Purchasing Placement Student Review

Item: Purchasing Placement Student at Cummins
Rating: 4.2
Author: Anonymous

at Cummins

Placement (10 Months+)

Purchasing and Supply

Daventry

Review Submitted: June 2022

Overall Rating

4.2 /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 - Overview of Role

4.3/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Communicating with suppliers and internal stakeholders to source items. Performing data collection & analysis, data entry, updating system information, coordinating with Sourcing Managers for various tasks.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Was given a good amount of responsibility, depending on nature of tasks and personal capabilities.

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?

Improved communication, teamwork skills. Developed great MS Excel skills. Picked up better data analysis & information presentation skills, along with improved organisational skills.

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?

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?

Business culture at Cummins is highly supportive. Was pleasantly surprised by how helpful everyone was, no matter how closely they worked with me.

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?

Culture of support. Learning opportunities are plenty and higher-ups provide lots of support to achieve learning. General atmosphere is not too bureaucratic or stern.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Overall, very enjoyable placement experience. Not overly-stressful, great opportunity for self-development, experience gathering and remuneration was fair.