Supply Chain Intern, Materials Planning
Lamb Weston: Supply Chain Intern, Materials Planning
Location: Kennewick, Washington
Internship Program Overview:
Participate in a paid internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. As part of the Lamb Weston University Recruiting Internship Program, Interns work towards completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance. Our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.
- Paid internship, May – August 2026 (actual dates may vary)
- Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
- Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
- Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
- Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation
Supply Chain Intern Description:
Supply Chain, Materials Planning is a key function within Lamb Weston’s End-to-End Planning organization. As the Supply Chain intern, you will learn more about material management and flow, supporting manufacturing & fulfillment processes, and inventory targets to ensure supply plans are executed efficiently.
As the Supply Chain intern, you will help create the forecasting approach for SKUs that have low volume and intermittent demand. This includes creating the forecast methodology and setting up a standard evaluation metric and measure for these SKUs.
Work experience will be built around projects and duties may include but are not limited to:
- Understand demand and production requirements for raw materials & components
- Learn and support work to help reduce material waste and improve forecast accuracy
- Assist with creating and analyzing reports to improve material planning process.
- Assist with streamlining new Supply Chain software tool
- Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers and team members
Basic and Preferred Qualifications:
- Must be a current Junior, Senior, or Master’s student enrolled in a related program: Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or related field
- Minimum GPA 3.0 preferred
- This is a full-time position with 8-hour shifts Monday-Friday but a successful candidate may need to occasionally flex to other shifts (example: 2nd shift, night shift) as part of your capstone project
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and ability to meet the Lamb Weston Authorized Driver standards
- Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
- Ability and willingness to work independently
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Microsoft Office knowledge – advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint required
- Prior experience or relevant coursework in Supply Chain or Operations
- Experience with material management, model building, and forecasting