General Mills
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
Position Title: Supply Planning Consultant
Function/Group: Logistics
Country: India
Location: Mumbai
Recommended Level: PG55
Job Type: Full time
Role Reports to: Planning Manager - Blue
Geographical Scope of the Role - Location: Regional
Job Description:
70% Supply Planning:
· Data management (estimated 5-10% of time)
o Gather and analyze supply chain data. Ownership over Logility/ OMP-based Planning data, and stewardship over Logility/OMP and non-OMP planning data (with GBS counterparts)
· Troubleshooting & identifying gaps in input data/attributes for supply planning outputs/reports/scenarios for use within region teams
· Plan for and implement supply chain optimization policies
· Ownership of inventory target setting, monitoring work, and coordinates alignment with the regional CSP for Semi & FINI products. This includes refreshing the constrained and unconstrained targets, as well as the approval process of the refresh activity.
· Connection with Plant Planners/Finite Schedulers to troubleshoot plant constraints daily and ad-hoc basis
· Ownership over input & parameter accuracy for planning technology across all Supply capabilities
· Product Life Cycle Management ownership within all planning systems
· Continuous improvement mindset with regard to ongoing opportunities of all planning systems
· Responsible for generating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Supply Planning, including Supply Segmentation
10% Processes and Procedures
· Analyze data to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements
· Configure Planning system (Logility/OMP) to optimally reflect business strategy and business rules
· Validate system-driven activities and outputs after solvers run
· Performing ad-hoc supply segmentation assessments, including analyzing the segmentation standards and providing ongoing feedback to refresh/update.
20% Stakeholder Management:
· Provide analytical and data support to the supply planning lead (COE), concurrent supply planners, finite schedulers, and material planners (Region).
· Capture inventory and supply plan alerts and exceptions and triage for Concurrent Supply Planners, Finite Schedulers, and Material Planners
· Maintain and develop relationships with stakeholders, encourage and enhance cross function collaborations
Education:
· Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
· Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters
· Preferred Major Area of Study: Operations
· Required Professional Certifications: N/A
· Preferred Professional Certifications: CSCMP, APICS
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
· 3-5 years of relevant experience in planning, forecasting process, basic operations, inventory planning, and statistical analysis
· Understanding of logistics and supply chain processes
· Familiarity with industry and business nuances
· Knowledge of GMI data inputs and sources of data
· Understanding of planning tools
· Ability to process and evaluate large data sets
· Usage of data process and visualization tools (e.g. Tableau)
· Effective communication skills
· Organizational ability and attention to detail
Competencies:
Engage with purpose by building relationships
· Build relationships within the function and across the Supply Chain and collaborate to make decisions and achieve goals
· Build trust by involving others in issues that affect them and communicating openly and honestly
Demonstrate agility by showing curiosity and being culturally agile
· Ensure the team challenges the status quo
· Ensure the team learns from mistakes and failures
· Be self-aware and humble
· Value differences and treat them as an opportunity to gain diverse perspectives and broaden thinking
Leverage standardized processes
· Ensure teams adhere to safety and other existing processes to produce consistent, repeatable results
· Ensure teams use continuous Improvement and other best practices to drive food and human safety and zero-loss
· Ensure teams leverage opportunities to use consistent processes across organizational boundaries
· Identify and remove barriers that prevent teams from achieving zero loss
Leverage expertise by being broad and going deep
· Understand the General Mills business and how the Supply Chain delivers business value
· Help the team understand how the integrated Supply Chain delivers value to customers
· Demonstrate a working knowledge of core Supply Chain capabilities
· Help the team understand the interdependencies within the Supply Chain
Seize opportunities by thinking outside-In
· Take a broad perspective when making decisions and solving problems
· Ensure priorities are consistent with functional direction and goals and reflect an understanding of the external business environment
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