Supply Chain Planner

DESCRIPTION

As a Supply Chain Planner at Cummins, you will be responsible for planning and maintaining daily supply chain operations across one or more functional areas such as materials, production, inventory, logistics, customer service, demand management, or order fulfillment. You will ensure that both internal and external customer expectations are met through effective planning, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement planning system strategies to enhance supply chain signals.
• Monitor and adjust planning parameters to ensure optimal performance.
• Execute daily operational planning processes within assigned functional areas.
• Identify and mitigate potential supply chain failures and associated risks.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive short-term tactical improvements.
• Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify improvement areas and develop action plans.
• Participate in cross-functional process improvement initiatives.
• Utilize planning systems and tools to ensure consistent and accurate planning signals across the supply chain.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Skills and Competencies

• Part Change Control Management: Experience with supersession processes and engineering change requests.
• Supplier and Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to manage relationships and expectations.
• Materials Planning System Utilization: Proficient in using planning systems and tools (e.g., Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS).
• Plan for Every Part (PFEP): Understanding of PFEP principles and their application across the supply chain.
• Master Supply Scheduling: Ability to develop and maintain valid production schedules.
• Material Planning & KPI Management: Skilled in using BI dashboards and advanced planning tools for decision-making and performance tracking.

Core Competencies:

• Communicates effectively
• Customer focus
• Drives results
• Global perspective
• Manages complexity
• Optimizes work processes
• Values differences

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Certification in supply chain or logistics (e.g., APICS, CPIM) is a plus.

Experience

• 5+ZW years of relevant experience in supply chain planning or a related field.
• Experience in a manufacturing or logistics environment is preferred.

Job Supply Chain Planning

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category Hybrid

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2417701

Relocation Package No