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General Mills Information Systems

General Mills Information Systems. Agenda. GMI Structure Culture Technologies Real Life Career Assignments. General Mills. World’s 7 th largest food company Marketed in more than 100 countries $11 billion in sales 27,500 employees HQ Minneapolis. Award Winning IS Organization.

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General Mills Information Systems

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  1. General Mills Information Systems

  2. Agenda • GMI • Structure • Culture • Technologies • Real Life Career Assignments

  3. General Mills World’s 7th largest food company Marketed in more than 100 countries $11 billion in sales 27,500 employees HQ Minneapolis

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Information Systems - Over 750 Professionals US Plant Support ~ 50 International ~ 95

  7. Guiding Principles Business Partners People Hire great people, develop them, and value their contributions Partner with our businesses to achieve company goals Vendor Alliances Standards Leverage our strategic vendor partnerships for infrastructure, applications, & services Standardize technologies, systems, processes, & data

  8. Career Development - Maximize Your Potential • Clear & Individualized Career Paths • 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

  9. 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

  10. Our Strategic Technology PartnersIndustry Leading Companies

  11. GMI Application Portfolio – SAP Centric • Warehousing • Production Planning • Manufacturing & Quality Rpts • Vendor Managed Inventory • Plant Maintenance • Transportation Planning Supply Chain Demand Chain • Retail Planner • Equity Marketing • Consumer Insights • Consumer Response • Consumer Promotions • Transportation Tours • Age Rpting/Trace Recall • In-Direct Purchasing • Trade Promotion Mgmt • Volume Analysis • Category Management SAP • APO: • DP: Demand Planning • SNP: Supply Network Planning HR: Human Resources ERP • Operations: • SD: Sales & Dist. • MM: Materials Mgmt • QM: Quality Mgmt • PP: Production Planning • WM: Warehouse Mgmt • Finance • FI: Finance • CO: Controlling • COPA: Profit. Anal. • PS: Project Systems • FA: Fixed Assets • TR: Treasury SEM: Strategic Enterprise Mgmt PLM: Product Life Cycle Mgmt BW: Business Warehouse • Nutrient, Ingredient /Formula • Keyline workflow mgmt • Electronic Lab Notebook • Formulation • Plant inspections/audits • Consolidations • Tax Mapping • Expense Reporting • Coupon Tracking • Consumer Spending • Time & Attendance • Equity Based Comp. • Recruiting • Merit & Incentive • Medical R&D and QRO HR Finance 1/128/2005

  12. 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

  13. Exciting & Challenging AssignmentsMaking a Difference in Our Business Results • Real Project Examples • Design Betty Crocker & Box Tops for Education Websites • Inventory Control for 45 Warehouses • Develop Handheld Applications for Sales Retail Reps to track out of stock products • Develop HR front-end enabling employees to manage their information using an employee Self Service Portal on SAP • Develop and deliver training to new SAP Analysts on the technical tools available to them (Data Dictionary, Debugger, ABAP Workbench, etc.)

  14. Employee Profile: AndreaIS 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

  15. Employee Profile: SolomonSenior 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

  16. Thank You www.generalmills.com

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