Cummins Inc.

Materials Planning Manager

Cummins Inc.

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Alabama

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Salary

💰 $130,416 - $164,400 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Serve as the expert technical liaison between OEMs in developing technical specifications, implementing new design configurations, and delivering high performance, low-cost equipment and system solutions integrated with customers’ products.
  • Obtain input and negotiate with Subject Matter Experts and Value Package Introduction (VPI) teams and deliver product data and installation requirements to Application Engineers and OEMs.
  • Make decisions in product selection, design and integration that impact OEM machine performance, optimization and quality.
  • Create, manage, improve and apply processes such as Installation Quality Assurance (IQA), OEM integration and product selection and tools such as Advisor, COLS and Global Customer Engineering (GCE).
  • Deliver specialized product technical information, manage product specifications, communicate product change information, and facilitate customer requests.
  • Conduct highly complex installation issue resolutions and ensure products are installed correctly through an installation review process.
  • Define installation requirements and develop innovative tools with in-depth, cross-system knowledge for successful design and integration.
  • Perform product function modeling, simulation and analysis to impact product design decisions.
  • Utilize Six Sigma methodologies (DFSS) and DOE to optimize product and systems performance and lead stakeholder-focused initiatives.
  • Provide engineering data, documentation and training to customers to support design and integration of equipment.
  • Translate Voice of the Customer (VOC) into functional product requirements and serve as stakeholder/market advocate during new product development, design reviews and product change processes.
  • Identify systemic root causes of product problems and recommend actions to prevent reoccurrence.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or related field and 3 years of experience as a Product or Customer Engineer or Specialist, or related position.
  • Alternatively, Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or related field and 5 years of experience as a Product or Customer Engineer or Specialist, or related position.
  • Develop system technical specifications
  • Installation Quality Assurance (IQA) experience
  • Machine Integration and Optimization experience
  • Six Sigma methodologies, Design for Six-Sigma (DFSS) and Design of experiments (DOE)
  • Translate Voice of the customer (VOC) into functional requirements
  • Technical Customer Management experience
  • OEM product selection and equipment design
  • Product function modeling, simulation and analysis
  • Installation review process to meet requirements
  • Willingness to work in Columbus, IN and various unanticipated worksites throughout the U.S.