SHARED EXPERIENCES

Meet our interns

Late January 2022 saw 33 interns join Cummins, supporting functions across the Asia Pacific region, such as Marketing, Supply Chain, IT, Engineering, Legal and more.

Another 12 interns from the 2021 cohort continued their placement with us part-time as they complete the rest of their degrees. Let’s hear from some of our interns.

Elise Sapardanis

1st year | Apprentice Program

Degree: Bachelor of Arts and Business at Swinburne University of Technology, majoring in social media and human resource management. Tell us about some of your projects and responsibilities. My responsibilities include publishing articles about the apprentice program, managing apprentice TAFE call ups and training notices, looking after government claims, surveying apprentices, SMS bulk messaging apprentices, continuing work on projects and soon working on the 2023 apprentice intake with recruitment.

What are you looking forward to in the coming months? The recruitment process for the 2023 apprentice intake.

Lucas Lee

1st year | APAC Supply Chain Planning

Degree: Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science at Monash University Tell us about some of your projects and responsibilities. My responsibilities include using Movex Greenscreen to update planning dates for shipments coming into port from overseas suppliers; mainly covering warehouses in Melbourne (900) and Perth (550). For the past few months, I have also worked on projects ranging from sourcing back orders for MRC builds in the South Asia Pacific network, to removing aged distribution orders from the system to clear out unnecessary inventory. What are you looking forward to in the coming months? Being more engaged and continuing to learn about business functions and processes from the wider Supply Chain team; participating in volunteering events and streamlining business processes in Planning.

Uyen Vu

1st year | CBS IT

Degree: Bachelor of IT and Business at Monash University Tell us about some of your projects and responsibilities. My responsibilities are ensuring IT equipment is functional for meetings and presentations and guiding people on how to use the equipment. I am in charge of the IT newsletter, placing orders, overseeing digital signage issues and coordinating with other sites to ensure UPS batteries are installed, replaced or online. I have a strong focus on exploring PowerBI to report and analyse data to improve my data analytics skills and interest. What are you looking forward to in the coming months? Putting together my first completed PowerBI report that can provide all the necessary information for sites. Also managing to organise replacing all the UPS batteries and putting together detailed room instructions at Scoresby.

Ram Kirubasankar

1st year | CBS HR Services

Degree: Human Resource Management and Psychology at Deakin University Tell us about some of your projects and responsibilities. Projects include coordinating the flu vaccination program for Australia and New Zealand, looking after the Service Award Recognition Program for SPAC, assisting with global onboarding of new employees in the best way possible and many other meaningful and exciting projects. What are you looking forward to in the coming months? Meeting new people and continue my learnings as there is so much to see and explore at Cummins. My team has been supportive to help me explore and apply my learnings in any way possible. If anyone wants to say hi, or has questions, feel free to reach out – I’m only a message away.

Matthew Kurban

2nd year | HSE

Degree: Bachelor of Commerce and Health Sciences at La Trobe University Tell us about some of your projects and responsibilities. Consignment of fuel efficiency projects the company has conducted in Asia Pacific as we continue to strive towards Destination Zero and Planet 2050.

Anything you want to look back on during your 1st year? Continuing to work collaboratively with the HSE team and keep developing my skills and experience throughout my internship.