Role & responsibilities

Strategic & Functional Leadership

- Translate Engineering GIC and Supply Chain strategy into a clear OGSM for CIS India, with priorities across core controls, plant applications, data, and security.
- Maintain a balanced portfolio of CIS projects and services that delivers impact on safety, service, cost, and cash while supporting long term digital roadmaps.
- Representing CIS in Engineering and platform forums, ensuring solid integration with Machine Design, M&R;, and D&T.;
- Lead the CIS India team delivering design, configuration, testing, and deployment of controls and information systems for capital projects, initiatives, and continuous improvement.
- Own and execute CIS work across:
- Core technologies (PLCs, SCADA/HMI, networks, industrial PCs).
- CIS Digital (plant applications, visualization, data collection, reporting).
- Warehouse & logistics technologies and integration into enterprise systems.
- Plant floor security and industrial cybersecurity controls.
- Support for EUAU Digital and partnership with CIS OU Leads.
- Ensure robust global plant floor support processes -Incident Management, with clear SLAs, escalation paths, and root cause / corrective action discipline.

Digital, Security & Standards

- Implement and maintain CIS standards, architecture, and reference designs for electrical, controls, instrumentation, and platforms of information systems.
- Partner with D&T; and Security to ensure all CIS solutions meet corporate requirements for safety, cybersecurity, compliance, and data integrity.
- Drive lifecycle management for CIS assets (obsolescence plans, patching, backups, disaster recovery) to minimize risk and unplanned downtime.

Business Partnering & Innovation

- Act as the primary CIS business partner for plant leadership, Engineering, D&T;, and Operations, converting site and regional strategies into scalable, standard solutions.
- Identify, pilot, and scale emerging controls, OT, and digital technologies (advanced visualization,



IIoT, edge computing, remote diagnostics) and partner with OEMs and integrators to capture innovation.

People Leadership & Operational Excellence

- Manage, coach, and develop CIS engineers, defining clear roles and development plans and building an inclusive, high-performance culture grounded in safety and integrity.
- Define clear roles, expectations, and development plans; support career progression aligned with Supply Chain competencies and technical promotion processes
- Establish and maintain standard work, documentation, and audit routines for CIS design, implementation, and support.
- Ensure CIS work is tightly linked to asset care strategies, reliability roadmaps, and digital manufacturing initiatives, delivering measurable improvements in uptime, quality, and cost.

Preferred candidate profile

Education: Bachelors degree in Engineering Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunication, or a related field.

Experience: 10-12 years of relevant experience, including visible leadership managing direct reports and influencing across functions.

Technical Skills: Ability to drive early management of controls and information systems into design, with strong understanding of controls and IT capabilities in manufacturing environments.

- Core Ecosystems: Deep expertise in major global automation platforms (e.g., Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley, Siemens, or Schneider Electric).
- SCADA & Software: High proficiency in industrial software packages (e.g., Inductive Automation Ignition, AVEVA/Wonderware, FactoryTalk View) and database systems (SQL).
- Industrial Networking: Solid command of industrial networks (Ethernet/IP, ProfiNet, Modbus, OPC-UA, MQTT) and industrial cybersecurity standards.

Soft Skills: Strong people leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, with the ability to build high-performing teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Masters degree in Engineering (Electronics / Instrumentation) or an MBA.
- Exposure to Digital Transformation / Smart Manufacturing initiatives.

📌 CIS Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 General Mills
📍 Mumbai