Cummins Inc. Hiring for VPI Coordinator – Technical Sourcing – PSBU at Pune, India Full Time

VPI Coordinator – Technical Sourcing – PSBU

Description

Utilizes a basic knowledge of engineering principles and practices tasks to understand procurement needs while supporting early product development activities. Helps identify technology trends and supplier technology road maps.

Supports in obtaining input of project leadership, suppliers, product engineers, or technology teams to ensure delivery of robust prototype and production designs, technical risk mitigation plans, and coordinated deliverables of new or current product change activity.

Assists with analyses in support of the technical product specialist working in business processes of Product Preceding Technology (PPT) and other early product development activity.

Coordinate business documents to support supplier agreements required to protect intellectual properties.

Engages with project teams and engineering to understand needs for new suppliers and technologies and connects engineering with the appropriate sourcing team.

For defined projects,supports as the purchasing team member and assists to meet the required purchasing deliverables.

Prepares information for management and functional reviews.

Supports to establish preliminary new product program sourcing strategies for Product Preceding Technology (PPT) or other projects that are moving to VPI.

Qualifications

Skills

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

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.

Persuades – Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.

Situational adaptability – Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Confidential Disclosure – Protects Cummins confidential information by using the appropriate channel of communication and ensures that Confidential Disclosure Agreements are in place with all suppliers that Cummins interacts with to protect Cummins Confidential Information and to ensure that the suppliers confidential information is not misused or disclosed in any manner.

Cost Management – Establishes and controls product and service costs using functional tools to deliver and track product and services at competitive prices; ensures competitiveness of Cummins products in our markets while preserving desired margins.

Intellectual Property Management – Assures protection of Cummins Intellectual Property within the supply base and partners with suppliers to optimize the use of their intellectual property for Cummins future competitive advantage by engaging the legal function; assures appropriate separation of Cummins’ inventors from Supplier Intellectual Property to avoid Intellectual Property poisoning that could inhibit Cummins’ ability to freely invent.

New Product Development Sourcing – Leverages new product development process by executing the category team strategy when selecting suppliers to deliver the Value Package Introduction and meet timing, cost and quality targets.

Supplier Contract Development – Creates contracts to cover commercial and legal relationship between Cummins and supplier; incorporates commercial requirements and laws of regions, drive consensus amongst stakeholders and develops a mutually agreed and legally approved contract created using a Direct Supplier Supply Agreement (DSA) and the C-Review Process and Negotiations Excellence skill.

Project Management – Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”).

Education, Licenses, Certifications

College, university, or equivalent Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other relevant technical disciplines is required.

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

Experience

Minimal work experience required. Preferred candidates would have relevant experience working in

an temporary student employment, intern, co-op, or other extracurricular team activities.

Job PURCHASING

Primary Location India-Maharashtra-Pune-India, Pune, IOC Tower A

Job Type Experienced – Exempt / Office

Recruitment Job Type Exempt – Experienced

Job Posting Oct 3, 2022, 2:16:21 AM

Unposting Date Oct 7, 2022, 1:29:00 PM

Organization Corporate

Req ID: 22000828