Sr. Consultant (SAP Dev)

• India is among the top ten priority markets for General Mills, and hosts our Global Shared Services Centre. This is the Global Shared Services arm of General Mills Inc., which supports its operations worldwide. With over 1,300 employees in Mumbai, the center has capabilities in the areas of Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Digital and Technology, Sales Capabilities, Consumer Insights, ITQ (R&D & Quality), and Enterprise Business Services. Learning and capacity-building is a key ingredient of our success.

Job Overview:

• This role is an Individual Contributor role for SAP Development team responsible for custom developments.
• Individual should be able to provide technical consultation to the functional team and derive the technical solution keeping in mind the end to end business process, the scalability and sustainability of the change and the performance factors.
• The individual should be able estimate, plan and break the large development work into smaller work deliverables and delegate the same to the junior team members and ensure the effective delivery of the same.
• The Individual should have a deep technical understanding on Core ABAP, Fiori, PI, ALE/IDOC, Work Flow, Layouts, UI/UX,AMDP, CDS view etc
• The individual should have deep functional understanding on all the SAP modules. (MM, SD, FI, CRM, TM, APO etc.)
• The individual should be able to mentor and guide team members in technical, functional and process related aeas.
• They should have an experimental mindset and should look out for the latest from SAP and find feasibility of GM adaptation.
• The individual should also be proficient the latest offerings of SAP (ABAP on Hana, S4 Hana, C4 Hana, Fiori etc.)
• The Individual should be able to strategize and collaboratively implement integrated Process improvements arcos teams.
• The Individual should drive SAP best practices within the team (Code Review, DDIC & Change Control) and coach and onboard the stewards for the monitoring and implementation on the same. Job Responsibilities 50 % of Time
• Project Participation (Task level Estimation) - Custom development (Coding) - Unit Testing
• Support
• Requirement Analysis (more time on analysis and Investigations) - Communication/ coordination with Functional analysts 20% of Time Self - development
• Learning new skills
• Enhancing existing skills - developing soft skills 10% of Time Team Development and operations
• Provide help and guidance to juniors
• Team level process improvement efforts
• Recruitment and other team admin activities 10% of Time Consultation
• Propose solutions before project kickoff
• Provide effort estimation for project 10% of Time Experimentation on latest offerings from SAP and finding feasibility of adaptation to GM Desired Profile Education Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors Preferred Degree Requirements: Bachelors Preferred Major Area of Study: Computer Science Experience Minimum years of related experience required: 9 years Preferred years of related experience: 9-11 years Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed
• Strong technical and functional knowledge (Core ABAP, MM, FI, SD, CRM, APO, TM)
• Strong knowledge and work experience in Future skills (ABAP on HANA, S4 HANA, C4 HANA & UI5/Fiori)
• Have worked on in lead roles in larger implementation projects.
• Understand more broadly how their applications/technologies integrate with others outside of their own work group
• Have built credibility based on their own track record and experiences within own work/customer group (and starting to build outside of that)
• Leveraged as a go-to resource in area and regularly mentors/coaches others in their area of expertise
• Understand business value proposition and incorporate into own work
• Actively engage in broad (external/internal) IT Department initiatives, such as technical forums, communities of practice, recruiting or affinity group
• Worked on developing and implementing process improvements and SAP best practices across teams. Skills for SAP Sr. Consultant Skill Name Expert Intermediate (at least 2) Basic (At least 1) General ABAP Yes Enhancement Framework Yes Forms Yes ABAP Objects Yes SAP Workflow Yes ALE /IDOC Yes Web Dynpro for ABAP Yes CRM Web UI Yes SAP PI Yes Performance / Unit Testing Yes Functional Areas R/3 ERP (SD, MM, FI) Yes HR Yes APO Yes CRM Yes TM Yes SRM Yes Niche Areas ABAP for SAP HANA Yes SAP Gateway/ Fiori Yes S4 Hana Yes Competencies/Behaviors required for job
• Energizes others to go the extra mile
• Sets and example of effective self-development
• Challenge self and others to identify creative approaches to solution
• Focus time and energy on most important priorities
• Proactively develop solution to mitigate the risk & maximize the opportunities
• Create the atmosphere of trust in work group.
• Model and insist of multi-perspective approach on all projects & customer interaction
• Challenge and question with courage
• Demonstrate the judgment to maintain systems & processes that are working well
• Holds self & other accountable for getting the job done with excellence
• Encourage his/her group to continuously expand their knowledge base 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.