This is an exciting time to work in General Mills Supply Chain & ITQ Organization! We are accelerating Digital Transformation of our MakE capabilities to provide a competitive advantage to our business. Technology at General Mills accelerates process transformation and business growth around the globe. To achieve business success, Digital and Technology uses leading edge technology, innovative thinking, and agile processes. One of General Mills key technology priorities is driving business action through connected data.
This individual will help drive Warehouse Management System and processes, ensure the solutions are sustainable, and follow General Mills Engineering standards. The role requires the ability to manage multiple initiatives and work we'll with various internal and external partners to bring capabilities to life across a variety of General Mills business teams. This role is estimated to be 50% development/technical work and 50% analyst work.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Senior Analyst delivering a Technical / Functional role, working in partnership with Global team Especially USA BY team & other stakeholders, to maintain backlog and make sure prioritized work gets delivered
- Measure run rate and have delivery ownership of the BY Capability
- Work with business partners/warehouse operations to improve warehouse management processes through application configuration and development.
- Lead the design and development of solutions for supply chain projects, related to Blue Yonder Warehouse Management System including Webservice API, SFTP, Automated Vehicle interfacing
- Provide first class service and support of existing processes & systems during business and after-hours.
- Support testing of continuous application updates, upgrades, and hotfixes
- Develop technical and functional expertise in Supply Chain Warehousing of General Mills
- Support the startup processes of new lines, plants, contract manufacturers, and customer service facilities.
- Advise business partners engaged in merger, acquisition, and divestiture projects.
- Connect with IT and business peers to ensure end to end solution optimization
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- bachelors Degree; 5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and 3+ years of managing Blue Yonder WMS
- Experience with software application development (Java, Python, Other Scripting)
- Blue Yonder Warehouse Management experience Developing MOCA components, Data Driven Applications/Page Builder etc
- Database Experience with Microsoft SQL
- Experience with Linux and Windows Server (ie, RedHat, Ubuntu)
- Business systems analyst experience strong mix of technical and functional skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Demonstrated ability to partner with business and design technical solutions.
- Continuous Improvement strong curiosity to find root cause, drive out waste and identify synergies.
- Project Management - self managing, results oriented, can manage multiple priorities
- Good to have - Windows Server and Application configuration experience; Ansible or similar automation platform experience; GCP or other cloud hosting provider experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering degree preferred
- Medium to advance skillset in Blue Yonder Warehouse Management Systems
- MOCA, Page Builder
- Java, Python, Scripting
- Software integration techniques
- Business Analysis
- Linux and Windows Server (ie, RedHat, Ubuntu)