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 TitleBusiness AnalystFunction GroupSales CapabilitiesLocationMumbaiShift Timing11 00 AM to 8 00 PMRole Reports toAssistant Manager ManagerRemote Hybrid in-OfficeHybridABOUT GENERAL MILLSWe make food the world loves 100 brands In 100 countries Across six continents With iconic brands like Cheerios Pillsbury Betty Crocker Nature Valley and Haagen-Dazs we have 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 outGeneral 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 outWe advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow JOB OVERVIEWFunction OverviewGIC Sales Strategy Intelligence team partners with our global General Mills sales teams in providing them with analytical horsepower and enable business continuity so they can focus on core activities - Selling driving distribution gains and optimizing merchandising plans to deliver sales volume targets We enable customer pricing promotion strategies across the global markets through our focused capabilities of Sales Execution Trade Strategic Revenue Management and Category Management Teams within function are aligned to the above focused capabilities for each of our markets and each team member specializes in domains of Advanced Analytics Visual Insights Planogramming We are a family of Data analysts Business analysts and Business Consultants with diverse opinions cultures and passions and are united by our desire to serve the world by making food people love We apply the principles of analytics to everything we do constantly experimenting to discover new ways to add value to our stakeholders customers and team members Purpose of the roleThe Role will be responsible for supporting the business teams through creating modifying reports using different BI tools across categories and regions in the US International markets The team member will independently and proactively support a wide variety of reports presentation needs including building templates from scratch initiating value adds and providing key insights by developing a strong category knowledge proprietary tool proficiency and technical expertise The role encompasses marrying information from different data platform to identify space to shelf optimization and share of shelf utilizing excel KEY ACCOUNTABILITIESDeliver Standard Reports xc2 xb7 Own Deliver Ad hoc reporting creation request xc2 xb7 Elevate insights identify business problems opportunities xc2 xb7 Act as point-person SME problem-solver for the stakeholders for multi-platform tools and databases xc2 xb7 Understand business requirements and transform into dynamic visualization dashboards within stipulated time-period or as per the business needs xc2 xb7 Master and own the monthly deliverables in the form of reports presentations and send quality output in a timely manner xc2 xb7 Develop business and trade knowledge to enable conceptualizing R A and help build valuable crisp reports from scratch - turnkey reporting with HMM xc2 xb7 Contribute to the execution of complex best-in-class reports and tools xc2 xb7 Avoid redundancy in reporting and call out best practices to the team xc2 xb7 Support Sales strategies leveraging various tools to build real-time performance dashboards reports and provide crisp insight xc2 xb7 Work alongside of peers and inculcate best practices and elevate the teams ability to tackle business questions with value adds xc2 xb7 Anticipate customer needs based on business trends and previous projects Continuous Improvement mindset to deliver Executional Excellence and Project Stakeholder Management xc2 xb7 Ensure TAT is upheld via awareness on process requirements meeting benchmark time estimates and through articulate expectation settings with the stakeholder xc2 xb7 Eliminate Waste Contribute to the Functional Productivity Goals xc2 xb7 CI Mindset develop and drive a lens of continuous improvement for the projects process larger team xc2 xb7 Attend trainings Both recommended and self-initiated refresher trainings to stay up to date on tool dynamics and functional applications xc2 xb7 Project Management Juggle multiple projects including 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 xc2 xb7 Mentoring Training new hires and Data Analyst to excel in their roles and outperform expectations Building Stakeholder Relationships xc2 xb7 Understand client needs customer request and see the larger picture to enable holistic solutions xc2 xb7 Ability to recommend and influence changes to process procedures xc2 xb7 Explore business development opportunities and transform into tangible results xc2 xb7 Ability to communicate challenges in an assertive manner xc2 xb7 Work through people and processes to accomplish superlative results Articulate and comprehensive presentations to the audienceMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Full Time graduation from an accredited university Mandatory Intermediate High proficiency in Microsoft applications Excel PowerPoint Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills Attention to detail ability to complete given tasks with accuracy Self-motivated and detail oriented with the ability to perform well in a fast-paced changing environment Continuous Improvement mindset with technical agility Multitasking ability - learn and implement a host of tools databases and softwares platforms Basic Intermediate with data manipulation and visualization packages i e Tableau Qlik Alteryx Spotfire GCP DataPrep Collaborate and communicate effectively with peers stakeholders PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Full Time graduation from an accredited university Mandatory Masters Preferred Majors Business Management Statistics Marketing Retail Economics 2 - 3 years of Reporting experience Experience with market data analysis tools is required experience working with ACNielsen and IRI data preferred Align with Company Values - Do the right thing all the time Play to win Grow and Inspire Win as a team Act boldly move quickly CPG or retail experience highly valued including Customer planning execution Expertise in General Mills USRO Trade planning cycle concepts Expertise in POS Shipment data recognizing patterns for GMI categories and or customers Familiarity with syndicated data sets Nielsen IRI SPINS Financial data trade system data Experience partnering with teams to create visualizations models Tableau financial econometrics machine learning Experience working with loyalty data like shopper card and or household panel