Consultant / Senior Consultant - Backend

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 for the application development team responsible for developing custom applications, and features for various General Mills websites. The individual should be able to work independently on large projects. The individual should be an expert in a minimum of one technology and provide guidance and help to others. Individual should be able to convert functional requirement into technical specification. Job Responsibilities 75 % of Time Project Participation - Coding & Unit Testing - Support - Requirement Analysis - Task level Estimation - Contribution to the creation of project plan - Code review - Technical Design review - Performance optimization - Troubleshooting/Debugging 20 % of Time - Learning and enhancing new skills - Coaching, Mentoring and On-boarding - Process improvements project/team level - Continue to build on communication/soft skills - Lead in different initiatives (Knowledge sharing, Reading Groups etc) - Participation in hiring 5 % of Time Consulting - Module/Project Effort estimation - Technical Solutions - Technical SME - Functional expertise in at least one area Desired Profile Education Minimum Degree Requirements: Bachelors Preferred Degree Requirements: Masters Preferred Major Area of Study: Computer Science Experience Minimum years of related experience required: 7+ years Preferred years of related experience: 7-9 years Specific Job Experience or Skills Needed • Demonstrate the ability to build a work plan or parts of a work plan, as applicable for role • Have implemented small projects or contributed to the implementation of a medium/large project, as applicable. • Proficient in 1 – 2 technologies/systems and focus on building depth and breadth of skills. • Expand knowledge of, and ability to apply, IT technical standards by assisting in their formation and revision • Possess a good working knowledge of the IT application and technical tools landscape • Start to be seen as a go-to resource for the team or business group • Begin to demonstrate initiative and ownership by proactively resolving issues and taking on multiple tasks • Competent in third Party Integrations with SAS Solutions / Systems Skills for Microsoft Developer: Skill Name Expert Intermediate Basic CMS (Preferred SiteCore) Yes Asp.Net (Strong) Yes .Net Framework (3.5 and above) Yes MVC .Net Yes HTML5/CSS 3 Yes JQuery Yes JavaScript Yes ORM (Nhibernate/Entity Framework) Yes SQL Server (2008) Yes Design Patterns Yes OOPS Yes WCF Yes WPF Yes TFS/Source Control Yes C
/Vb.net Yes Security (Web – Applications) Yes Performance / Unit Testing Yes Mobile Development (IOS Android, Windows) Yes (Optional) SharePoint Development Yes (Optional) API Development Yes Third Party Integrations Yes Competencies/Behaviors required for job - Energies & Develop Others - Leads Innovation - Grow by Building & Applying Expertise - Challenge and Question with Courage - Transform Business Process - Delivers Outstanding results - Connect the Best Together - Advance successful Solution - Integrity & Candor 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.