Procurement Coordinator – Level III Full Time NEW

Works independently to update procurement systems and coordinates approval and control of procurement activities. Provides support to sourcing and finance teams globally.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively contacts suppliers to maintain pertinent data, obtain needed documentation, and enable suppliers in procurement systems. Support identification/resolution of supplier invoice and payment issues. Support completion, closure, and recording activities for various contracts and other supplier documentation. Prepare documentation for sourcing events. Initiate/Support work delivering results in meeting cost, quality, delivery, and inventory goals. Support supplier quality activities with supplier quality improvement engineers, suppliers, and category teams. Liaison between procurement teams and other functions. Participating in health safety and environmental awareness and improvement activities and daily tasks. Perform any other tasks assigned. Participate in Project teams, when necessary, to ensure effective implementation of change. Communicate with the supplier and work with supplier to manage Project deliverables within agreed timelines. Use common process tools and business systems to provide repeatable analytics and reporting. Ensure data integrity of all procurement information as it is created and deliver ongoing improvement of existing data. Identify improvements for business processes. Global focus may be required.

Competencies

Values differences – Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Drives results – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

Plans and aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Action oriented – Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Builds networks – Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.

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.

Ensures accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

Instills trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.

Interpersonal savvy – Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.

Manages ambiguity – Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.

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.

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.

Procurement Systems – Recognizes linkage to multiple systems such as purchasing order, payment, engineering release, and quality systems; troubleshoots and corrects issues resulting from data issues; writes ad-hoc reports using tools within each application; identifies and documents work flows and system testing; actively participates in implementation process of new purchasing systems including requirements gathering, design, communication, and training.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations. College or equivalent degree preferred.

Written Communication Skills In English, Preferred.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Requires relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.

Experience Using Microsoft 365 Required.

Prior Supply Chain systems experience preferred.

• Responsible for coordinating Engineering Releases (ER) processes, product data management, and release activities across cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain teams for smooth implementation of changes.
• Track and monitor change requests, approvals, and implementation status.
• Identify process improvement opportunities to streamline release management workflows.
• Repetitive Work- Comfortable to performing repetitive tasks and following established procedures.
• Global stakeholder Management
• Communication-Develop & deliver multimode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Ability to prepare reports, dashboards, and visual data presentations (Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps, Advanced Excel – Macros, SQL, etc.).
• Shift Time- EMEA shift 12:30 pm- 9:30PM IST

Job Purchasing

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Office

ReqID 2430028

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No