50%

of Time

Operational responsibilities - Distribution Planning

- Review system generated service alerts daily. Deploy FG inventory across the network (General Mills CSF/warehouses) to achieve service level case-fill goals while balancing the inventory constraints with transportation costs.

- Maintain inventory levels at all Warehouses (CSFs) within expected tolerances (space/transportation/inventory constraints).

- Create/Adjust deployment requisitions to ensure smooth and steady flow of product to the CSFs

- Review product obsolescence/age management reports to proactively re-deploy inventory across locations as needed

- Review actual inventory movement vs. forecast to proactively react to demand trends (High/Low)

20%

of Time

Co-ordination

- Co-ordinate with GMI distribution resources that include CSF Planners, Plant planners, Transportation Coordinators, Production Schedulers, Demand Planning and other US-based resources

- Schedule meetings with Plants to align on processes and identify opportunities for process improvements

- Participate in the meetings for Seasonal SKUs, New products, Customer specific promotions, service meetings

- Actively participate in Staff meetings, Knowledge sharing sessions, Trainings, Collaboration

15%

of Time

Analysis & Reporting

- Identify the reasons for shortfalls on customer orders

- Investigate Off- Strategy Distribution movements

- Analyze and report Key Performance Indicator’s (KPI’s- case fills, mode mix, reposition $ etc.) affecting the transportation costs.

- Provide Service risk projections for short term and long term

- Analyze & report key drivers (demand trends/production etc.) impacting variances in weekly service level performance

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15%

of Time

Additional Responsibilities

- Weekly Service sheet preparation with proper root cause analysis

- Identify opportunities for process improvements

- Perform System updates/maintenance as necessary

- Co-ordinate process documentation- Desk Manuals, Job Task Analysis and Critical Task Lists and conducting audit for the same.

- Work on Special Projects as assigned

Minimum Degree Requirements:

Bachelors (Full time)

Preferred Degree Requirements:

Masters

Preferred Major Area of Study:

Supply Chain

Minimum years of related experience required:

Bachelors (2+ years) ;

Preferred years of related experience:

2-4