General Mills Tech Stack

Global food manufacturing and CPG operations across 13+ countries

Manufacturing Minneapolis, Minnesota 10,001+ employees Founded 1928 Public Company

General Mills operates a distributed manufacturing footprint (126 active manufacturing roles across 13 countries) supported by a classical enterprise stack: SAP, Salesforce, Blue Yonder, and Coupa for supply-chain and demand planning. The hiring mix is production-heavy with a secondary push in sales (122 roles) and emerging investment in data (10 roles), reflecting a company scaling manufacturing capacity while modernizing demand and inventory visibility — pain points centered on stockouts, forecast accuracy, and asset efficiency all point to supply-chain optimization as a near-term priority.

Tech Stack 76 technologies

Core StackSAP Power BI Tableau Power Query AutoCAD Salesforce Microsoft Office Minitab Excel SAP PM Data Studio Phoenix PLC Outlook KNIME SharePoint VBA PowerPoint Word WMS Coupa Blue Yonder Maximo Firefly Yelp CMMS Google Aruba Imprivata Remote Desktop Services+45 more

AdoptingRAG Workiva

What General Mills Is Building

◆Challenges

Reducing losses
Improving system reliability
Optimizing shelf visibility
Ensuring food safety compliance
Boosting sales in proximity stores
Reducing product stockouts
Increasing asset efficiency
Improving rejection process efficiency
Forecast accuracy improvement
Inventory discrepancies

▲Active Projects

New product trade launch
Build the edgard & cooper brand in the u.s.
Expanding capacity for fruit brands
Equipment calibration program
Daily direction setting
Snapshot reporting
Excel tool development for inventory monitoring
Safety and productivity improvement for biscuit production
90-day improvement plan
Strategic training and demonstrations for walmart bakeries

Hiring Activity

Steady460 roles · 150 in 30d

Department

Manufacturing

126

Sales

122

Ops

Marketing

Engineering

Finance

Logistics

Data

Seniority

Junior

154

Mid

130

Senior

Manager

Lead

Intern

Director

Principal

Notable leadership hires: Operations Lead, Consumer Insights Director, Quality Director, Maintenance Lead, Manufacturing Team Lead

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About General Mills

General Mills is a publicly traded food manufacturing company headquartered in Minneapolis with 10,000+ employees across production facilities, distribution, and commercial teams in the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The company produces food brands across multiple categories and operates a global supply chain with significant manufacturing and logistics footprint. Current operational priorities include expanding production capacity for fruit-based brands, launching new products to market, and improving demand forecasting and inventory accuracy across their retail and foodservice customer base.

HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota

Company Size10,001+ employees

Founded1928

Hiring MarketsUnited States, France, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Greece, Italy, Australia

Frequently Asked Questions

What is General Mills' tech stack?

Core ERP: SAP with modules for PM and inventory. BI/Analytics: Power BI, Tableau, Data Studio, KNIME. Supply chain: Blue Yonder, Coopa, WMS, Maximo, Aruba. Adopting Workiva and RAG for emerging use cases.

What operational challenges is General Mills facing?

Top pain points: forecast accuracy improvement, reducing product stockouts, inventory discrepancies, and optimizing shelf visibility. Secondary focus on food safety compliance, asset efficiency, and rejection process efficiency in manufacturing.