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.
Job Overview
The role will be responsible to partner with the Sales / Trade Marketing /Category Teams in US / International markets and Trade Finance groups.
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 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 strategies, competitive intelligence, recommending merchandising & pricing scenarios via various data modelling & analytical techniques either independently or through collaboration of cross-team peers.
Job Responsibilities
70% of Time
Business Analysis & Analytics
Master and own the monthly deliverables in the form of reports & presentations and send quality output in a timely manner with upgrades
Design superlative templates, Develop and execute dashboards/ tools in a turn-key scalable format
Own development of best-in-class reports, tools and customized shelving/assortment plans while finding synergies ad avoid redundancy
Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices and elevate the team’s ability to tackle business questions with value adds
Demonstrate an analytical bend of mind in all tasks/projects/collaborations
Distill actionable insights from the data to offer client ready business recommendations by identifying meaningful customer indicators & trends
Actively builds & proliferates trade & category management knowledge & principles
Confidently present category and trade dynamics to stakeholders and rationalize techniques and model fit
Showcase thought leadership; look for ways to integrate better business solutions
Anticipate customer needs based on business trends and previous projects
20% 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 incld. 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
10% 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
Education & Experience
Education
Minimum Degree Requirements:
Bachelors
Preferred Degree Requirements:
Bachelors/Masters
Preferred Major Area of Study:
Business Management, Statistics, Marketing, Retail, Economics
Experience
Minimum years of related experience required:
3-4 years of relevant Business Reporting, Analytics & Visualization experience in CPG (or related) industry, Data Modelling preferred
Preferred years of related experience:
5-6 years of Business Reporting, Analytics & Visualization experience, Data Modelling preferred
Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
Experience with market data analysis tools is required (experience working with ACNielsen and IRI data preferred.)
Experience in analysis data and applying analytical techniques (preferred)
Experience with Planogram building software (ProSpace or Apollo) is preferred
MS Excel (incl. VBA) & Tableau proficiency - preparing dynamic dashboards and working through large volumes of data effectively
Agility to learn new databases, tools, platforms on the fly and implement in real time
Exceed internal and external customer timelines and expectations
Strong command over oral and written English
Continuous Improvement mindset
Multitasking ability - work on a host of tools/databases and softwares/platforms effectively to manifest superior results
Organization and Prioritization - in line with the team's goals
Collaborate with peers to align with the team’s vision
Competencies/Behaviors required for job
• 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 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.