Consultant Global Sourcing Solutions

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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 Overview:
The Operations Analyst (OA) is a member of Global Sourcing Operations & Capabilities (GSOC) and will be an integral member, working collaboratively with Sourcing Buyers and Category leaders, the broader GSOC organization, and also cross-functionally (i.e. Digital & Technology). As an OA, you will deploy standard operations, tools & processes by appropriately matching resources to support business priorities and drive results. Depending on the area of support, you may be partnering with both external suppliers and internal partners to support overall Sourcing initiatives. Strong communication, project management and change management/influence skills are imperative to lead stakeholders from customized processes to standard process. You will participate in governing standard process through reporting, analytics, and Source to Pay process support or project management.

Each role is unique and allows the OA to contribute and develop in their own meaningful ways. Category specific support, broad initiative support and training of small teams may be required.

Job Responsibilities:
55 %
of Time
Category and Buyer Support
Process Execution including Category Specific
Budgeting/Contract Support
Category Mngt Analytics

Global OA support and initiatives - onboarding systems, tasks, context support and leveraging standards
E2E Execution including Forecast/RMWB, Contracting, New & Discod Products, New Vendor set-up, Inventory/Waste Tracking
Budgeting: SP/MMO/MRB/Freight analysis, Vendor Allocation
Bidding Events: RFQ support spec validation, requirements gathering, support value assessment.
Contract Mngt Process Execution of SAP Time / volume contracts, uploading/reviewing signed contracts into repository, manage contract cycle. analyzing, webforms, T&Cs
HCS Support: Category management analytics.
Facilitate and educate on S2P tools and resources
Taxonomy and Spend Classification support
Integration/ Acquisition/ Divestiture Support
Category Specific Operational Tasks
Blue Buffalo Integration
Extensive Contract Mgmt. Support
Monthly Transportation RFI
30 %
of Time
System Optimization & Trouble- shooting (30%)
Business & Platform Service Support
Systems expert (SAP, AFO, gPLM, Coupa, Maximo, gBuy, GEP Smart, GContracts) site navigation, guidance, pulling/formatting reports, purchasing transactions & escalations (POs, Invoices, catalog price changes).
A/P process, payment terms and Taulia execution and support
Inbound Logistics escalation and other (replenishment, inventory mngt, forecast/new products/RMWB, waste, disco)
Work with PSS support
Delivery Issues, New Goods Shipped # setup
GoBuy, Ask the link & Tail Spend support site navigation guidance, support buyers with key document maintenance (preferred vendor list, taxonomy
Optimization Opportunities within tools & processes.
Continual update of Buyer Matrix and Preferred/Approved Vendor work.
Data Analytics and drive HMM savings
15 %
of Time
Internal & External Relationship Management (15%)
P2P Policy Champion
Quality Customer Service for clients

Support vendors with invoicing guidance (ex. AP issues)
Facilitate and Lead Vendor/Stakeholder through new vendor set up
Adhoc troubleshooting & maintenance requests
Escalation point for key stakeholders (PSS, AP, Plants etc)
Supplier Change & Performance Management (switching suppliers)
Risk Management (deliveries, contracts, inventory)
Quality Issue Resolution Support
Communicate to key stakeholders and receive continual feedback
Ensure vendors are integrated properly in various systems (SAP/MRB/Coupa/Maximo and Vendor Contacts)
Contacting Carriers/Answering Carrier Questions
Monthly Rebate Check
Conduct Facility Surveys

Minimum Degree Requirements:
Bachelors
Preferred Degree Requirements:
Masters
Preferred Major Area of Study:
Supply Chain, Procurement
Preferred Professional Certifications:
CSCMP
Minimum years of related experience required:
3 to 6
Preferred years of related experience:
2 to 4

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed:
Some material management expertise shall be preferable

Competencies/Behaviors required for job:
Basic data analysis skills, hands-on experience of working on excel.

Additional Information:
This role would liaison with the buyers in the India Sourcing foods business team to support the P2P and New Product Development operational work.

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 surroundingourselves with peoplewho are hungry for whats next.
General Mills

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