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**Job Description**:
Position TitleScientist IFunction/GroupR&D/PackagingLocationMumbaiShift TimingRegularRole Reports toManager, Global Knowledge SolutionsRemote/Hybrid/in-OfficeHybrid**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

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.

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.

**JOB OVERVIEW**

**Function Overview**

In partnership with our cross-functional partners, ITQ innovates and develops products that meet the ever-changing needs of our consumers and enables long-term business growth. We identify and develop technologies that shape and protect our businesses today and into the future. ITQ operates across three organizations: Global Applications, Capabilities COEs, and Shared Services & Operations

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**Purpose of the role**

The scientists in the Global Science and Information Analysis Program Area will collaborate with US and India GKS colleagues to deliver high value acquisition, synthesis, and analysis of primary and secondary information including scientific literature, market and consumer research that advances key ITQ projects and initiatives.

The Scientist I in this program area is expected to: provide expertise in one or more scientific disciplines; handle effectively and derive meaningful insights from various social analytics and market research tools; partner effectively with worldwide ITQ clients; create impactful research deliverables; and manage projects under supervision of others.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**

**15% of time - **Client Consultation and Business Partnering**
- Work effectively with clients to identify client needs and success criteria, and translate into clear project objectives, timelines, and plans.
- Be responsive and timely in sharing project updates, responding to client queries, and delivering on project commitments.
- Clearly communicate analysis, conclusions, and insights, and conclusions to clients using written reports and real-time meetings.

**70% of time - **Excellent Technical Work**
- Develop effective strategies for search and analysis based on client consultations and project briefs.
- Conduct high quality searches of varied information sources, including web, literature, and literature, marketplace, and consumer research, to acquire results that are relevant to the client project.
- Provide thoughtful analysis and synthesis of search results that address key project questions.
- Effectively and efficiently use a wide range of information databases and search tools in support of project work.
- Create accurate and clear summary reports and visualizations that convey the required information and insights.
- Develop and maintain a network of external science and technology contacts to leverage in research work.

**10% of time - **Innovation, Continuous Improvement (CI), and Personal Development**
- Identify new resources, develop new methods, and seek external inspiration to drive innovations in our work processes.
- Continually build skills and knowledge in the fields of information research and the relevant sciences.

**5% of time - **Administration**
- Participate in all required training (Safety, HR, Finance, CI, other) and actively support GSIA, GKS, and ITQ meetings, events and activities.
- Complete other administrative tasks as required.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Minimum Degree Requirements: Masters
- Minimum years of related experience required: Two Years

**Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed**

For **Global Science and Information Analysis Program Area**:

- Ability to communicate with other researchers both within General Mills and outside General Mills.
- Knowledge of social analytics and market research tools like Kantar, Euromonitor, Mintel, Nielsen etc. and ability to review, interpret, summarize and derive meaningful insights from them for any given research problem.
- Experience in reviewing, interpreting, and summarizing secondary research and knowledge of literature databases.
- Ability to find, assimilate, synthesize, and communicate scientific and technical knowledge.
- Effective communication, interpersonal and customer service skills; clear articulation of views in written and verbal discussions.

For **Global Knowledge Solutions**:

- Ability to effectively work cross-functiona