SWAT Demand Planner

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

This role is responsible for contributing to and/or leading operational demand planning activities, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of forecasts, and driving continuous improvement within the demand planning process. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, analyzing data, and implementing solutions to optimize forecasting accuracy and efficiency. This role is also responsible for leading the team, performance management and development of the team.

• Lead the demand review (DR) process to develop monthly volume forecasts, driving alignment to the best operational demand plan. Collaborate with marketing, finance, and sales to leverage various consumer movements, merchandising, and customer insights.
• Run the Demand Review process with an end-to-end look by forecasting for multiple channels.
• Generate data-driven business insights to drive alignment on key demand assumptions
• Collaborate with GIC operational demand analysts to develop the best item/week/location forecasts to achieve inventory targets while enabling superior customer service.
• Collaborate with the GIC Statistical Forecasting Analyst to deliver business insights that optimize statistical forecasting output for the business.
• Influence the commercial and business team to improve statistical forecasting adoption to reduce manual efforts.
• Contribute to new product forecasting assumptions and participate in launch meetings.
• Partner with the cross-functional business team to ensure a successful Sales and Operations process that balances supply and demand while minimizing waste.
• Metrics and KPIs : Engage / Participate in OU BPM RUN and Improve meetings to provide business insights on defined business metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing current processes and implementing new forecasting methodologies, tools, and techniques to reduce effort and improve results.
• Collaborate with the GIC Hub leadership team in contributing to functional OGSM development and other improve initiatives.
• Drive a continuous improvement mindset through waste elimination, improving, standardizing, and automating existing processes.
• Mentor & train team members to develop SWAT capability within the HUB Demand planning team.
• Partner with the GPE (Global Process excellence) and OU (Operating Unit) team to work on process improvements.