Manages, develops, and implements project(s) of varying complexity and size in Procurement. Partners with business stakeholders to ensure successful project completion. Provides consultation for established Procurement processes. May manage a small team. Provides business function interfacing and triaging Procurement teams to the correct functional contacts and processes. Assists other Center of Excellence (CoE) resources with point expertise on their area of focus. Helps Procurement function with exception management to standard processes. Engages with Procurement leadership on reporting and special project requests.
Key Responsibilities:
Supports or leads multiple projects from inception to completion; facilitates project planning sessions with internal stakeholders to determine the scope and objectives of each project; works with business stakeholders to establish project performance goals; designs project plan, develops timeline, identifies project milestones, and tracks performance against performance goals and timeline. Identifies, tracks, and works with others to resolve project issues. Monitors and communicates project status to the project team. Conducts research and analysis; provides input into the design and development of project plans and timelines. Facilitates change management initiatives in the Procurement function. Manages project risk- uses quality tools to identify risk areas; works with others on and outside the team to identify alternatives or solutions. Documents and shares team learnings with other teams; draws on other project team experiences to enhance the project’s success. Maintains project notes, databases, and other records; monitors measures and communicates with Project Sponsor and other stakeholders on the status of specific projects and assignments. May coach and mentor less experienced team members.
Competencies:
Financial acumen - Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Action 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.
Builds networks - Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
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.
Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
Plans and aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
Change Management - Applies the Cummins structured process and tool set for engaging individuals and organizations through change to achieve and sustain business results and outcomes.
Project Management - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible.
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.
Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
College, university, or equivalent bachelor’s degree is required or equivalent experience is required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Experience:
Intermediate level of relevant work experience is required.
Prior experience of participating in change management initiatives is preferred.
7+ Intermediate experience in purchasing system as the technical or functional support with good knowledge of procurement source to pay process is preferred. Certified Ariba Cloud, Ivalua, or Oracle support is preferred.
Drive continuous system and process improvements by providing systems analysis to purchasing system(s) for Indirect and Direct, leading problem-solving process to identify issues, true customer needs, research potential solutions, makes recommendations, and communicate the changes effectively to all teams
Follows Cummins' project management methodology to support or lead related projects or change requests from business requirement collection, system design & built, SIT/UAT testing, and post implementation change control process.
Develop and manage the system testing process, tests changes and patches
Reviews and configures application changes per defined process
Keep purchasing system assigned in compliance with Cummins and local policies by leading system auditing and cleaning up systems accordingly.
Working hours need to cover at least half US work hours or more when needed
Work location is flexible
Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.
