SWAT Demand Planner

General Mills, Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills, Inc. in Mumbai region seeks a senior Demand Planning leader to contribute to and lead forecasting initiatives. You will collaborate with Marketing, Finance, and Sales to develop forecasts and optimize inventory, while guiding a team through continuous improvement initiatives.

The role involves shaping demand planning practices, adopting new methodologies, and mentoring teammates to build SWAT capability within the HUB Demand planning team.

Qualifications

• Education: Full time graduation from an accredited university.
• Experience: 6–8 years in demand planning with team management.
• Technical: Demand planning, forecasting, S&OP, statistical modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Demand Review to develop monthly forecasts and align demand plan with Marketing, Finance, and Sales.
• Generate data-driven insights to achieve inventory targets while sustaining service.
• Collaborate to optimize forecasting outputs and drive adoption of improvements.
• Contribute to new product forecasting and launch meetings.
• Balance supply and demand while minimizing waste in a cross-functional team.

Skills

Demand Planning

Demand Forecasting

S&OP

Statistical modelling

Supply Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

회사 개요 우리는 전 세계가 사랑하는 식품을 만들기 위해 존재합니다. 하지만 우리는 그 이상을 합니다. 우리 회사는 선한 영향력을 발휘하는 것을 최우선으로 하는 곳이며, 매일매일 배움을 확장하고 새로운 시각을 탐구하며 새로운 가능성을 재창조하는 공간입니다. 우리는 서로에게 도전하고 성장할 수 있는 대담한 사고를 가진 인재, 즉 최선을 다할 수 있는 인재를 찾습니다. 식품 분야의 확고한 리더가 되기 위해, 우리는 끊임없이 다음을 향해 도전하는 사람들과 함께합니다.

OVERVIEW This role is responsible for contributing to and/or leading operational demand planning activities, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of forecasts, and driving continuous improvement within the demand planning process. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, analyzing data, and implementing solutions to optimize forecasting accuracy and efficiency. This role requires you to operate in the 3.30 pm to 12.30 am shift.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead the end-to-end Demand Review process to develop monthly, multi-channel volume forecasts and align the operational demand plan by partnering with Marketing, Finance, and Sales to incorporate consumer movement, merchandising, and customer insights.
• Generate data-driven business insights by collaborating with GIC Operational Demand Analysts to develop item/week/location forecasts to achieve inventory targets while enabling superior customer service.
• Collaborate with the GIC Statistical Forecasting Analyst to deliver business insights, optimize statistical forecasting outputs, and influence commercial and business teams to drive adoption, reduce manual effort, and improve forecasting effectiveness.
• 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.
• Metrics and KPIs: Engage / Participate in OU BPM RUN and Improve meetings to provide business insights on defined business metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing current processes and implementing new forecasting methodologies, tools, and techniques to reduce effort and improve results.
• Collaborate with the GIC Hub leadership team to support functional Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures (OGSM) development, and partner with the Global Process Excellence (GPE) and Operating Unit (OU) teams on process improvement initiatives.
• 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
• Experience: Minimum 6–8 years of experience in demand planning and people management, with experience managing a team of 8–10 people.
• Technical Skills: Experience in Demand Planning, Demand Forecasting, S&OP, Statistical modelling or Supply Planning.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Master’s in business administrations – with specialization in Supply chain, Operations management Certification: CSCP, CPF- Certified Professional Forecaster by Institute of Business Forecasting 자격 요건 지원자는 해당 직무가 위치한 국가의 최소 연령 요건을 충족해야 합니다.

General Mills는 전 세계가 사랑하는 식품을 만듭니다. 100여 개 시장에 걸쳐서 우리는 힘을 합쳐 새로운 제품을 개발하고, 혁신을 주도하며, 함께 성장해 나갑니다. 이곳에서 여러분은 선의를 추구하는 기업에서 의미 있는 일을 하며 식품 산업의 미래를 이끌어 나갈 수 있습니다.