Data Analyst II – Data Foundations | Digital & Technology

General Mills is hiring a Data Analyst II for their Digital & Technology team in Mumbai, India. The role involves supporting customer, pet, and category management data sources within the Commercial Data Foundation team. The position focuses on leveraging technology for business efficiency and innovation, emphasizing collaboration, employee engagement, and an inclusive culture. Candidates interested in contributing to digital transformation in a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to apply.
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 Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA, and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the "Work with Heart" philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the following Link

Purpose of the role

The Commercial Data Foundation team is seeking a Business/Technical Analyst to join the team supporting customer, pet, and category management data sources. The role will be responsible for providing support for enhancements of our third-party vendor applications, supporting data mining from our customer base, and creating internal capabilities and reporting from multiple databases. To achieve this, the analyst will build strong partnerships and work directly with the business, vendors, and cross-functional partners, including D&T resources, to gather requirements, determine technical deliverable estimates, and problem-solve support issues.

The ideal candidate should have strong communication skills, solid business acumen, and be able to work and make decisions in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Accountable for learning third-party applications, internal reporting, system and business processes, rules, and logic, as well as developing knowledge of system data architecture
• Work directly with the business to gather detailed business requirements and apply sound technical solutions to build and test functional specifications, and implement and maintain reporting and functionality
• Provide timely, personal, and efficient responses to user problems and inquiries
• Work within an agile product team to develop user stories and tasks for the analyst's workstream
• Design & execute solutions that drive integration and connected data opportunities
• Own delivery: Ensure product development through completion (incl. Address, prioritize, and fix bugs (QA), ensuring acceptance criteria is met and promotion to production)
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for the team on clarification of requirements and drive user stories
• Apply Agile Methodology to deploy change requirements via preferred methods, accounting for priorities, time, and resources

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Education – Full-time graduation from an accredited university
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Data Analysis and Analytics role
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and support systems, as well as partner with the technical team to design and implement solutions
• Experience gathering and documenting technical business requirements
• Experience with building vendor relationships and vendor management
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and identify problem trends
• Strong experience in exploring and analysing large data sets using Excel and SQL to understand patterns, structures, and definitions
• Hands-on experience working with SQL
• Strong understanding and implementation of Agile methodology
• Strong communication skills- verbal and written, with the ability to present complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
• Excellent problem solver with the ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress
• Self-managing, results-oriented, and capable of leading multiple initiatives simultaneously through rigorous prioritization
• Technologies – BigQuery - Google Cloud Platform, ETL

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills (written and oral)
• Efficient time management skills with the ability to act independently and prioritize across multiple deliverables
• Exposure to commercial data sources
• Agile Scrum master certification
• Understanding of Point of Sale, Syndicated, and Consumer Data
• Vendor management experience

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.