply Chain - Mumbai, India - General Mills

Description

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.

Shift Timings: 11 AM - 8PM (IST)

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 Häagen-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.

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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 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: D&T Manager - PET SC
Location: Mumbai
As the Pet segment for General Mills, Blue Buffalo's ambitious growth objectives are connected to an equally ambitious technology and innovation roadmap. If you want to play a key role in the delivery of this roadmap, we have an immediate need for a professional with IT Supply Chain experience, and particular expertise in the SAP Logistics Execution (LE), SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales & Distributions, EDI, and systems integration. This person should be passionate about their work and wants to see the immediate impact of their efforts and work on SAP technologies covering Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Transportation business processes.
The role will play an integral part in formulating and delivering solutions and operational enhancements, working directly with various business partners, IT leadership and external service providers to deliver value to our business.

Role Responsibilities

Product/Project Management

• Apply knowledge of Supply Chain processes to manage a team that designs, builds, optimizes and supports solutions in the areas of SAP ECC (including workflow SD, LE, MM, QM, WM and PP), external vendor management, EDI and other systems integration.

• Work closely with business and D&T stakeholders and external service providers on a wide range of topics that require technical expertise, including business requirements analysis, issue troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, business process optimization, integration topics, cross-functional projects, end-user training, translating requirements into technical solutions, and providing cost-benefit analysis and estimates.

• Develop close partnership with business users to truly understand needs, connect with other team members to facilitate technical conversations to ensure end to end solution optimization.

• Build strong relationships within D&T and Pet Supply Chain teams.

• Continuously improve operations including projects, operational metrics, opportunities, and SLA's

• Partner with Learning & Development to create Onboarding, documentation and to strengthen the functional and technical expertise.

• Partner with Project Manager(s) to gain alignment for and execute detailed implementation plan and to optimize the Azure capability and drive governance/process adherence.

• Connect across regions, functions and capabilities to align standards across PET and collaborating with NAR/NAF to understand the best practices.

People Management

• Set directions, align, and motivate team members to achieve functional goals and objectives.

• Develop future Leaders and build succession planning.

• Manage team member's professional, personal and social development through Individual Development Plan, Performance Appraisal, etc. available within HR resources.

• Performance Appraisal (PA) and Talent Management:
o Hiring & Retention: Ensure/Manage Hiring process for new personnel is followed and roll out retention strategies to retain key talent.
o Create a pool of SME's to manage risks and contingency.

Strategic Responsibility

• Aligning departmental goals, processes, and resource allocation with the organizational strategy.

• Leading and Executing GIC D&T OKR's to drive engagement and build talent of future.

• Stakeholder management: building and nurturing strong advisory relationships with key external and internal senior stakeholders including influencing executives.

• Defining problems and strategic solutions - scoping, analyzing, preparing and presenting strategy checks.

Must - have technical skills and experience

• SAP Experience – SD, MM, LE, PP and any other technology experience

• Team and people management experience

• Experience leading work across functions and ability to navigate the organization and work through multiple and complex projects.

• High analytical aptitude, operations experience, and commercial support experience

• Understanding of Agile Methodology

• Experience of working in an International, multi-cultural organization

• Good problem-solving skills, bias for action, decisive, strong time management skills

• Exhibits candor by encouraging open discussion of issues and sound judgment.

• Comfortable presenting and influencing senior leaders.

• Continuous Improvement skills and experience desirable

• Foundational understanding of Supply Chain systems and business domains – Demand Planning & Forecasting, Sales and Operations, Capacity Planning etc.

Good to have skills

• Experienced solution-oriented leader with supply and demand planning experience

• Understanding of full end to end logistics processes and OTC.

• Product Management experience

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.