Position TitleSenior Process Automation EngineerFunction/GroupDigital & TechnologyLocationIndiaShift TimingGeneral/USRole Reports toD&T Manager - Process AutomationRemote/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 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 http://www.generalmills.com/ USGeneral 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
The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the "Work with Heart" philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through a provided Link
Purpose of the role
The Digital and Technology team of General Mills India Centre is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual to contribute to the Global Digital Transformation initiative at General Mills in capacity of a Senior Process Automation Engineer. This role will report into the Manager of the General Mills Process Automation Talent Acceleration Center (TAC) and functionally collaborate with our Global Process Automation Team. In this technical role, the Senior Process Automation Engineer will help drive the success of digital transformation and automation efforts at General Mills, by leading, designing, and delivering innovative solutions leveraging multiple process automation technologies such as Automation Anywhere A360 RPA, ServiceNow App-Engine Low Code/Workflow, and Winshuttle for SAP.
Key Accountabilities
- Develops Custom Applications utilizing Precisely Automate Evolve (Earlier - Winshuttle) Technology.
- Build scripts to automate SAP business processes by utilizing Excel to mass load data to & from SAP.
- Create workflow web forms to interact with SAP to enable global data governance of SAP data.
- Build APIs & Integrations to connect with bots and other enterprise systems.
- Troubleshoot while staying integrated with Excel & SAP.
- Coach & guide citizen developers across technology and business teams.
- Upgrade Evolve platform with patches and newer versions.
- Manages project documents & delivery processes. Also, responsible for the standards & processes of Talent Acceleration Center
- Main point of contact for the team to address complex issues and prevent business interruptions.
- Oversee the complete delivery of global automation solutions while coordinating with stakeholders across various technologies and business functions.
- Manage automation platforms, infrastructure, security, and modernization efforts.
- Leads the recruitment and training initiatives for the automation team. Provides coaching and reviews the work of colleagues.
- Serves as the point of contact for external vendors and platform partners.
- Dedicates time to researching the latest automation technology stack and influences technology and business stakeholders to adopt relevant automation solutions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
- Expert in Precisely Automate Evolve (Earlier - Winshuttle) Technology
- Understanding of Basic SAP fundamentals: T-codes, GUI Navigation, Settings.
- Evolve Scripting - Query, Transactions, Chain Scripts, Deployment.
- Evolve Form designing - Layout, embedded scripts, workflows, integrations.
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of: -
- Evolve Administration - User & license, server jobs, patch installations, scheduling.
- Evolve Custom reports.
- JavaScript, JSON, HTML, XML, and REST APIs.
- System architecture, data, version control and security.
- Web Technologies, Database, Web APIs.
- Cloud technologies like GCP/Azure/AWS.
