Sr Analyst - Demand Analytics

Position Title

Sr Analyst - Supply Chain Demand Analytics

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 the 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).For more details check out https : / / www.generalmills.co.in

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

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 of 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.
• Mentoring, training, and onboarding of new joiners and interns.
• Leading ad hoc projects independently, taking initiatives, identifying process gaps and providing solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Skills Required

exponential smoothing , Data Analysis, Power Bi, Tableau, Statistics, Sql, Azure, Gcp, Arima, Excel, Python, Aws