NPI Purchasing Placement Student Review
at Cummins
Placement (10 Months+)
Purchasing and Supply
Huddersfield
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
I am involved in regularly communicating with suppliers with regards to purchasing parts.
Preparing OTD reports.
Looking at opportunities for cost reduction.
Feeding back lead times to internal stakeholders.
Preparing OTD reports.
Looking at opportunities for cost reduction.
Feeding back lead times to internal stakeholders.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, gradually given more responsibility throughout my placement based on what I was capable of.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Communication - Being concise with emails, especially when communicating to global suppliers and feeding back updates to internal stakholders.
Teamwork - Working in a part of a bigger team and understanding my tasks to feed into a wider project.
Time management - Understanding deadlines and when the completion of certain tasks needs to be fulfilled in order to meet deadlines
Teamwork - Working in a part of a bigger team and understanding my tasks to feed into a wider project.
Time management - Understanding deadlines and when the completion of certain tasks needs to be fulfilled in order to meet deadlines
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of guidance from a variety of people, both those I work with as well as a mentor who I was assigned to me at the start of my placement.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Welcoming atmosphere with friendly approachable people. Primarily an engineering company so Engineering placement students were given more networking opportunities than other placement students.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed my placement and feel as though I have learned a variety of both hard and soft skills. The placement has prepared me for life after university and I feel as though I have gained an insight into potential roles that I hadn't previously considered.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
Make sure you read up on the role description and reach out to past Cummins placement student in order to understand what a placement entails. Go out of you comfort zone and make sure you undertake every opportunity in order to get the most out of the placement.
