Position TitleStrategic Initiatives - Project ManagerFunction/GroupGlobal Shared Services (GSS)LocationMumbaiShift Timing11 AM to 8 PM (Flexible)Role Reports toSr Manager – Strategic InitiativesRemote/Hybrid/in-OfficeHybrid
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 accelerateus 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 http://www.generalmills.comGeneral 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 https://www.generalmills.co.inWe advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.
Job Overview
Function Overview
Global Shared Services (GSS) enables General Mills to compete and win every day with a relentless focus on service excellence. Our Shared Services model leverages domain excellence to drive scaled cost-efficient delivery. We do that by delivering our services with a balance between cost and capability; increasing productivity through optimized processes and tools; and upholding company standards, policies, and practices. GSS touches virtually every aspect of the General Mills enterprise, including Employee Services, Business Services, Global Workforce Solutions, and Global Data Governance Services.For more details about General Mills please visit this Link
Purpose of the role
The Strategic Initiatives Project Manager is an Individual Contributor and critical role to orchestrate multi-domain, multi-geography, multi-function projects those are aligned to the GIC Strategic Initiatives (SI) and Global Shared Services (GSS) objectives. The role requires collaboration with Senior Leadership at GIC, GSS and other Enterprise functions to project manage strategic initiatives.
Key Accountabilities
- Project oversight: By being a trusted advisor, oversee the delivery of strategic projects within scope, schedule and budget. The project types could be Business process transformation, Work Centralization / Transition, Operational projects, Innovation projects, Organizational change projects etc.
- Stakeholder management: Be the driving force towards project’s success and the conductor who orchestrates the project team’s efforts to achieve the objectives of the project. Act as a bridge between all the stakeholders, fostering seamless communication and alignment across teams.
- Transition management: Leverage the Right Work Right Place framework and partner with the business teams to identify & implement work centralization/transition
- Change management: Plan & support in implementation of any People, Process or Technology change using robust change management framework
- Centralized project database management: Maintain a central database of all the projects for the organization, ensuring data integrity and accessibility to all relevant stakeholders.
- Project Management office (PMO) reporting & insights: Utilize the central project database using Smartsheet or any other platform to generate PMO insights, for the Strategic Initiatives team
- Continuous Improvement: Leverage Continuous improvement tools & approaches, as needed.
- Risk Management: Proactively build project risk mitigation plans and activate, as required.
- Capability building: Contribute to the development of a project management community of practice across GSS and GIC, fostering knowledge sharing and best practices.
- Process optimization: Support streamlining the operations of the PMO.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Full time Graduation in Business Management & Administration, from an accredited university
- Professional Experience: 10-12 years of full-time work experience and 5-7 years of project management experience
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP Trained or Certified
- Experience in driving multi-geography business process transition projects
- Experience in driving multi-domain, multi-function business projects
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.
