Sr Executive | Deployment

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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 Description:
Job Overview:
To monitor inventory levels of all assigned products at every General Mills location every day; creating, or adjusting replenishment requisitions as necessary deploying General Mills products across the network in order to achieve service level targets within acceptable cost parameters.

Responsibilities:
60%


of Time


Operational responsibilities - Distribution Planning
Review system generated service alerts daily. Deploy FG inventory across the network (General Mills CSF/warehouses) to achieve service level case-fill goals while balancing the inventory constraints with transportation costs.
Maintain inventory levels at all Warehouses (CSFs) within expected tolerances (space/transportation/inventory constraints).
Create/Adjust deployment requisitions to ensure smooth and steady flow of product to the CSFs
Review product obsolescence/age management reports to proactively re-deploy inventory across locations as needed
Review actual inventory movement vs. forecast to proactively react to demand trends (High/Low)
CSF SPOC
Act as a Single Point Of Contact from Deployment for Plant Planners for an assigned Overflow / CSF
Update Load Levelling tool on rotational basis and send communication to Deployment team
Assess the site situation with the help of various tool (Tableau, IPD) / Information (TWRP / Replenishment calls) and inform about the same in Load Levelling huddles
Provide Load prioritization or build loads based on outbound capacity
In event of CSF Gridlock situations, work with deployers & transportation team to spread / cancel / divert loads.
Review initialized requistions going into assigned CSF to identify SKU’s with high DOS, that needs postponement upstream hold or overflow strategy

20%


of Time


Co-ordination
Co-ordinate with GMI distribution resources that include CSF Planners, Plant planners, Transportation Coordinators, Production Schedulers, Demand Planning and other US-based resources
Schedule meetings with Plants to align on processes and identify opportunities for process improvements
Participate in the meetings for Seasonal SKUs, New products, Customer specific promotions, service meetings
Actively participate in Staff meetings, Knowledge sharing sessions, Trainings, Collaboration

10%


of Time


Analysis & Reporting
Identify the reasons for shortfalls on customer orders
- Investigate Off- Strategy Distribution movements
- Analyze and report Key Performance Indicator’s (KPI’s- case fills, mode mix, reposition $ etc.) affecting the transportation costs.
Provide Service risk projections for short term and long term
Analyze & report key drivers (demand trends/production etc.) impacting variances in weekly service level performance

10%


of Time


Additional Responsibilities
Weekly Service sheet preparation with proper root cause analysis
Identify opportunities for process improvements
Perform System updates/maintenance as necessary
- Co-ordinate process documentation- Desk Manuals, Job Task Analysis and Critical Task Lists and conducting audit for the same.
Act as back-up TL for service related issues for the division.
Work on Special Projects as assigned

Education

Minimum Degree Requirements:
Bachelors


Preferred Degree Requirements:
Masters


Preferred Major Area of Study:


Supply Chain


Experience

Minimum years of related experience required:


Bachelors (4+ years) ; MBA (2+ years)


Preferred years of related experience:


3-5


Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed:

Supply chain knowledge (Core Distribution Planning & Logistic Operation , Basic logistic planning)
Systems (SAP) understanding
Strong decision making & Analytical Skills
Strong communication skills
Competencies/Behaviors required for job:

Broad Perspective
Decision making
Interpersonal effectiveness
Learning Agility
Energize and Develop people
Technical and Process Leadership

Additional Information:

Distribution planning of the inventory from Production plants to warehouses to meet customer service level of +8.5%. Utilizing systems SAP capabilities to create requisitions and building outbound shipments based on the forecast in the system at an item location level. The other cost related KPIs, viz- Repositioning, Load Efficiency and Mode utilization needs to be balanced as per the Customer service levels.


Shift: 3.30 pm - 12.30 am
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 surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.