Sr. Business Analyst

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.

Position Title: Sr. Business Analyst
Function/Group: Sales Capabilities
Country: India
Location: Mumbai
Recommended Level: EP 50
Job Type: Full time
Role Reports to: Assistant Manager/Manager
Geographical Scope of the Role - Location: US/UK/Other International
% of travel required: None

Job Overview
The role will be responsible to partner with the Sales / Trade Marketing /Category Teams in US / International markets and Trade Finance groups.

The team member will independently build a seamless rapport with the point of contact overseas, address and initiate business requests, establish solutions through sophisticated reporting/tool building and superior presentations/visuals. The work will be sent with actionable analysis that showcases depth & breadth of business acumen.

The role includes trade fulfillment, enabling assortment and trade optimization strategies, competitive intelligence, recommending merchandising & pricing scenarios via various data modelling & analytical techniques either independently or through collaboration of cross-team peers.

Job Responsibilities

70% of Time
Business Analysis & Analytics

Master and own the monthly deliverables in the form of reports & presentations and send quality output in a timely manner with upgrades

Design superlative templates, Develop and execute dashboards/ tools in a turn-key scalable format

Own development of best-in-class reports, tools and customized shelving/assortment plans while finding synergies ad avoid redundancy

Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices and elevate the team's ability to tackle business questions with value adds

Demonstrate an analytical bend of mind in all tasks/projects/collaborations

Distill actionable insights from the data to offer client ready business recommendations by identifying meaningful customer indicators & trends

Actively builds & proliferates trade & category management knowledge & principles

Confidently present category and trade dynamics to stakeholders and rationalize techniques and model fit

Showcase thought leadership; look for ways to integrate better business solutions

Anticipate customer needs based on business trends and previous projects

20% of Time
Continuous Improvement mindset to deliver Executional Excellence, and Project Management

Ensure TAT is upheld via awareness on process requirements, meeting benchmark time estimates and through articulate expectation settings with the stakeholder

Guarantee data quality and accuracy through thorough comprehension of request, accurate application of tools/platforms with an eye for detail and a robust data & logic check

Eliminate Waste, Contribute to the Functional Productivity Goals

CI Mindset: develop and drive a lens of continuous improvement for the projects, process & larger team

Project Management: Juggle multiple projects incld. long range projects and own project scoping, to trouble shooting, collaborating, to timely communication/iterations with peers and stakeholders to high impact completion and presentation

Mentoring & Training new hires and Sr. Executives to excel in their roles and outperform expectations

10% of Time
Building Stakeholder Relationships

Brand themselves as a SME on multiple fronts

Understand client needs/ customer request and see the larger picture to enable holistic solutions

Ability to recommend and influence changes to process/procedures

Explore business development opportunities and transform into tangible results

Ability to communicate challenges in an assertive manner

Work through people and processes to accomplish superlative results

Articulate and comprehensive presentations to the audience

Education & Experience
Education

Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors
Preferred Degree Requirements:Bachelors/Masters
Preferred Major Area of Study: Business Management, Statistics, Marketing, Retail, Economics
Experience

Minimum years of related experience required: 3-4 years of relevant Business Reporting, Analytics & Visualization experience in CPG (or related) industry, Data Modelling preferred
Preferred years of related experience: 5-6 years of Business Reporting, Analytics & Visualization experience, Data Modelling preferred

Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
· Experience with market data analysis tools is required (experience working with ACNielsen and IRI data preferred.)

· Experience in analysis data and applying analytical techniques (preferred)

· Experience with Planogram building software (ProSpace or Apollo) is preferred

· MS Excel (incl. VBA) & Tableau proficiency - preparing dynamic dashboards and working through large volumes of data effectively

· Agility to learn new databases, tools, platforms on the fly and implement in real time

· Exceed internal and external customer timelines and expectations

· Strong command over oral and written English

· Continuous Improvement mindset

· Multitasking ability - work on a host of tools/databases and softwares/platforms effectively to manifest superior results

· Organization and Prioritization - in line with the team's goals

· Collaborate with peers to align with the team's vision

Competencies/Behaviors required for job

• Company Values - Do the right thing all the time; Play to win; Grow and Inspire; Win as a team; Act boldly move quickly

• Process Transformation

• Business & Category Planning

• Problem Solving & Analytical

• Leads Innovation: Tech & Data Savvy

• Selling & Influential Communication

• Proactive and the ability to handle ambiguous situations in a calm, composed manner

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.