Purchasing Placement Student Review
at Cummins
Placement (10 Months+)
Purchasing and Supply
Darlington
Review Submitted: November 2024
Overall Rating
3.8 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
3.8/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
Involved with supplier negotiations, supplier performance reviews, pricing strategy, data management, leading meetings, aiding projects.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
It varied. I had many responsibilities that I carried out regularly, however there didn’t seem to be much pressure or weight on the importance of them. Often work we received was admin related task to aid the higher ups, as opposed to the interesting projects that managers and the wider team were involved in.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Confidence
Data Analysis
Excel
PowerBI
Collaboration
Problem Solving
Negotiating
Stakeholder Management
Team leading
Data Presentation
Data Analysis
Excel
PowerBI
Collaboration
Problem Solving
Negotiating
Stakeholder Management
Team leading
Data Presentation
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of support, had direct line managers as a first contact, however they were overseas so never met them so was hard to develop a connection and get strong experience. Had a supervisor who was local who became the main contact and did the most to try and get more interesting work and involvement in key tasks.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
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?
Company culture was amazing! Very friendly and supportive atmosphere. Everyone knows each other on a personal level so it creates a warm energy. Everybody is up for a chat and always offering themselves to support you or giving you new responsibilities.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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 did enjoy my placement. I massively developed my soft transferable skills more than the hard industry relevant skills from the role, but I met lots of new people and gained experience of an industry I was very unfamiliar with. I would definitely go back if an opportunity presented itself as I believe signing on as a graduate allows you to be involved in more important work.
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
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
The process is relatively simple. Just be yourself and genuine. If this comes across they are more worried about personality and your fit into the team over credentials.
