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.
Job 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 & 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
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-259166
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