Supply Continuity Analyst

Job Description

*Executes buying strategies in accordance with agreed upon material buying plans, specifically focused on improving supplier overall performance and capacity ahead of demand.Collaborates with sourcing team for supplier process improvement while maintaining high quality product and/or service delivery.Analyzes purchasing initiatives and processes in support of the delivery of cost effective and high quality goods and services.Prepares and presents recommendations of improvement opportunities and alternative courses of action to senior purchasing leaders.Consistently applies sourcing policies, procedures and processes.Supports linkage between purchasing and manufacturing facilities and will serve as communication conduit between manufacturing and the suppliers. Interacts with suppliers with regard to payment issues and order fulfillment.Collects/validates relevant supplier score card data.Provides delivery/expediting support to the plant/site during supplier issues.Supports management and execution of engineering releases, *SkillsAction oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.Courage - Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.Purchasing Ethics - Avoids supplier engagement that may compromise supplier sourcing, selection, and management processes and seeks counsel to ensure compliance.Purchasing Policies, Procedures, Tools - Understands all of the relevant purchasing 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.Source to Pay Principles - Leverages key principles of the Source to Pay process to smoothly execute sourcing decisions, order placement, material/service acquisition and on-time payment of Suppliers.Supplier Contract Management - Assesses and enforces contractual terms and conditions; monitors key performance indicators throughout the term of the contract to ensure we reach the intended value of the contract; manages supplier delivery of product to Cummins requirements.Supply Base Regulatory Compliance - Works with suppliers to advise them of any governmental regulations at a regional, national and global level as well as Cummins policies and procedures pertaining to regulatory compliance for the materials and services they provide; obtains documentation from the supplier in order to document evidence of compliance.Purchasing 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.Supplier Performance Management - Leverages functional roles and responsibilities to appropriately manage supplier performance; negotiates defined metrics and supplier management processes to ensure robust management by all functional stakeholders; assimilates cross-functional, cross-site performance data across geographies; ensures suppliers awareness to performance deficiencies and communicates Cummins expectations relative to continuous improvement.Education, Licenses, CertificationsCollege, university or equivalent degree in a related business field such as supply chain management.This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.ExperienceMinimal prior experience is required.Knowledge of Advance excel and Power BI will be an added advantage

Keyskills :
key performance indicatorsdocument management systemsource to pay