: 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

- Analyst - Function/Group
- Supply Chain - Location
- Mumbai - Shift Timing
- 1:30pm - 10:30pm - Role Reports to
- Manager - SC Demand Analytics - Remote/Hybrid/in-Office
- Hybrid - About General Mills - Job Overview - Function Overview

The GIC Supply Chain team manages end-to-end operations, encompassing planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and analytics.They strategically plan to meet market demands, optimize sourcing, ensure efficient production, and oversee the seamless movement of goods from production to delivery. The team employs advanced analytics throughout these processes, fostering adaptability and operational excellence. This collaborative approach ensures a well-coordinated supply chain that aligns with both organizational goals and dynamic market conditions.

For more details about the Function please visit this Link - Purpose of the role

The purpose of the job is to support Demand planning function by providing Cutting-edge solutions and help implementing it to

optimize/Standardize processes which will bring improvement to overall forecasting approach resulting in better accuracy.



Explore and take up opportunities which supports the demand planning efforts by creating and executing industry standard approaches. - Key Accountabilities

- Thorough understanding different forecasting models (time series and causal modal), analyze forecasting outputs, and prepare final analysis of change reports for the stakeholders to understand the data analysis steps, enabling them to take important decisions based on various facts and insights
- Proficiency to Identify, analyze and interpret patterns and trends through descriptive analysis in complex data sets that could be helpful for diagnosis and prediction
- Analyzing the different performance metrics (e.g. Accuracy, Bias etc.) and identifying improvement opportunities through RCA to achieve business targets
- Use automated tools (like Tableau Dashboards, GCP etc.) to extract data from primary and secondary sources using SQL/PLSQL
- Constantly engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment in demand forecast
- Lead and Coordinate with technical/data science teams to identify process improvement opportunities, validate outputs, propose modification if required

Minimum Qualifications

- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Operational research, statistics, supply chain and any other relevant field




- 1-2 years of experience in data analysis
- Working knowledge of data visualization software like Tableau/Power BI/Looker
- Basic knowledge of supply chain/CPG/Retail
- Familiar with forecasting techniques like Time series models (Exponential smoothing/ARIMA) and other ML techniques
- Proficiency in statistics and statistical tools like R/ Python/Excel/SQL to be used for data set analysis
- Basic knowledge of cloud environment like GCP/AWS/AZURE
- Having a systematic and logical approach to problem-solving
- Stakeholder management, Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving and business acumen

Preferred Qualifications - Education

- Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
- Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
- Preferred Major Area of Study: Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain
- Preferred Professional Certifications: Data Analytics, Supply Chain 101 etc.

Experience

- Minimum years of related experience required: 1
- Preferred years of related experience: 1 to 2

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.

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