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Job Description
Job Summary:
Executes complex buying strategies in accordance with agreed upon material buying plans, specifically focused on improving supplier overall performance and capacity ahead of demand.
Key Responsibilities:
Conducts complex analysis of sourcing information and presents findings to Procurement and Supply Chain leadership for process improvement while maintaining high quality product and service delivery. Supports linkage between procurement and manufacturing facilities and will serve as communication conduit between manufacturing and the suppliers. Prepares and presents recommendations of improvement opportunities and alternative courses of action to Senior Procurement/Sourcing leadership. Evaluates consistent application of sourcing procedures and processes. Supports Procurement/Sourcing management in activities such as vendor management, industry and market analysis, process analysis, and model building. Leads analysis projects/initiatives providing coaching to less experienced analysts. Develops effective relationships with vendors and suppliers favorable for company business. Manages capacity, delivery and issue resolution projects. Support of engineering releases and other change management processes.
Responsibilities
Competencies:
Negotiations Excellence - Utilizes tools and methods in negotiations to achieve Cummins stakeholder objectives and achieve a mutually agreed upon all contract terms between all parties.
Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
Data Analytics - Discovers, interprets and communicates qualitative and quantitative data; determines conclusions relying on knowledge of business or functional frameworks; simultaneously applies statistics, data validity, data visualization, and problem solving approaches to effectively extract meaningful patterns and business insights; presents conclusions and outcomes that enable data driven business decisions.
Manufacturing Knowledge - Demonstrates the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function's needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.
Procurement Ethics - Avoids supplier engagement that may compromise supplier sourcing, selection, and management processes and seeks counsel to ensure compliance.
Procurement Policies, Procedures, Tools - Understands all of the relevant Procurement policies and procedures and complies with them in daily work; Masters all tools required to conduct procurement work. Knows how to access documents in the appropriate Document Management System (DMS) and/or who to ask if clarification or expansion of the information contained in each document is needed.
Supplier Capacity Management - Leverages Cummins marketing forecast processes and data required from suppliers for capacity planning; negotiates capacity requirements in supplier contracts to deliver the lowest Total Cost of Ownership; links interrelationship between capacity management and product quality; assesses suppliers to ensure that they are capable of meeting Cummins total demand for both production and aftermarket.
Supplier Performance Management - Leverages functional roles and responsibilities to appropriately manage supplier performance; negotiates defined metrics and supplier management processes to ensure robust management by all functional stakeholders; assimilates cross-functional, cross-site performance data across geographies; ensures suppliers awareness to performance deficiencies and communicates Cummins expectations relative to continuous improvement.
Supply Base Risk Management - Minimize supplier risk to Cummins by proactively mitigating risks through use of risk analysis tools and risk mitigation playbook to manage three key risk: 1) Continuity of Supply, 2) Reputational Risk, and 3) Risk to our Margins of parts. By minimize disruption and services throughout supply chain. Manage and leverage supplier selection and dual sourcing opportunities as a first line of defense against supplier risk.
Problem Solving - Solves problems and may mentor others on effective problem solving by using a systematic analysis process by leveraging industry standard methodologies to create problem traceability and protect the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; identifies the systemic root causes and ensures actions to prevent problem reoccurrence are implemented.
Project Management - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible.
Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
College, university, or equivalent degree in supply chain management or a related subject required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Experience:
Intermediate level of related work experience required
Qualifications
Qualifications: - Significant relevant experience in purchasing, sourcing, supplier management, or supply-chain operations within a manufacturing environment, including direct responsibility for supplier capacity, delivery, quality, and issue resolution. - Strong knowledge of procurement and sourcing processes, material planning, capacity analysis, change management, and supplier performance management is required. - The role also requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, commercial awareness, negotiation and influencing capability, project-management experience, and the ability to communicate complex risks and recommendations effectively across Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, leadership, and external suppliers.
Key responsibilities: - Lead supplier capacity expansion projects supporting business growth plans. - Develop and execute supplier capacity roadmaps across critical commodities, ensuring supplier readiness ahead of business demand. - Develop supplier risk mitigation and contingency plans to minimize supply disruption. - Broader cross functional coordination across multiple functions and manufacturing sites. - Provide leadership visibility through regular reporting of supplier readiness, capacity status, risks and recovery plans.
About Us
Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.
