Lead D&T Analyst – ITQ - 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 : 12pm to 9pm 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 have 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 have 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 have 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 (Information Technology) 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 leverage 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 the 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 are waiting for you

Job Overview:

Role is Techno-functional Lead role who can lead business to solutions and provides an opportunity to develop technical and functional expertise in areas of ITQ (Innovation Technology & Quality). This role also includes responsibility of PLM solution implementation followed by other ITQ (Human & Pet) related work assignments and knowledge Management.

Key Accountabilities include:
- Guide the design and development of solutions for Supply Chain and ITQ projects, especially Product Lifecycle Management technology projects, by partnering with Product Owners, Architects and Delivery teams to understand business requirements and develop technical roadmaps.
- Provide technical leadership for the PLM team, which requires an understanding of PLM data model and transformation required to enable future data model needs and reporting.
- Develop understanding of data integration strategy between product commercialization systems and recommend solutions in building data pipelines by converting functional requirements to technical.
- Partner with the key business contacts to understand business issues, identify opportunities and drive solution to implementation.
- Use external perspective and internal relationships to improve how we work and what we deliver.
- Partner with the D&T manager in design of training strategy and stakeholder communications
- Subject matter expert and consultant supporting a wide variety of applications.
- Use a broad range of continuous improvement tools to provide insights, drive out waste, and improve system performance.
- Advocate and influence solutions and inform on new trends and technologies, challenge assumptions where necessary.

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
- Experience working directly with business clients to design a solution that meets business requirements.
- Ability to clearly articulate pros and cons of various technologies and platforms and architectural options, as well as ability to document use cases, solutions, and recommendations.
- Lead business continuance and enhancements to drive the business growth.
- Experience with databases (Oracle/SQL/GCP) and .NET mandatory
- Able to support day to day operations and technical upgrades.
- Adhere to the OLA and SLA timelines.
- Drive systemic improvements in system health through identification of key re-occurring theme and deep understanding of end-to-end system knowledge.
- Facilitate/Support operational initiatives.
- Guide and mentor team, work across geographies and stakeholders

Required Skills:
- Proficient in databases skills (GCP/Oracle/SQL) and .NET technologies.
- Must have excellent written and verbal skills, including technical writing. Ability to define, prioritize & clearly communicate short- and long-term goals with multiple global stakeholders.
- Must be able to develop technical solutions to business problems and act as a bridge between business and technical team.
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to take ownership and drive to successful outcomes.
- Drive meetings to understand stakeholder requirements.

Competencies/Behaviors required for job
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
- Track record as a strong team player with effective teamwork and communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills – can deal and communicate effectively in English (both in writing and verbally) with systems colleagues and business users.
- An analytical, methodical, logical approach to problem solving, employing innovative approaches to business and technical challenges.
- Structured and self-disciplined approach to working – can work on own initiative.
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Time management skills and the ability to prioritize multiple conflicting activities.
- Sound business judgment.
- Willingness to continue learning to expand and build on skill sets.
- Manage the delivery of the team.
- Cultivate a successful, motivated team to deliver on the requirements.
- Learning and enhancing new skill.
- Coaching, Mentoring and On-boarding younger developers.
- Process improvements project/team level.
- Lead in different initiatives (Knowledge sharing, Reading Groups, Dev Forums, etc.)
- Collaborates with other teams to utilize new features of platform technologies.
- Continue to build on communication/soft skills.
- Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise
- Advises project managers & analysts on Development impacts/strategies.
- Effective project/task estimation.
- More strategic conversation, a resource for managers/directors to translate technical discussions.
- Advises on best data practices within applications and projects.

Education

Minimum Degree Requirements:

Bachelors

Preferred Degree Requirements:

Masters

Experience

Minimum years of experience required:

12 to 14 Years

Preferred years of related experience:

10 Years

Skill proficiency expectations

Expert level

Intermediate Level

Basic Level

Product Lifecycle Management

Strong Analyst Qualities

Google Cloud Platform

Oracle

SQL

.Net

SAP

Reporting Tool

Agile

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.