Cummins - OCU Base Business - Purchasing Administrative Associate - 1st Shift - Columbus, IN

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Cummins - OCU Base Business - Purchasing Administrative Associate - 1st Shift - Columbus, IN

Our culture believes in POWERING YOUR POTENTIAL. We provide global opportunities to develop your career, make your community a better place and work with today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems.

We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what #LifeAtCummins is all about.

We are looking for a talented Purchasing Administrative Associate to join our team for our location in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Works independently to update purchasing systems and coordinates approval and control of purchasing activities. Provides support to sourcing and finance teams globally.
• Proactively contacts suppliers to maintain pertinent data, obtain needed documentation, and enable suppliers in purchasing systems.
• Support identification/resolution of supplier invoice and payment issues.
• Support completion, closure, and recording activities for various contracts and other supplier documentation.
• Prepare documentation for sourcing events.
• Initiate/Support work delivering results in meeting cost, quality, delivery, and inventory goals.
• Support supplier quality activities with supplier quality improvement engineers, suppliers, and category teams.
• Liaison between purchasing teams and other functions.
• Participating in health safety and environmental awareness and improvement activities and daily tasks.
• Perform any other tasks assigned.
• Participate in Project teams, when necessary, to ensure effective implementation of change.
• Communicate with the supplier and work with supplier to manage Project deliverables within agreed timelines.
• Use common process tools and business systems to provide repeatable analytics and reporting.
• Ensure data integrity of all purchasing information as it is created and deliver ongoing improvement of existing data.
• Identify improvements for business processes.
• Global focus may be required.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
• College degree is preferred.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.
• Experience using Microsoft office including excel, PowerPoint, and Word required.
• Prior Purchasing Systems experience preferred.
• Ability to work 1st Shift: M - F, 8:00 AM - 5 PM (Flexible)
• Pay starting at $23.25/HR or higher, based on experience level.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary rate commensurate with experience. Additional benefits vary between locations and include options such as our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Cash Balance Pension Plan, Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Domestic Partners Coverage and a full complement of personal and professional benefits.

Cummins and E-verify

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates right to work using E-Verify. Cummins will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization

Job PURCHASING

Primary Location United States-Indiana-Columbus-US, IN, Columbus, Commons Office Building

Job Type Experienced - Exempt / Office

Recruitment Job Type Office

Job Posting Dec 7, 2022, 4:24:43 PM

Unposting Date Ongoing

Organization Corporate

Req ID: 220009OR