About this role
Role Overview
Lead Enterprise Solution Architect, Supply Chain
Location: Mumbai
Experience: 9-14 years
A key role within the Cyber & Enterprise Architecture (CyberEA) group at General Mills D&T, responsible for shaping and delivering solution architecture across the PLCF and End-to-End Supply Chain pillars. The role partners closely with business, IT, and vendors to design current and target-state architectures, drive system integration and optimization, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
Key responsibilities include defining supply chain solution architecture, evaluating and selecting technologies, enforcing architectural governance, supporting project delivery, managing stakeholders and risks, and contributing to enterprise architecture strategy and technology roadmaps. Strong expertise in Supply Chain (Logistics & Customer Operations), enterprise architecture frameworks, and large-scale system integration is essential.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering preferred.
- 8+ years of IT experience
- 3+ years of leading complex IT projects through solutioning, designing, and architecture.
- 3+ years of supporting Supply Chain solutions covering Demand Planning (statistical forecasting), Supply & Inventory Planning (network optimization, capacity planning), Logistics (Transportation Mgmt., Warehouse Mgmt.), Customer Fulfillment (Order Mgmt., Available-to-Promise) and End-to-End (BPM).
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying enterprise solutions to the public cloud and/or SaaS.
- Broad understanding of integration concepts and experience with MuleSoft or similar integration technologies.
- Experience with SAP Supply Chain related modules, development and integration.
- Knowledge and experience with major Supply Chain Planning platforms (e.g., OMP, o9) and/or leading WMS/TMS platforms (e.g., Blue Yonder, SAP EWM/TM).
- Broad understanding of Cloud Computing concepts, processes & tools required for cloud adoption including cloud security, governance, integration, and performance.
- Proven ability to work with cross functional and global teams.
- Proven ability to quickly learn and apply new capabilities and partner with other teams to adopt as appropriate for General Mills.
- Strong relationship management and leadership skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes and strategies.
- Comfort with informing, influencing, and presenting to senior leadership.
- Experience with vetting packaged solutions against business/technical requirements.
- Proficiency in architecture diagraming tools (LucidChart, Visio, etc.).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Software Development experience
- Infrastructure Engineering experience
- Experience with agile techniques and methods
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD and Cyber Security
- Experience with Data & Analytics concepts and tools including time series
- Experience with modern Software Engineering principles
- Knowledge and experience of modern AI/Agentic AI solutions such as Palantir, VertexAI.
- Experience at CPG companies
Other facts
About General Mills
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. General Mills 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.
What you'll do
- This role involves leading the Enterprise Solution Architecture for Supply Chain, focusing on shaping and delivering architecture across the Product Lifecycle, Costing, and Fulfillment (PLCF) and End-to-End Supply Chain pillars. Key duties include defining solution architecture, evaluating technologies, enforcing governance, and contributing to enterprise strategy and roadmaps.
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