Purchase Executive

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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.

**Job Description**:
Position Title: Purchase Executive

Function/Group: ITQ/Integrated Ops

Location: Mumbai

Shift Timing: General

Role Reports to: Senior Manager

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.

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 purpose of this role to manage purchase and logistics for ITQ function for GEMs region & NAR. Role requires high level of internal and external collaborations.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- The primary job will include releasing purchase orders, processing invoices, inventory management for MTC, managing import & export (ambient and frozen). Person needs to interact on regular basis with external vendors/suppliers.
- Submission for Capex requests for necessary approval as per the authority matrix.
- Work with internal team to ensure invoice are being submitted within due dates per supplier.
- Work with internal team to drive process improvements.
- The person should have good communication skills, including writing. Person should be quick learner on internal processes, e.g., doc routing, mfg-Pro, QAD, etc.
- Person should be well versed with using Microsoft office tools - e.g., Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Education - Full Time graduation in commerce from an accredited university (mandatory). Graduation from technology, engineering or any other field cab be considered if you hold knowledge & work experience in logistics and purchase.
- The person should have at least 1 year of full-time job experience in managing logistics and purchase for a center or plant.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Full time or part time MBA in supply chain management

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.