Purchasing Placement Student Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Communicating with suppliers and internal stakeholders to source items. Performing data collection & analysis, data entry, updating system information, coordinating with Sourcing Managers for various tasks.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Improved communication, teamwork skills. Developed great MS Excel skills. Picked up better data analysis & information presentation skills, along with improved organisational skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Was given a good amount of responsibility, depending on nature of tasks and personal capabilities.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Business culture at Cummins is highly supportive. Was pleasantly surprised by how helpful everyone was, no matter how closely they worked with me.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Culture of support. Learning opportunities are plenty and higher-ups provide lots of support to achieve learning. General atmosphere is not too bureaucratic or stern.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Overall, very enjoyable placement experience. Not overly-stressful, great opportunity for self-development, experience gathering and remuneration was fair.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
  • Know what you are after and what your capabilities are, and be thorough in presenting them.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Purchasing and Supply

West Midlands

June 2022


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