Manager, Business Security

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 another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.​

JOB OVERVIEW

This Regional Security Lead (RSL) role serves to elevate awareness around security, resilience, and privacy as Global Security’s primary interface across General Mills’ India business.  The priority is to enable the business by proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating evolving information, cyber, and physical risks as well as assisting in the response to active threats.  Along with other stakeholders, this position will work closely with fellow RSLs, all Global Security platforms, and Global Business Solutions - Solutions Development (GBS-SD) to align strategies and leverage relevant expertise.

No. of reportees-2 Individual Contributors

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Partner with leadership to enable the business by ensuring appropriate security risk mitigations are integrated into business strategies and operations:

• Identify and Assess: Develop a deep understanding of key business strategies, operations, and processes to identify and assess evolving information, cyber, and physical security risks
• Awareness: In close coordination with Global Security leadership, elevate awareness of these evolving risks with leadership and other key decision makers and partners
• Mitigate: Identify and help deliver solutions (behavior, processes, and tools) that mitigate evolving security risks
• Sustain: Contribute to the development of relevant policies, standards, and processes that provide a sustainable governance framework to protect General Mills

Security management and incident response:

• Advocate for and help implement strategies across all Global Security platforms
• Support travel security, executive protection, and special events security activities
• Conduct awareness training with relevant stakeholders to enhance preparedness around security, resilience, and privacy incidents
• Maintain professional network of corporate security peers, security consultants/vendors, and officials within law enforcement and government agencies
• Partner cross-functionally, to include external resources and government authorities, to respond most effectively to security, resilience, and privacy incidents

Sensitive investigations:

Partner with Global Security’s investigations platform and Law, HR, Finance as appropriate to support investigations covering a range of sensitive, complex matters regarding potential violations of company policies, crimes directed against the company, and other allegations of misconduct that may include, but are not limited to the following areas:

-Fraud and theft

-Corruption (conflicts of interest, bribery, kickbacks, etc.)

-Extortion

-Loss of confidential information and intellectual property

-Threatening behavior

-Purposeful product tampering

-Counterfeits and diversions

Goals and actionable metrics:

• Develop and gain alignment on goals/targets
• Identify progress, trends, and opportunities
• Communicate results and findings
• Continuously develop knowledge of evolving best practices through peer benchmarking, industry events/associations, and educational opportunities

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelors
• Minimum years of related experience required: 10 years

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Masters
• Minimum years of related experience required: 10+ years

SPECIFIC JOB EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Global security management experience, including strategy development, metrics, and exception-based reporting
• Ability to integrate security and risk management into business decisions and improve related processes
• Broad knowledge of information, cyber, and physical security
• Experience building cross-functional partnerships and strengthening security awareness
• Experience conducting sensitive, complex investigations
• Ability to respond decisively to urgent matters, including 24/7 situations
• Professional relationships with law enforcement and government agencies
• Knowledge of physical security technology, event security, and vendor management
• Advanced English and professional proficiency in the local language
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills in ambiguous or conflicting situations
• Ability to manage shifting priorities and multiple projects
• Executive presence, confidence, and effective verbal and written communication
• Continuous learning mindset
• Discretion, integrity, accountability, and ownership
• Strategic thinking with a focus on measurable results

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.