Sr Manager Deployment, Service and Replenishment

Job description

OVERVIEW General Mills India supports multiple plants, warehouses, and business teams in the US. This role combines people leadership, service management, replenishment, and network planning responsibilities. • The incumbent will collaborate across Distribution, Supply, Demand Planning, and System Governance teams to improve case-fill efficiency, balance cost and operational constraints, lead a team of distribution planners, and proactively manage service risks in partnership with US replenishment managers and planning teams. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Strategic responsibilities • Lead logistics operations through strong partnership, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration • Drive distribution planning for assigned Operating Units and distribution centers while meeting service KPIs and optimizing supply chain costs • Own tactical deployment decisions and process governance for the assigned network • Support short-term network and replenishment strategies in partnership with US Replenishment Managers • Enable problem-solving across transportation, warehousing, plant outbound, and network capacity constraints Operational Responsibilities • Build expertise in planning systems such as SAP, OMP, Inventory Analyst, and related tools • Share regular updates on key service, inventory, and operational metrics with stakeholders • Collaborate across supply chain teams to improve product and information flow • Ensure process compliance and drive continuous improvement initiatives • Actively contribute to team forums, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions • Drive Run, Improve, and Transform ways of working • Partner with Replenishment, Operating Units, and D&T teams on planning, transformation, efficiency, and cost-saving initiatives • Lead automation, standardization, benchmarking, and scalable solution development • Set goals, develop talent, and manage key people processes • Support capability transitions and deployment training across the distribution planning organization Projects • Partner with Replenishment team in Spring Plan activities • Collaborate with Replenishment, Operating Units, D&T teams to drive improve/Transform projects in Deliver space • Lead organization/Function level initiatives to drive efficiencies and cost savings. Continuous Improvement: • Build Architectural solutions through Automation, Standardization, Lean approach etc. • Build sustainable and order winning solutions for the problems. • Collaborate across with various team to implement defined solutions. • Perform external competitive benchmarking and analysis. • Lead Cost savings initiatives • Lead ideation and drive implementation to deliver organizational goals. • Develop sustainable tools for the capabilities. Continuing Professional Career Development • Participate in soft skills training driven by L&D Team • Leveraging Future skills & Supply chain university platform to explore emerging technologies & enhance Supply chain skills. People Responsibilities • Participating in developing goals and objectives for the Fiscal Year • Energize and develop people by collaborating across boundaries. • Complete annual performance management processes (annual objective setting, performance assessment and reviews, IDP, etc.) Organizational Effectiveness • Lead/Support development and Transition of new capabilities across Distribution planning organization. • Develop best in class Training framework for Deployment MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelors with 12+ years or Masters with 10+ years of relevant experience • Good understanding of planning and ERP systems such as SAP, OMP, O9, Inventory Analyst, and Tableau • Strong project management, analytical, and critical thinking skills • Continuous improvement mindset with a proactive, solution-oriented approach • Ability to manage ambiguity, multitask, prioritize, and deliver under tight timelines • Ability to translate business insights into actionable outcomes PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Masters degree • 8 years of related experience • Major Area of Study in Supply Chain • Preferred Professional Certifications: APICS – CSCP, PMP, Six Sigma