General Mills
Information Systems
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GMI
Structure
Culture
Technologies
Real Life Career Assignments
General Mills
World’s 7th largest food company
Marketed in more than 100 countries
$11 billion in sales
27,500 employees
HQ Minneapolis
Award Winning IS Organization
• “The 100 Best Places to work in IT”
– ComputerWorld
• “25 Most Influential Executives”
– Consumer Goods Technology
• “Information Week 500”
– InformationWeek
• HP Bravo Award
• Four General Mills Chairman’s
Awards
Information Systems Structure
• Global IT Organization
• Centralized Function
– Focused, consistent and efficient
• Application Development
– High involvement w/ business partners
– High business knowledge within IS
– High business partner satisfaction
Information Systems - Over 750 Professionals
Minneapolis
IS Organization
~ 615 Employees
Technical
Infrastructure
~ 180
Desktop
Services
~ 120
Application
Development
~ 300
SAP
Technologies
~ 150
International
~ 95
US Plant Support
~ 50
Microsoft
Technologies
~ 150
Guiding Principles
Hire great people, develop them, Partner with our businesses
to achieve company goals
and value their contributions
Standardize technologies,
systems, processes, & data
Leverage our strategic vendor
partnerships for infrastructure,
applications, & services
Career Development - Maximize Your Potential
• Clear & Individualized Career Paths
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2-3 rotational assignments in first 5 years
Individual Development Planning Process
Technical and Management Ladders
Entry level positions: Desktop Support Analyst,
Programmer Analyst
• Skill Development
– Work with a “Team of Experts” - turnover <2%
– Access to Training & Certification Options and
Continued Formal Education
– Mentoring, Volunteering, Reading Groups
An Extensive
Information Technology Infrastructure
• 100 Terabytes of Disk
• 85 Unix Servers
• 1125 Windows Servers
• 17,000 PCs
• 400,000 Emails / Day
• 90 Countries
• 10 Million SAP Transactions /
Day
Our Strategic Technology Partners
Industry Leading Companies
GMI Application Portfolio – SAP Centric
•Warehousing
•Production Planning
•Manufacturing & Quality Rpts
•Transportation Tours
•Age Rpting/Trace Recall •Vendor Managed Inventory
•Plant Maintenance
•In-Direct Purchasing
•Transportation Planning
Supply Chain
APO:
•DP: Demand Planning
•SNP: Supply Network
Planning
PLM:
Product
Life Cycle
Mgmt
Demand Chain
•Trade Promotion Mgmt
•Volume Analysis
•Category Management
SAP
ERP
Finance
• FI: Finance
Operations:
• CO: Controlling
• SD: Sales & Dist.
• COPA: Profit. Anal.
• MM: Materials Mgmt
• PS: Project Systems
• QM: Quality Mgmt
• PP: Production Planning • FA: Fixed Assets
• TR: Treasury
• WM: Warehouse Mgmt
•Retail Planner
•Equity Marketing
•Consumer Insights
•Consumer Response
•Consumer Promotions
HR:
Human
Resources
SEM:
Strategic
Enterprise
Mgmt
BW: Business Warehouse
•Nutrient, Ingredient /Formula
•Keyline workflow mgmt
•Electronic Lab Notebook
•Formulation
•Plant inspections/audits
R&D and QRO
•Time & Attendance
•Equity Based Comp.
•Recruiting
•Merit & Incentive
•Medical
HR
•Consolidations
•Tax Mapping
•Expense Reporting
•Coupon Tracking
•Consumer Spending
Finance
1/128/2005
We Are Looking for People Who Can Make A Difference
• Academic Performance
– 3.2+ GPA CIS/ODT Major
• Technical Skillset
– Programmer Analyst: OO Programming (.NET, JAVA);
RDBMS Architecture (Oracle); SAP (ABAP, Config)
• Soft Skills
– Communication
– Creativity
• Leadership
– Meaningful experiences outside of school
– Passion for IS
• Impact Driven / Work Experience
– Work Experience or Prior Internship
Exciting & Challenging Assignments
Making a Difference in Our Business Results
Real Project Examples
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Design Betty Crocker & Box Tops for Education Websites
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Inventory Control for 45 Warehouses
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Develop Handheld Applications for Sales Retail Reps to track out
of stock products
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Develop HR front-end enabling employees to manage their
information using an employee Self Service Portal on SAP
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Develop and deliver training to new SAP Analysts on the technical
tools available to them (Data Dictionary, Debugger, ABAP
Workbench, etc.)
Employee Profile: Andrea
IS Manager, Supply Chain - Sourcing - SAP
Education: Ohio University, 1996. BBA in MIS, University of St. Thomas,
2003. MBA
Career Highlight: Project Manager - Foodservice Focused Trade Solution
project.
Career Progression:
• Microsoft/VB Developer, Analyst
• Project Manager
• Database Developer
• SAP Analyst
• Department Manager
College Skills Helpful in General Mills Career: Organizational, Verbal,
Written
Volunteer Activities at General Mills: Women in IS Mentoring Circles, Wish
Tree, Explorers, Email Mentoring, Habitat for Humanity, Fall Rake-Up
Employee Profile: Solomon
Senior Consultant, Supply Chain – Warehouse Management
Education: Washington University in St. Louis, School of Engineering,
Computer Science and Computer Engineering, May 1996
Career Highlight: SAP R/3 Infrastructure planning and implementation
project. Warehouse RFID Project
Career Progression:
• Unix Systems Administrator
• Systems Infrastructure Architect
• Project Manager and Software Architect
College Skills Helpful in General Mills Career: Technical writing,
Learning how to learn; Networking, Data Structures, OS, Programming
Languages & Software Engineering Classes
Volunteer Activities at General Mills: Habitat for Humanity, Mentoring
Thank You
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