Purchasing Placement
by Cummins
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About Cummins
Cummins, a global power leader, designs, manufactures, distributes and services multi fuel engines and related technologies for various markets including truck, bus, rail, marine, prime and standby power generation and mining. With headquarters in Columbus, Indiana in the US, the company has operations in 197 countries and sales of over $17 billion in 2016. Across the UK, Cummins continues to invest heavily in its key engineering technical centres in:
- Darlington
- Huddersfield
- Daventry
- Ramsgate
- Peterborough
We pride ourselves on operating under a set of values that emphasises integrity, innovation, delivering superior results, corporate responsibility, diversity and global involvement whilst at the same time providing our employees with a working environment which is both flexible and rewarding
Purchasing Placement
Working as part of the International Purchasing Office for Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region, based in the Cummins Midrange diesel engine manufacturing facility at Darlington, North East England.
The EMEA purchasing office is primarily responsible for the management of suppliers in this region supplying products to our UK and overseas locations and provides an exciting opportunity to sample a purchasing career in a dynamic global business environment.
The placement is a one-year structured role, key elements include:
- Key project work in support of departmental objectives
- Detailed involvement in Functional Excellence – opportunity to work with other Business Units in the region to help share common
processes, tools and resources to better achieve business goals
- Working with a group of suppliers – supporting cost reduction, capacity planning, delivery/quality performance, risk mitigation
- Data analysis in support of Low Cost Country sourcing/cost reduction opportunities
- Engagement across a number of teams, gaining commodity experience
- Close integration with Supplier Quality
Qualifications and skills
- Working towards a degree – please specify degree being studied, preferably Engineering/Business related although not limited to these subjects
- A Levels (or equivalent) – please specify grades
- Please detail any work experience to date
- Positive attitude, strong personal motivation
- Communication skills
- Team work
- IT Skills/programme knowledge
- Tools and skills training specific to the role
- Engine appreciation course
- Presentation and communication skills
- Practices and procedures
- Presence of a mentor as a guide through the placement year
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