Supplier Capacity Project Manager

Manages, develops, and implements programs composed of multiple cross-functional projects. Partners with key business stakeholders to ensure successful project completion. Leads initiatives to optimize supply capacity, improve demand visibility, and manage procurement deliverables for new business start-ups. This role requires strong project leadership, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

Optimize Supply Capacity:

Own the overall status of supply capacity for each engine/genset family, ensuring efficient and reliable supply chains while minimizing disruptions.

Clear Demand Visibility:

Serve as the point of contact for demand visibility, providing stakeholders with accurate, timely information on both constrained and unconstrained demand to aid strategic decision-making.

Accurate Demand Signals:

Collaborate with global material planning teams to maintain precise EDI demand signals, ensuring the supply base is well-informed and responsive.

Lead Capacity Uplift:

Spearhead capacity uplift initiatives for complex, cross-functional categories, driving improvements and enhancing overall supply chain resilience.

Timely Procurement Deliverables:

Ensure all procurement deliverables for new business start-ups are completed on time to support the successful launch and scaling of new ventures.

Program Management:

Manage and implement cross-functional programs, partnering with key stakeholders to ensure projects meet business objectives.

Project Leadership:

Lead multiple projects from inception to completion, facilitate planning sessions, set performance goals, and track progress to ensure successful execution.

Risk Management and Coaching:

Identify and mitigate project risks, apply motivational techniques to drive change, and coach team members to foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Competencies:

Financial Acumen:

Interpreting and applying an understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

Values Differences:

Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Business Insight:

Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.

Communicates Effectively:

Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Customer Focus:

Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Manages Complexity:

Making sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Manages Conflict:

Handling conflict situations effectively with minimal disruption.

Plans and Aligns:

Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Project Issue and Risk Management:

Identifying, assessing, and prioritizing issues and risks while driving actions to mitigate them and maximize positive outcomes.

Project Resource Management:

Developing resource (expense and headcount) plans using recommended project management tools and processes to manage resources effectively.

Project Schedule Management:

Managing the planned schedule using the recommended schedule management tools and processes to drive completion within the agreed timeline.

Project Scope Management:

Managing project deliverables (scope) to ensure that all necessary work is completed efficiently and effectively.

QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Competencies:

Supplier Collaboration: Serve as the Primary point of contact to partner with Procurement and supplier management teams ensuring long-term supply and capacity planning in alignment with demand

Project Management: Ensure timely execution of critical activities and manage risk mitigation across functional stakeholder groups

Supply Chain Management: Deep knowledge of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) in a complex setting, to develop demand and supply scenarios at various levels.

Data Analytics: Ensure working through large data sets to make sense of current and future supply plans through a dynamic supply chain network, keeping product lifecycles and sourcing strategies in mind.

Qualifications:

Education:

College, university, or equivalent degree required. Master's Degree is a plus.

Licenses & Certifications:

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

10+ years of supply chain, planning, manufacturing sourcing / procurement, or vendor management experience.

Job

Purchasing

Organization

Cummins Inc.

Role Category: Hybrid

Job Type: Exempt - Experienced

ReqID: 2408474

Relocation Package

No