Hiring for Sr. Software Engineer Product Information Capabilities at Mumbai, Maharashtra – Powai, Maharashtra, India Full Time

Job Description

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Position Title
Sr. Software Engineer – Product Information Capabilities
Function/Group
Digital and Technology
Location
Mumbai
Shift Timing
Regular
Role Reports to
D&T Manager – PIC
Remote/Hybrid/in-Office
Hybrid
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 Hxc3xa4agen-Dazs, weve 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
General 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
We 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 the provided
Purpose of the role
General Mills Digital & Technology department is developing a best-in-class Product Content Management (PIM) capability – this will help General Mills to reduce time to market the products and play pivotal role to accelerate growth of ecommerce channel. Product Information Capabilities team is seeking a Senior Developer STIBO, that will play the critical role of linking business objectives to core technological capabilities. This role will drive organized and effective requirements to build and enhance the STIBO solution.
They will be responsible for partnering with the business analyst to collect the requirements from business, establishing processes, and coordinating the work with our technical development team. This team member will be responsible for the overall STIBO solution which will consist of designing, development, support, and upgrades. Individual should be able to grow and inspire the team’s technical skills and keep up with the technological paradigm shift.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Collaborate with internal teams / Solution Architects to produce software design and architecture.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise
• Advises project managers & analysts on Development impacts/strategies.
• Learn & work on POC’s of trending technology along with Application / Solution Architects
• Be part of third-party Product / Tools Evaluation team
• More strategic conversation, a resource for managers/directors to translate technical discussions.
• Advises on best data practices within applications and projects.
• Hands on Experience configuring and enhancing Stibo Step Trailblazer version 11 and above
• Hands on Experience integrating Stibo platform with upstream and downstream systems through IIEP, OIEP and Gateway endpoints (REST API)
• Experience working with Java web services, including SOAP and restful with preferably a strong hands-on experience in SQL.
• Strong experience writing Java script for STIBO STEP Workflow and Web UI customizations.
• Working experience in Oracle database
• Experience with Product Information Management Systems (PIM/MDM)
• Experience developing XSLT stylesheets.
• Experience leading / working with teams in an agile setting as an analyst.
• Experience working as Stibo developer/Analyst as a Technology lead on large technology implementation project.
• Experience working directly with business clients to design an IT solution that meets business requirements, including articulating the pros and cons of various technologies, platforms and architectural options, and documenting use cases, solutions, and recommendations.
• Excellent problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution.
• Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technology.
• Strong communication skills with ability to present complex messages and trade-offs and tell a compelling story.
• Able to articulate business requirements and bridge the gap with development teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with change management.
• Agile/Digital Experience
• Expert task/sprint estimation
• Creates and manages Product Feature Roadmap and aligns with technology direction (new standards, architectures, obsolescence)
• Helps drive the agile journey for the team in terms of team velocity, self-organization, effective retrospective conversations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education – Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
• Ability to communicate in a clear, understandable manner to multiple levels in the organization.
• Ability to support projects with executional excellence and strong analytical and process skills.
• Organizational skills with attention to detail & accuracy.
• Willingness to learn & adapt to new systems & tools.
• Deliver outstanding results through task prioritization, time management.
• Learning and enhancing new skills
• Coaching, Mentoring and On-boarding younger developers
• Process improvements project/team level
• Lead in different initiatives (Knowledge sharing, Reading Groups, Dev Forums, etc.)
• Collaborates with other team to utilize new features of platform technologies
• Technical expertise- Java script, JSON, Data mapping, REST API, Data Modelling, Product Information Management Tools, PIM Stibo Tool. PL/SQL, writing procedures, triggers, Core Java, MySQL, Ajax, HTML 5, CSS, JSON, ETL Tools, Windows XP and UNIX.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align organization on decisions
• Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply
• Utilizes team collaboration to create innovative solutions efficiently
• Passionate about technology and excited about the impact of emerging/disruptive technologies
• Open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge skillset
• Creating a positive environment within the team
• Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technology
• Experience on cloud related technologies (GCP / Azure)
• Comfortable in ambiguity
• Drives productive discourse
• Agile experience
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Data quality and data governance experience.