Swat Demand Planner

**Job Description**:

- Position Title

SWAT Planner DP

Function/Group

Logistics

Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

3.30 PM IST - 12.30 PM IST

Role Reports to

Head - Demand Planning, GIC Supply Chain

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Hybrid

**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.

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 Profiles**

The Demand Planner SWAT (Strategic Work Action Team) role is a unique opportunity to interact cross-functionally across Supply Chain sub-functions, with Org Units, and with a global team. This position will facilitate the demand review of the PEAK process (Integrated Business Planning Process) by working cross-functionally to develop and communicate the most accurate, unbiased demand operational demand plan for the supply chain plan. Facilitate dialogue regarding risks and opportunities to cross-functional teams, including operating unit senior leadership. Continuously leverage CI tools to streamline forecasting processes, improve forecast accuracy, and create supply chain efficiencies

**Responsibilities & Duties **100%**
- Lead the demand review 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
- Partner with demand analysts to develop the best item/week/location forecasts to achieve inventory targets while enabling superior customer service.
- 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.
- Drive continuous improvement by analyzing current processes and implementing new forecasting methodologies, tools, and techniques to reduce effort and improve results.
- Collaborate with the Hub leadership team in contributing to functional OGSM development.
- 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 and OU team to work on crucial SWAT requirements for business acumen & process improvements..
- Influence the Demand planning teams to improve the adoption of analytics.
- Influence, consult, and communicate with stakeholders about project deliverables, future pipeline, and feedback loop.
- Minimum 5+ years of work experience in Demand Planning, Demand Forecasting, S&OP, IBP, Statistical modelling or Supply Planning
- Can prioritize and complete multiple tasks on tight deadlines.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional business partners at all levels to improve process and drive business results.
- Experience analyzing complex data and making recommendations.
- Experience successfully developing and implementing new ideas and approaches.

**Competencies/Behaviors required for job**
- Leads Innovation: Identify and recommend opportunities, solutions and need for change. Adapt quickly and respond effectively to change. Explore and share innovative best practices with others.
- Deliver Results: Assume personal initiative and accountability for results, performance and behaviors. Be comfortable with ambiguity. Engage in cross-functional collaboration to identify innovative solutions and optimization.
- Energize and Develop People: Provide ideas and input to help the team achieve greater result. Build foundational skills and expertise in key systems and tools critical for success on the job. Exhibit a high level of self-motivation and initiative.
- Connect the Best: Negotiate solutions between stakeholders and effectively communicate with various organizational levels and functions. Articulate views in written and verbal discussions.
- This position reports to the Demand Planning Leader
- Global Planning Hub. Hours of operation are 3.30 PM to 12.30 PM Mumbai time (Monday to Friday), with the ability to flex hours as the job demands
- In performing these accountabilities, the incumbent must develop and maintain an effective working relationship with Organizations’ employees at all levels across the company locations
- The Job involves travel to worldw