: 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 Description : Position Title

Market Supply Planner (INTL) - Logistics Operations

Function/Group

- Logistics

Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

1.30 PM to 10.30 PM

Role Reports to

Sr. Manager - Supply Planning (INTL)

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Hybrid : Currently 2 days in a week but need to adhere if it changes in future. Over and above days defined in hybrid, need to be in office for additional days as per business requirements.

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 significant as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate

General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.

Job Overview

Function Overview





This pivotal role is responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight for the market supply planning activities, specifically focusing on finished product planning executed by the Logistics Operations team. The Manager will be instrumental in driving the continuous enhancement and strategic evolution of planning capabilities, meticulously evaluating their impact on critical business KPIs. A key responsibility will be to champion global scalability and standardization initiatives across all planning functions. This role will foster strategic partnerships with regional planning teams and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to ensure the consistent implementation, optimization, and governance of global planning standards.

Key Accountabilities

Supply Planning / Inventory Planning

- Own market supply planning including product availability management, inventory strategy definition and stock optimization
- Own supply chain interface between market SC and upstream (plants/ESC) supply
- Ensure timely and cost-effective replenishment of stock to origin W/H from plant based on Demand insights
- Minimize shortage risks and proactively communicate risks to market SC team
- Manage the stock policy & shelf life to ensure service and reduce product waste
- Accurate maintenance of supply parameters (master data) in SAP / OMP and other systems (MTS model)
- Collaborate with in market SC team to enable value through HMM & other initiatives

Process and Procedures





- Demand Consolidation and Variance validation for International Markets
- Own monthly production regrouping strategy decision making for all markets (MTO/MTS)
- Own Weekly Supply Sufficiency analysis and execution. Escalate the supply sufficiency gaps proactively with plants and CSPs
- Represent markets in weekly S&OE; meetings with plants for timely visibility and resolution of operational supply challenges
- Analyze data to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements
- Validate system-driven activities and system out put
- Run supply segmentation models, including analyzing the segmentation standards and providing ongoing feedback to refresh/update.

Stakeholder Management

- Maintain and develop relationships with key partners and regional supply COE’s to encourage best practice sharing and cross functional collaboration.
- Collaborate with a broad spectrum of stakeholders within supply chain including but not limited to Regional supply COE,Concurrent supply planners, IPL, Deployment, Replenishment, Finite planners, Inventory analysts and Integrated Scenario modelers to incorporate strategies and drive solver performance.
- Partner and understand stakeholders’ requirements across all regional supply teams and collaborate with Planning & Logistics operations team in GIC for business solution development.
- Provide analytical and data support to the supply planning lead (COE), concurrent supply planners, finite schedulers, material planners (Region), Customer Service and Logistics.
- Capture inventory and supply plan alerts and exceptions and triage for Concurrent Supply Planners, Finite Schedulers, and Material Planners
- Maintain and develop relationships with

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