Project Assistant

**DESCRIPTION**

**Job Summary**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Serve as a support resource on projects and work assignments.
- Assist in identifying, tracking, and resolving project issues in collaboration with others.
- Monitor and communicate project status to the project team, ensuring timely updates.
- Provide support in budget planning, tracking, and offer research and analytical assistance.
- Assist in developing project plans and timelines, providing administrative support.
- Help manage project risk by utilizing quality tools to identify and mitigate risks.
- Support documenting and sharing team learnings with other teams.
- Maintain project notes, databases, and records, tracking measures and communicating project progress to the Project Manager.
- Assist with customer communication, shipment coordination, sales order management, and data quality activities related to Sales and VPI projects.
- Work with the CES Sales & Marketing team on coordinating project management and sales-related activities, supporting OMCS and account-related tasks.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Competencies**:

- **Communicates Effectively**: Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that meet the needs of different audiences.
- **Customer Focus**: Build strong relationships with customers and deliver customer-focused solutions.
- **Manages Complexity**: Make sense of complex, high-quantity information to effectively solve problems.
- **Manages Conflict**: Handle conflict situations effectively and with mínimal disruption.
- **Plans and Aligns**: Prioritize work and meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- **Resourcefulness**: Secure and deploy resources efficiently.
- **Project Issue and Risk Management**: Identify, assess, and prioritize project risks and issues using recommended tools and processes to minimize negative outcomes.
- **Project Management**: Manage the balance of scope, schedule, and resources, ensuring the project meets its objectives.
- **Project Resource Management**: Develop resource plans using recommended tools to manage expense and headcount effectively.
- **Project Schedule Management**: Use recommended tools to manage schedules and ensure completion within agreed timelines.
- **Project Scope Management**: Use project management tools to define and manage project deliverables, ensuring only necessary work is performed.
- **Adapts to Target Audience**: Explain complex topics in a way that is understandable and usable by the target audience (e.g., sales professionals, customers).
- **Integrates Customer Perspective**: Incorporate customer needs into sales content to better meet customer expectations and drive revenue.
- **Values Differences**: Recognize the value of diverse perspectives and cultures in the organization.

**Education, Licenses, Certifications**:
High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience.

College degree preferred.

Compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations may be required.

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

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Skills & Experience**

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

Experience working with project management, sales activities, and account-related tasks.

Ability to manage customer communication, sales order coordination, and data quality initiatives in Sales and VPI-related projects.

**Job** Sales

**Organization** Cummins Inc.

**Role Category** Hybrid

**Job Type** Office

**ReqID** 2404131

**Relocation Package** No