Job Summary The Strategic Sourcing / Procurement Specialist supports sourcing, localization, supplier management, commercial negotiations, and cost optimization activities for Cummins products. The role is responsible for analyzing supplier quotations, conducting should-cost and benchmarking analysis, developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier agreements, and identifying cost reduction opportunities while ensuring quality, delivery, compliance, and long-term supplier relationships.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage supplier agreements, including Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), purchasing agreements, and other commercial contracts.

- Lead sourcing and localization programs, ensuring timely execution and achievement of project milestones.

- Develop and evaluate should-cost models for castings, forgings, machined components, sheet metal, brake components, and proprietary parts.

- Prepare and evaluate tooling cost estimates for recent product development and localization projects.

- Conduct raw material cost trend analysis, RM indexing, price benchmarking, and commercial analysis to support supplier negotiations.

- Lead commercial negotiations with suppliers and drive successful cost settlements while maintaining strong supplier relationships.

- Prepare and issue RFQs and evaluate supplier quotations using Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)



and technical-commercial analysis.

- Analyze and benchmark BOM costs for complete vehicles, aggregates, and sub-systems to identify cost optimization opportunities.

- Identify and implement Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) and cost reduction initiatives across commodities.

- Develop sourcing strategies, assess supplier capabilities, and support supplier selection and development.

- Monitor manufacturing technologies, cost drivers, market trends, and industry developments across commodities such as gears, castings, forgings, sheet metal, brake components, bearings, rubber, and seals.

- Manage procurement transactions and reporting using ERP systems such as SAP MM, JD Edwards, or Oracle.

- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, procedures, ethical sourcing practices, and applicable commercial requirements.

- Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Program Management teams to achieve sourcing and project objectives.

- Analyze sourcing data and market intelligence to identify process improvement and cost reduction opportunities.

- Maintain appropriate supplier, legal, and compliance documentation in applicable systems.

- Support supplier onboarding, vendor management, and procurement process improvement initiatives.

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