Integrated Supply Chain Summer Internship Positions

Cummins•Columbus, IN

13d•$3,900 - $6,000•Onsite

About The Position

This internship offers a comprehensive experience within the Integrated Supply Chain, focusing on various aspects including manufacturing, planning and logistics, purchasing/supplier management, quality, and facilities. Interns will have the opportunity to make an impact by assisting with the planning, design, purchase, and/or implementation of integrated manufacturing processes, determining manufacturing goals, identifying and recommending solutions for product and performance issues, and improving production efficiency. They will also work on enhancing equipment availability and capability through continuous improvement tools and cross-functional collaboration, and defining standard working methods. In planning and logistics, interns will help maintain daily supply chain operations, ensure customer expectations are met, develop planning system strategies, monitor and adjust planning system parameters, and analyze Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement. They will also execute daily operational planning, identify and mitigate supply chain risks, and drive consistent planning signals across the supply chain. For purchasing and supplier management, responsibilities include supporting purchasing system strategy, analyzing systems for improvement opportunities, training internal customers, supporting electronic sourcing processes, maintaining category hierarchies, implementing and maintaining purchasing catalogs, and benchmarking purchasing systems. In quality, interns will apply product quality planning, evaluation, and control principles, manage systems related to customer issues, lead containment activities, facilitate continuous improvement quality activities, ensure products and process development meet quality standards, identify problems, and participate in Six Sigma projects. For facilities, interns will monitor building systems, lead project management for renovation projects, document repairs, and advise on basic repair and maintenance requirements.

Requirements

Supply Chain Knowledge
Analytical Thinking and Reasoning
Attention to Detail
Effective Communication Skills (Written and Verbal)
Relationship Management
Ensures accountability
Customer Focus
Must be a full-time enrolled student pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at an accredited U.S. college/university
Minimum 2.5 or above GPA preferred
Must be able to complete a minimum of 4-months to 6-months or a maximum of a 12-months commitment
Must be able to complete 40 hours per week
Willingness to learn from others on the job
Must be currently residing within the continental U.S.
Students must be enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. college or university, actively pursuing a degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD, MBA, or JD), with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Candidates must currently reside within the continental United States.
Students are expected to work 40 hours per week for a minimum of 10 weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks.
F-1 visa students must have approved Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or Occupational Practical Training (OPT) before their Early Career assignment begin.
CPT/OPT must relate to their degree and be authorized by their university.
Students are responsible for securing this approval through their school’s international office.
Students must be able to manage their academic responsibilities without compromising their job performance.

Responsibilities

Assists with the planning, design, purchase, and/or implementation of integrated manufacturing, assembly or fabrication processes in a manufacturing plant.
Helps determine the manufacturing processes required to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specification.
Works with engineering to identify problems with product and performance; may recommend solutions or enhancements.
Assists with plans and designs methods to improve efficiency in production.
Work to improve equipment availability and capability by utilizing continuous improvement tools and working cross functionally.
Define manufacturing standard working methods.
To plan and maintain daily Supply Chain operations in one or more functional areas such as materials, production, inventory, logistics, customer service, demand management or order fulfillment.
Ensures internal and external customers' expectations and requirements are met.
Develop planning system strategies to improve signals across the supply chain
Monitor and adjust parameters in the planning system.
Use common processes tools, and information systems.
Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans.
Execute the daily operational planning process within a specified functional area.
Identify potential supply chain failures as part of the planning process and mitigate associated risks Work closely with stakeholders - internal and/or external to develop short-term, tactical improvements.
Use the planning system to drive consistent planning signals across the supply chain
Participate in functional process improvement teams
Provides support for purchasing system strategy.
Analyzes system to identify opportunities for improvement.
Trains internal customers to use purchasing systems.
Supports full flow of electronic sourcing process, including user training.
Understands, maintains and improves category hierarchy.
Implements and maintains purchasing catalogs through coordination with suppliers and sourcing managers.
Participates in benchmarking and improving purchasing systems and processes.
Analyzes e-sourcing and catalog usage and assists Corporate Indirect Purchasing (CIP) in meeting goals for utilization.
Coordinates globally with all of CIP for e-sourcing and catalogs.
Provides training, support, identifies issues and escalates to Purchasing Systems Analyst for all purchasing.
Communicates with global help desk and purchase order administrators any applicable changes or issues.
Coaches and trains peers, sourcing managers and suppliers globally on the use of applicable purchasing systems.
Applies the principles of product quality planning, evaluation, and control in support of the manufacturing and installation operations of the organization.
Responsible for applicable systems related to plant customer issues such as corrective action requests, supplier corrective action requests, nonconforming material reports, etc.
Leads containment activities.
Facilitates continuous improvement quality activities to reduce the potential for defects and ensures continual improvement in process and product design.
Ensures products and process development meet quality standards.
Identifies problems, prioritizes actions, leads or participates in Six Sigma projects.
Participates in change management activities by verifying products and processes, developing key measures, and analyzing data for decision support.
Conducts audits of processes and quality systems.
Works with purchasing to improve the quality of purchased parts.
Serve as a quality technical resource to other functional areas.
Monitors the functioning of building systems including electrical, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Condition (HVAC), structural, mechanical, fire/life safety, etc.
Leads project management and oversees contractors for moderately complex facilities renovation projects entailing mechanical, structural, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Condition (HVAC), electrical, production floor arrangement, etc.
Documents repairs and maintenance completed.
Advises technicians and line workers on basic repairs and maintenance requirements