DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities:

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE):

• Reports any work-related injury, illness, incident, or hazard.
• Complies with HSE standards, policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Engages in HSE training.

• Follows applicable standard work, process documentation, and quality procedures.
• Performs quality checks on material planning master data (lead time, order quantities, etc.) taking action to support Plan for Every Part (PFEP).
• Works with Quality to disposition non-conforming material in a timely manner.

• Initiates purchase and work orders to support the demand plan.
• Participates in allocation calls with Sourcing Manager, supplier, and other Cummins entities to understand the nature and impact of constraints.
• Works with suppliers to reduce lead time and order quantities, balancing supply with demand.
• Collaborates with Supply Chain Planners across the organization to reposition excess inventory to locations with supporting demand.
• Provides accurate, timely updates specific to inventory availability and back order recovery plans.
• Manages part change requests and ramp-up/ramp-down activities to meet demand while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Reconciles order boards for critical suppliers, critical parts, and past due orders on a routine basis.
• Supports the Deliver Supplier Improvement Process initiative to improve performance metrics.
• Documents, communicates, and follows up on action items impacting the ability to execute the plan.
• Takes ownership and accountability for the delivery of supplier schedules that support end customer needs.
• Demonstrates the target level of proficiency in core competencies.
• Remains flexible and performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet business goals.

• Communicates effectively within the assigned team and with all support teams.
• Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements and career goals.
• Participates in improvement (quality, safety, process, material flow, etc.) projects.

• Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training, or on-the-job experience in an equivalent field such as materials planning, production scheduling, manufacturing, or inventory control.

• Communicates effectively : Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer focus : Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives results : Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Manages complexity : Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Optimizes work processes : Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Materials Planning System Utilization : Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans, taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis.
• Part Change Control Management : Evaluates and implements engineering change requests to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Plan for Every Part (PFEP) : Uses PFEP principles to ensure the delivery of the right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place.
• Master Supply Scheduling : Establishes and maintains a valid Master Production Schedule for a family of products.
• Materials KPI Management : Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs as compared to expectations of the organization to determine next steps to drive improvement.
• Values differences : Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

• High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
• College, University, or equivalent degree in Business, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

1. Material Planning / Supplier Procurement (Must have)
2. Know-how of Material Availability/Shortage issues (Must have)
3. Worked on Inventory Reduction (Preferred)
4. Knows use of Safety stocks (Preferred)
5. Allocation Planning/Constraint planning (Nice to have)
6. System use (Oracle/SAP) (Nice to have)

1. Learning attitude (Must have learned something new in recent past) (Must have)
2. Prioritization (Working under pressure) (Preferred)
3. Communication (Basic level)