Scientist - II

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

Scientist II

Function/Group

R&D/Packaging

Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

11 am to 8 pm

Role Reports to

Manager, Global Knowledge Solutions

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

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 out

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.

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 out

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. For more details about General Mills please visit this Link

Purpose of the role

The Global Knowledge Solutions (GKS) organization catalyzes the creation, transfer, and application of knowledge to ensure ITQ succeeds at its mission of driving internal and external innovation, developing differentiated technology, and engendering trust through food safety and quality.  

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 secondary information including scientific literature, market and consumer research that advances key ITQ projects and initiatives.

The Scientist II in this program area is expected to: provide expertise in one or more information domain; 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 independently manage multiple consulting projects.

Key Accountabilities

20% 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, to clients using written reports and real-time meetings.

 50% of time - Excellent Technical Work

• Develop effective strategies for search and analysis based on client consultations and project briefs.
• Conduct high quality search 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.

 15% of time - Training and mentoring others / providing project leadership

• Developing process documentation, OPLs to support onboarding of new employees
• Provide project guidance to Scientist I as and when needed
• Review peers' work and provide feedback
• Provide project leadership as and when needed.

 10% of time - Innovation, Continuous Improvement (CI), and Personal Development

• Learn and apply a CI mindset to work, seeking opportunities for improvements in efficiency and client value.
• 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: Three 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-functionally with internal/global team members.
• High self-motivation, with the ability to work both independently and in teams.
• Excels at driving projects to completion, with attention to detail.
• Ability to exercise judgment in handling confidential and proprietary information.
• Ability to effectively prioritize, multi-task, and execute tasks according to a plan. Able to work on multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated creative problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, ability to "think outside the box".
• Good command of English language.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters.
• Preferred Major Area of Study: Food science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Biological life sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related scientific or interdisciplinary science field.
• Preferred years of related experience: Six years.

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.