General MillsInformation Systems

Agenda

• GMI• Structure • Culture• Technologies• Real Life Career Assignments

General Mills

World’s 7th largest food company

Marketed in more than 100 countries

$11 billion in sales

27,500 employees

HQ Minneapolis

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our Strategic Technology Partners

Industry Leading Companies

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

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

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.)

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

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

Thank Youwww.generalmills.com