Consultant - Global Sourcing Solutions

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Powai, Mumbai

Food Processing & Packaged Food

Job Description

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

Consultant - Global Sourcing Solutions

Tail Spend India Indirect Category Buyer

Function/Group

Global Sourcing Solutions

Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

1:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Role Reports to

GIC Indirect Sourcing Manager

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Hybrid

About General Mills

We make foodthe world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Haagen-Dazs, we have 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

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

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplac es 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, optimise 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.

Purpose of the role

This team member will leverage a consultative framework to prepare and deliver actionable insights to indirect sourcing operations leaders and global buyers on tail spend consolidation opportunities and root causes of non-compliance and tail creep in their categories. Together, these reports will expose opportunities to drive incremental spend under management, deliver incremental Total Value, prevent leakage of pre-committed Total Value, expose operational cost avoidance opportunities and mitigate business risk.

Insights delivered will be leveraged to build category operational execution plans (or playbooks) that will tie GSOC buyer support capabilities (and teams) to lagging metrics or non-compliance/tail creep root causes for continuous improvement initiatives.

In partnership with GMI's Sourcing Vision Product Team, this consultant will oversee the development and maintenance of reports and data pulls associated with this role. While actual development will be owned by the product team, this consultant will be the SME on underlying data sets and sources (and the regional category nuances that go with them).

This role provides exposure to global Indirect Sourcing, specifically the Supply Chain, Marketing & Corporate Services categories. This consultant will work directly with associated business stakeholders, buyers, IT support, 3rrd party support and internal sourcing operations team members to ensure the information provided is driving true business value. You will implement category strategies, manage supplier relationships, contracts, and payment terms, and drive cost savings for the organisation in alignment with the India/GEMs (Global Emerging Markets) sourcing-led strategy.

20%of Time:

Preparing and maintaining reports and underlying data-source connections analyzing data to tease out critical insights and recommendations for regional category buyers and sourcing operations leaders

. Own roadmap and maintenance of Tail and Compliance Reports

o Maintain KPI/Metric definitions for clear understanding of data sources and benchmarks

o Update, design and develop models/dashboards/scorecards in Spotfire / Tableau/Excel

o Monitor performance of the business-critical dashboards / models

o Review and ensure clean data from different systems/ Data sources (SAP,SAP BW,Coupa, Maximo, MFG Pro,SMART by GEP,Data Lake)

o Format Data- Structuring/ Mapping different data sets into Master views for dashboards

o Leverage data from above platforms and work towards Automation/Streamlining Reports/Dashboards

o Innovate and build predictive models

o Drive innovation and Tail and Compliance Reporting process improvements

o Innovate & provide expertise /insights in developing/ implementing the new capabilities

o Work closely with the COE Leads, Buyers ,Project Managers, Sr. Managers, Directors to understand their needs and ensure continued value delivery

o Use the business problems to build innovative proof of concepts

o Scale the proof of concepts to production ready models with help of IT teams

60% of Time

Build pipeline and conduct Tail and Compliance Consultations with COE lead/Ops Lead/Buyers to build consensus on category buying strategies and resulting operational execution plans/initiatives and playbook documentation to prioritize in FY.

. Interview regional category buyers and ops support to ensure underlying data sets, filer criteria and report views are adjusted for regional category nuances prior to conducting a consultation or read-out

. Be a storyteller to explain the w hy & how of your data driven recommendations to cross-functional teams around

o New Total Value Opportunities

o Missed Opportunities/Total Value Leakage

o Operational Cost Avoidance Opportunities

o Risk

. Understand the nature of request, statement of work and provide Tail Spend Bidding support by managing & executing bids

. Launch tenders within the General Mills sourcing policy and compare rate cards, quotations and conduct negotiations with suppliers with continuous alignment with stakeholders.

. Improve payment terms, working capital, Total Value

. Recommend suppliers to be added in the preferred list in order to consolidate the tail spend

20% of Time

. Process leadership and team mentorship

. Operate with high level of engagement with partner teams both internal & external that enables identification and proposal of potential standard process improvements.

. Opportunity assessment leveraging data & analysis to provide recommendations to the sourcing organization

. Develop & Provide Compliance reporting on transactional Data on tail spend , non-compliance and root cause engagement and buying behaviors.

. Introduce Transactional Tail Spend Strategies and provide necessary consultations to reduce operational cost

. Develop standard operating procedures/OPL's /Templates/Standard Reports

. Understanding of key sourcing processes that aid in decision making

. Lead the execution of training, dashboard and tool training for various needs within organization

. Attending Webinars/Conference & share the new technologies / industry practices with the team

. Ability to operate with a Continuous Improvement Mindset and drive innovative solutions

. Ability to manage multiple priorities

. Financial Analysis / Spend Analytics

. Project Management

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Degree Requirements: Full-Time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory)
Minimum years of related experience required: 5+ Years

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed

5+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or related field, with a focus on indirect categories such as Corporate Services.
Experience in negotiating and managing contracts with suppliers.
Good understanding and use of fundamental Source to Pay process and tools
Understand key cost drivers of an agreement to be able to advocate for GMI during negotiations
Experience in conducting eSourcing events independently leveraging tools such as Jaggaer, SMART by GEP, and Ariba will be preferred.
Demonstrated ability to implement category strategies that meet operational targets.
Strong project management, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and procurement systems.
Agile mindset: the ability to interpret and reinterpret data sets with evolving category strategy in mind - highlighting different insights and opportunities based on stakeholder input.
Initiative-taker: bias for action with the ability to deliver outstanding results through task prioritization and time management.
Number sense, ability to identify questionable data, dig in & address it.

Competencies/Behaviors required for the job.

Communication

Ability to effectively communicate ideas (via written & verbal communication) with stakeholders from different functions within the organization. Engages in cross-functional collaboration to identify innovative solutions.

Problem Solving / Analytical skills.

Ability to understand the business requirements and convert them into solution development needs. Incumbents should have experience in working o n large data sets. Can identify issues and provide ideas/solutions for resolution.
Creative Thinking/Leads change.
Ability and confidence to identify and recommend creative solutions. Identifies both opportunities and needs for change. Adapts quickly and responds effectively to change. Identifies issues or problems and provides a respective solution. Explores and shares innovative best practices with others.

Functional Skills

Ability to deliver outstanding results.

Completes tasks, activities, and projects in a timely and effective manner. Communicates progress on projects with others to ensure overall alignment. Provides ideas and input to help the team achieve greater results. May lead a defined portion of a project. Assumes personal initiative and accountability for results, performance, and behaviours.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
Preferred Major Area of Study: BE, Supply Chain Management, MBA Operations /Supply Chain
Required Professional Certifications: N/A
Preferred Professional Certifications: APICS, PMP
Preferred years of related experience: 7+Years