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.

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

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 important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out http://www.generalmills.com 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. With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).

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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.

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Purpose of the role

The purpose of the job is to support Demand planning function by providing Innovative 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

Analyst - Demand Forecasting