Analyst I – Product Information Capabilities

General Mills; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills is seeking a Sr. D&T Analyst within Digital & Technology to advance Product Information Management capabilities and analytics.

You will translate business needs into technical requirements, coordinate with vendors, and drive data-centric improvements across product publication processes. In this role, you will collaborate with product owners, lead discovery efforts, and craft user stories and acceptance criteria for delivery teams, while ensuring alignment with global product

Qualifications

• Full-time graduation from an accredited university.
• 3–5 years of minimum experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Experience leading/working with teams in an agile setting as an analyst.
• Experience as an Analyst on large technology implementation projects.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to lead the team to a solution.
• Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technology.
• Strong communication skills to present complex messages and trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a Product Owner to shape end-to-end product strategy and determine business value.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and establish best practices across customers.
• Ensure alignment with the global vision of Product Information capabilities.
• Lead discovery efforts into product information publication issues and translate findings into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with business users to develop effective demos to reduce rework.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure data requirements reflect business needs for master data maintenance.

Skills

Agile analytics

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JIRA

Adobe Workfront

Monday.com

ScreenDragon

1WorldSync

Syndigo

Salsify

Job description

COMPANY OVERVIEWWe 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 another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.OVERVIEW:General Mills Digital & Technology department is developing a developing a best-in-class Product Content Management (PIM) capability to accelerate growth in the stores and on the digital shelf. We are accelerating a Digital Transformation of our Product Information Management (PIM) capabilities to provide a competitive advantage to our business. To this end we are looking for a Sr. D&T Analyst, with passion for Product Content Management and Analytics, to join our Product Information Capabilities team.This role will play critical role of linking business objectives to core technological capabilities. D&T Analyst-I will be responsible for collecting requirements from business, establishing processes, and coordinating the work with our technical development team. This team member will also likely have accountabilities in coordinating work with both strategic and technical consulting 3rd parties.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:Collaborate with a Product Owner/Solutions Manager to shape the end-to-end product strategy and determine business value.Identify opportunities for process improvements and establish best practices which can be applied across all customers.Ensure best practices and standards are being followed and solution is aligned with global vision of Product Information capabilities team.Conduct or lead discovery efforts into product information publication issues. Translate findings into user stories and acceptance criteria for team.Partner with business users to develop effective demo to reduce rework.Negotiate accountabilities between business, functions, or teams in cases where there are disagreements or identified data issues.Prepare training materials as needed to conduct and facilitate training to increase awareness and drive the smooth adoption of technology.Assist in defining and documenting processes, templates, and technical specifications.Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure data requirements are an accurate representation of business need to execute master data maintenance activities.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Education – Full-time graduation from an accredited universityMinimum experience of 3-5 years.Bachelor’s DegreeSome experience leading / working with teams in an agile setting as an analystExperience working as an Analyst on large technology implementation projectExcellent problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solutionAbility to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technologyStrong communication skills with ability to present complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling storyAble to articulate business requirements and bridge the gap with development teams and stakeholders.Experience with change managementExperience working with VendorsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:Exposure to Product Information Management Systems (PIM/MDM)Experience or exposure to ScreenDragonExperience with Data Syndication partners such as 1WorldSync, Syndigo and Salsify.Exposure to GDSN StandardsExperience or exposure to Workflow management tools like ScreenDragon, JIRA, Adobe Workfront, Monday.com etc.Experience in Reporting & AnalyticsExperience in working with multiple teams and marketing agency partners and understanding their workflowsELIGIBILITYApplicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.