Transportation Placement Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role is to organise and oversee the successful transportation of goods between Cummins Sites, customers and suppliers, dealing with freight and colleagues globally. Aim to cut costs through benchmarking and service analysis, to assist sites in their production of goods in a cost-effective manner


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Created a strong professional reputation & network. Connected with multiple people in a range of organisations and proven to be reliable and produce quality work used at director level. Improved upon communication skills through the need for continuous and accurate information from colleagues. Developed greater knowledge of the industry and developed public speaking skills from presenting meetings to partners.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given lots of responsibility and allowed to use my own judgement and intuition to make decisions on behalf of others.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Received lots of support and guidance. Daily calls with management and colleagues to continue learning the role.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Positive and forward thinking


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • i have enjoyed the placement and feel i have benefitted greatly from it.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
  • ask questions if unsure, hiring team were very helpful.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Logistics and Operations

East Midlands

May 2023


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