Supply Chain Intern, Inventory & Demand Planning

Title: Supply Chain Intern, Inventory & Demand Planning

Location: Kennewick, WA

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

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. Whether you are interested in Agricultural Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Food Science, Marketing, or Engineering, our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.

- Paid internship, May – August (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

Job Description

Supply Chain Inventory & Demand Planning is a key function within Lamb Weston’s End-to-End Planning organization. As the Supply Chain intern, you will learn more about the strategic balance of customer demand, inventory tracking & metrics, and moving products to meet inventory needs. 

You will work closely in collaboration with the Commercial and Supply Chain teams to create accurate forecasts and assess the supply/demand relationship to determine if inventories may be a risk factor

Work experience will be built around projects and duties may include but are not limited to: 

• Analyze, maintain, and prepare transition for new software solution

• Assist with identifying and recommendations for planning space that may impact new software 

• Collaborate with demand planning to optimize inventory targets and stock levels

• Analyze inventory levels, monitor and summarize health, and help business partners respond to financially critical inventories. 

• Assess supply/demand relationship to determine current or future risk of inventory 

• Support the Demand & Inventory Planning Teams

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Must be a current Junior, Senior, or Master’s student enrolled in a related program: Supply Chain, Operations Management, 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 model building and forecasting

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-259165

Time Type: Full time

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs. Anticipated Close Date: 01/09/2026

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable hourly estimate for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $22.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law