Supply Planning Coordinator - Level II - SHOP

Cummins Inc; Satara; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc in India is seeking a procurement professional to manage material planning and supplier coordination to meet the master production schedule and customer demand.

The role emphasizes expediting purchase orders, improving supplier lead times, and collaborating with sourcing, warehouse, and logistics teams to optimize inventories and deliveries.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; regulatory compliance where applicable.
• Experience in procurement and supplier coordination to meet demand and schedules.
• Exposure to PFEP and master data management in planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Expedites purchase or production orders to meet master production schedule or customer demand.
• Communicates with suppliers to reduce lead times and align order quantities with demand.
• Maintains inventory accuracy and participates in cross-functional planning with sourcing, warehouse, and logistics teams.
• Supports PFEP-based planning, master data management, and BOM/part changes as needed.
• Assists in supplier performance improvement initiatives and action item tracking.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor management

Inventory control

MS Excel

Planning

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ASCP

SIM tool

OMS

TOAD

Job description

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Under general supervision, determines the quantity and order date for materials needed to meet the master production schedule or independent customer demand. Expedites purchase or production orders as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Reports any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard. Complies with HSE standards, policies, procedures & regulations. Engages in HSE training.

Quality Follows applicable standard work, process documentation, and quality procedures. Performs quality checks on material planning master data (lead time, order quantities, etc.) taking action to support Plan for Every Part (PFEP). Works with Quality to disposition non-conforming material in a timely manner.

Delivery Initiates purchase and work orders to support the demand plan. Participates on allocation calls with Sourcing Manager, supplier, and other Cummins entities to understand nature and impact of constraints. Works with suppliers to reduce lead time and order quantities balancing supply with demand. Collaborates with Supply Chain Planners across the organization to reposition excess inventory to locations with supporting demand. Provides accurate, timely updates specific to inventory availability and back order recovery plans. Manages part change requests and ramp up / ramp down activities to meet demand while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory. Reconciles order boards for critical suppliers, critical parts, and past due orders on a routine basis. Supports the Deliver Supplier Improvement Process initiative to improve performance metrics. Documents, communicates, and follows-up on action items impacting the ability to execute the plan. Takes ownership and accountability for delivery of supplier schedules that supports end Customer needs. Demonstrates the target level of proficiency in core competencies. Remains flexible and performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet business goals.

Teamwork Communicates effectively within the assigned team and with all support teams. Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements and career goals. Participates in improvement (quality, safety, process, material flow, etc.) projects.

Responsibilities

Competencies:

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.

Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

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

Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Materials Planning System Utilization - Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis; occasionally refers to adhoc tools such as Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS, etc. in performing problem solving, while leveraging the materials planning system as the primary tool in day-to-day operations.

Part Change Control Management - Evaluates and implements engineering change request (obsolescence, supersessions,new part release, etc.) to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.

Plan for Every Part (PFEP) - Uses PFEP in planning, designing, and management of systems and processes within a facility to ensure delivery of right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place, which in turn guarantees smooth operations;appliesPFEP principles on the end to endsupply chain with particular attention to the relationships between master data management, materials planning parameters, engineered material flows, transport management, and warehouse management.

Master Supply Scheduling - Establishesand maintains a valid Master Production Schedule for a family of products, which meets customer’s expectations and requirements while maximizing operational efficiency; validates procurement scheduling, production scheduling, and replenishment planning are aligned to manufacturing and assembly assets for conversion.

Materials KPI Management - Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs as compared to expectations of the organization to determine next steps to drive improvement; assesses gaps to the supply chain performance against the expectation of achieving target deliverables; interprets KPIs to understand end-customer impact;strategically balances trade-offs to influence one KPI while minimizing the impact to others.

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

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.

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

Experience:

Requires some work experience and intermediate level knowledge obtained through training or on-the-job experience.

Qualifications

• Procurement of MS commodity parts from various suppliers
• Follow with suppliers for weekly material receipt and timely feedback to planning team
• Creating releases for domestic parts for CPG & PHP as per agreed process
• Managing exceptions and closing , rescheduling releases in ASCP as per process to have right inventory in warehouse
• Coordination with warehouse & Logistics team.
• OTD calculation for PHP & CPG suppliers and RCA update
• Arrange meetings with Senior members from suppliers.
• Visit suppliers to ensure on time supply when necessary.
• Escalate any issue regarding supply , price, failures in time, update issue register for issues of Level 3 and 4 level.
• Fill PCA, Deviations and MPCR wherever needed.
• Develop supplier cordial relation and ensure smooth transactions
• Ensure stock updation by suppliers for VMI parts in SIM tool

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.