DESCRIPTION

The Supply Chain Compliance Manager leads and embeds regulatory compliance across one or more supply chain functions, including materials, production, inventory, logistics, demand management, and order fulfillment. This role ensures that Cummins’ end-to-end supply chains meet evolving regulatory, legal, and customer requirements while enabling dependable, efficient, and resilient operations.

The position partners closely with Legal, Procurement, Quality, Logistics, IT, Trade/Customs, and Business Units to translate regulatory requirements into scalable controls, processes, and systems, while driving continuous improvement aligned with the Cummins Operating System and Functional Excellence strategy.

Key Responsibilities Regulatory Intelligence & Compliance Program Management

• Monitor global legislation, regulations, standards, and guidance impacting supply chain operations across regions and commodities.
• Build and maintain a single source of truth for regulatory requirements by country/region, topic, and effective date, including version control and change logs.
• Conduct horizon scanning through official gazettes, regulators, standards bodies, and industry forums to identify emerging risks and obligations.
• Map regulatory applicability to affected products, materials, suppliers, sites, and logistics lanes; maintain a compliance calendar with critical deadlines.
• Develop jurisdiction-, commodity-, and tier-based risk heatmaps and early-warning indicators with defined escalation triggers.
• Coordinate with industry groups, external counsel, auditors, and internal stakeholders to validate interpretations and share insights.

Interpretation, Translation & Control Design

• Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable obligations with defined ownership, evidence, frequency, and due dates.
• Develop decision trees to determine rule applicability by product, transaction, supplier, and route.
• Map obligations to preventive and detective controls across Source-to-Contract (S2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), quality, and logistics workflows.
• Define data, documentation, traceability, and evidence retention requirements, including chain-of-custody and certification standards.
• Conduct gap analyses against current policies, contracts, specifications, labeling, and IT systems; propose and track remediation actions.
• Flow down compliance requirements to suppliers through Codes of Conduct, purchase order terms, audit rights, attestations, and templates.
• Publish SOPs, FAQs, job aids, and metrics to support internal execution and external disclosures.

Compliance Strategy, Governance & Execution

• Establish program governance and RACI across Legal, Procurement, Quality, Logistics, IT/PLM, and Trade/Customs.
• Develop and execute a risk-based compliance roadmap aligned to business priorities, OKRs, and budget.
• Embed compliance controls into core workflows such as supplier onboarding, PO creation, specification release, and shipment execution.
• Lead supplier due diligence activities, including risk scoring, questionnaires, audits, verification, and remediation plans.
• Define traceability scope (e.g., BOM-level, lot-level) and document management standards.
• Partner with IT to define and implement technology enablement for screening, labeling/spec control, document vaulting, and ERP/PLM/TMS integrations.
• Lead role-based training, change management, incident response, and regulatory disclosure playbooks.

Supply Chain Operations & Leadership

• Manage daily supply chain operations to ensure stable, compliant, and efficient execution.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned with the Cummins Operating System.
• Support corporate supply chain initiatives and cross-Business Unit planning for alignment and risk mitigation.
• Analyze operational trends, compliance performance, and KPIs; develop corrective action plans as needed.
• Address and escalate supply chain compliance risks or failures promptly.
• Prepare and manage annual operating plans, including expense and capital planning.
• Manage, coach, and develop team members, supporting performance management, training, and career development.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Skills and Experience

Supply Chain & Compliance Expertise

• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes and their regulatory touchpoints.
• Experience in regulatory compliance, supplier due diligence, traceability, and risk management.
• Knowledge of inventory management, material planning, and KPI-driven performance management.

Analytical & Technical Skills

• Ability to interpret complex regulatory text and translate it into practical business controls.
• Experience using analytics, BI dashboards, and advanced planning tools to support decision-making.
• Strong data governance, documentation, and process-design capabilities.

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

• Communicates effectively with diverse audiences across functions and geographies.
• Develops talent and builds high-performing, engaged teams.
• Directs work, drives results, and ensures accountability under complex and changing conditions.
• Optimizes work processes with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Builds trust through integrity, transparency, and collaboration.
• Values differences and fosters an inclusive, global working environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required.
• Significant experience in supply chain, compliance, regulatory affairs, procurement, logistics, or related fields.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience preferred.

Job Supply Chain Planning

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2424178

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No