General Mills is Hiring | Engineer |
Position – GIC-Engineer – Engineering Solutions (Engineering Analytics)
Company – General Mills
Location – Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN
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 to our success.
Job Overview:
The supply chain analytics group is responsible for delivering the solutions and developing the capabilities which enable better decision-making in the supply chain. This team works closely with all supply chain functions (i.e. plan, source, make, deliver, and customer service teams), business units, and other cross-functional partners for developing solutions to drive business value.
This team also drives step-change innovation and improvements in business practices by delivering actionable insights through advanced analytics and supply chain expertise.
Responsibilities require the incumbent to possess technical expertise skills to provide engineering analytics consulting to a centralized virtual team as an individual contributor by leveraging data from Manufacturing Execution System, CMM System, and ERP systems which will help to improve plant productivity and optimize manufacturing costs by developing process improvement and reliability engineering solutions. This team caters to engineering requirements for all food manufacturing plants (50+) worldwide.
Responsibilities:
| 10% | of Time | Business Results:– Provide support to implement, and communicate productivity improvement initiatives corporate-wide. .- Brainstorm with stakeholders on defining the most appropriate technical solution and approach to deliver the solution optimally- Provide analytical support for the evolution of reliability-centered maintenance, which will lead to productivity improvement and a reduced maintenance cost/case.- Understand and leverage reliability metrics, system planning and cost-tracking systems |
| 40% | of Time | Reliability Engineering and Analytics:– Support in developing statistical models leveraging the data from Manufacturing Execution Systems, SAP, MAXIMO, etc so as to identify insights, trends, etc.- Understand and leverage reliability metrics, system planning, and cost tracking systems- Collaborate with virtual plant and corporate engineering teams for diagnosis, solution design and creating recommendation report- Participate in developing solutions in reliability modeling- failure analysis, reliability growth analysis, reliability prediction analysis, etc- leveraging technical skills from statistical modeling- Working on developing optimization models in the field of Demand Planning, Production Scheduling, Transportation, Inventory management, etc. based on various statistical and mathematical models as cross-functional activities |
| 40% | of Time | Data Management and Programming:– Support in data mining activities- Data cleaning from different systems/ Data sources (SAP BW, Oracle or Access, Maximo, etc )- Data formatting and warehousing – Structuring/ Mapping different data sets- Leveraging VBA/MS Access/SQL for Automation/Streamlining Reports/Dashboards. – Learn data management technologies like – HADOOP, Spark, etc.- Working and execution level knowledge in R, Python, Shiny, etc. |
| 10% | of Time | Operations Management:– Successful: Demonstrate success through margin savings or additional revenue generation as well as a commitment to quality and timeliness- Transparent: Provide ongoing visibility to all stakeholders leveraging process, technology, and communication tools- Document all the processes and solutions |
| Minimum Degree Requirements: | Bachelors |
| Preferred Degree Requirements: | Masters |
| Preferred Major Area of Study: | – B. Tech and M. Tech in Mechanical/ Electronics /Instrumentation/ Reliability Engineering/Computer Science/ Operation Research, preferably from reputed Institute/university- B. Tech in Mechanical/ Electronics/Instrumentation and M. Tech in Reliability Engineering from a reputed university- MSC in Statistics/Mathematics from a reputed university |
| Required Professional Certifications: | Not Applicable |
| Minimum years of related experience required: | 0-2 years |
| Preferred years of related experience: | 2-3 years |
Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed:
- Must Have
- Statistical Analysis, Statistical Process Control, Regression, Time Series, ML algorithm, etc.
- Supply chain, Manufacturing domain
- Hands-on experience in R /Python Programming
- Experience in SQL basics
- Nice to have
- Agile project management
- Dev Ops
- Visualization software like Tableau
- Data mining, data warehousing
Competencies/Behaviors required for the job:
- Demonstrate Agility –
- Leads Innovation: Adapts quickly and responds effectively to change. Explore and share innovative best practices with others.
- Deliver Results: Assume personal initiative and accountability for results, performance, and behaviors. Be comfortable with ambiguity. Engage in cross-functional collaboration to identify innovative solutions and optimization.
- Connect the Best Together: Clearly articulate views in written and verbal discussions.
- Integrity and Candor: Engenders Trust at all levels and demonstrates unquestionable integrity.
Additional Information:
- This position reports to the Engineering Management group with the Supply Chain Division at GBS India. Hours of operation are 11 AM to 8 PM Mumbai time (Monday to Friday) with the ability to flex hours as the job demands
- In performing these accountabilities, the incumbent must develop and maintain an effective working relationship with General Mills International employees at all levels across the company locations
- The Job involves travel to worldwide plants on a short-term basis depending on business requirements.
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 another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.
