VPI Purchaseing Review
at Cummins
Placement (10 Months+)
Procurement
Darlington
Review Submitted: April 2024
Overall Rating
4.6 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
VPI Purchasing - VPI = Value Package Introduction, working on new or limited production engines. Collaborating with a range of people across the business function, communicating constantly with suppliers to keep track of parts.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes was given a few different responsibility's tasked with in charge of a few suppliers as well as having Cost files needing to be completed Bi monthly, MCN sheet complete every week.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
developed a Range of skills as well as improved my own.
Professional Communication improved drastically having to lead meetings ask questions and take notes on information being shared during meetings,
Problem solving been given a new or different task day to day forces you to think differently to solve the problems effectively.
Time management having multiple different tasks due at different or same time makes you efficient with your time.
Professional Communication improved drastically having to lead meetings ask questions and take notes on information being shared during meetings,
Problem solving been given a new or different task day to day forces you to think differently to solve the problems effectively.
Time management having multiple different tasks due at different or same time makes you efficient with your time.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
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?
received a great deal of support having a team of people around who are all ways able to talk to help me out who were all ways able to guide me to make the best decisions when i was in need of help.
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?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
very opening, kind and an environment to ask questions.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Hugely enjoyed my placement gained so much knowledge and would highly recommend.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
Be willing to ask questions, be open to getting things wrong and asking for help, speak to those around you about what opportunities are available.
