Supply Chain Placement - Daventry

Supply Chain Placement - Daventry

Our culture believes in POWERING YOUR POTENTIAL. We provide global opportunities to develop your career, make your community a better place and work with today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems. We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what # LifeAtCummins is all about.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Supply Chain Placement Student to join our team specializing in Supply Chain for our Business Unit in Daventry. During your placement with us, you will learn how a major global organization operates, gaining the tools and exposure you will need to become an expert in the industry and power your potential!

This role is available to candidates who qualify for a placement year and will commence Summer of 2026

We are seeking a motivated placement student to join our team and support the delivery of a high-profile project. This role offers exposure to senior stakeholders within the business, plenty of cross-functional collaboration and the opportunity to contribute to a meaningful Supply Chain initiative.

External Qualifications and Competencies

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Program Management Support - Work closely with Program Leader to drive progress across the team.
• Team Engagement - Liaise with Core Team Functional Leaders to track updates, highlight progress and identify issues or risks to delivery of the project
• KPI & Reporting - Monitor Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans
• Stakeholder communication - Assist in creating high quality presentations - ensuring clarity & impact.
• Analytics - Use common processes tools, and information systems to enable supply chain analysis. Provide analytical support to one or more functional areas
• Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Optimize work processes - Seeking the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Additional Responsibilities Unique to this Position

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Currently studying towards a degree in Business, Supply Chain, Project Management or a related field
• Analytical thinking - Ability to interpret data, provide insights and present information in a clear, concise and visually appealing way.
• Teamwork, Collaboration and Problem Solving
• Interest in End-to-End supply chains - A real drive to under how supply chains operate and the value this drives to the business
• Understanding of Project Management Principals - either through university projects or extracurricular activities

Closing date: Friday 26th December at 11:59pm

About Us

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.

How to apply

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