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General MillsInformation Systems
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Agenda
• GMI• Structure • Culture• Technologies• Real Life Career Assignments
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General Mills
World’s 7th largest food company
Marketed in more than 100 countries
$11 billion in sales
27,500 employees
HQ Minneapolis
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Award Winning IS Award Winning IS OrganizationOrganization
• “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
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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
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Information Systems - Over 750 Professionals
MinneapolisIS Organization
~ 615 Employees
Technical Infrastructure
~ 180
Desktop Services
~ 120
Application Development
~ 300
SAP Technologies
~ 150
Microsoft Technologies
~ 150
US Plant Support~ 50
International~ 95
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Guiding Principles
Hire great people, develop them, and value their contributions
Standardize technologies, systems, processes, & data
Partner with our businesses to achieve company goals
Leverage our strategic vendor partnerships for infrastructure, applications, & services
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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
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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
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Our Strategic Technology Partners
Industry Leading Companies
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GMI Application Portfolio – SAP Centric
Finance• FI: Finance• CO: Controlling• COPA: Profit. Anal.• PS: Project Systems• FA: Fixed Assets• TR: Treasury
Operations:• SD: Sales & Dist.• MM: Materials Mgmt• QM: Quality Mgmt• PP: Production Planning• WM: Warehouse Mgmt
BW: Business Warehouse
PLM:Product
Life Cycle Mgmt
APO:•DP: Demand Planning•SNP: Supply Network Planning
HR:Human
Resources
SEM:Strategic
Enterprise Mgmt
ERP
SAP
Demand Chain
R&D and QRO HR Finance
•Consolidations•Tax Mapping•Expense Reporting•Coupon Tracking•Consumer Spending
Supply Chain •Retail Planner•Equity Marketing •Consumer Insights•Consumer Response•Consumer Promotions
•Warehousing•Production Planning•Manufacturing & Quality Rpts•Vendor Managed Inventory•Plant Maintenance•Transportation Planning
•Nutrient, Ingredient /Formula•Keyline workflow mgmt•Electronic Lab Notebook•Formulation•Plant inspections/audits
•Time & Attendance•Equity Based Comp.•Recruiting•Merit & Incentive•Medical
•Trade Promotion Mgmt•Volume Analysis•Category Management
•Transportation Tours•Age Rpting/Trace Recall•In-Direct Purchasing
1/128/2005
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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
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Exciting & Challenging Assignments
Making 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.)
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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
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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
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Thank Youwww.generalmills.com