Summer 2027 - Materials Planner Intern

PACCAR • Kirkland, WA

3d • $30

About The Position

PACCAR’s Kenworth Division is seeking a motivated intern to gain professional supply chain and logistics experience on its Materials team at an industry-leading manufacturing company. The internship offers hands-on learning, opportunities to work with senior managers and directors, and mentoring from experienced professionals.

The intern will help ensure materials arrive at plants according to guidelines, support supplier management, monitor supplier quality, service, and delivery issues, and identify and disposition surplus and obsolete material. The role includes planning and ordering for a set of SKUs purchased from multiple sources, issuing purchase or manual orders, supporting engineering product changes, coordinating special projects, and helping resolve supply chain disruptions and EDI discrepancies. The intern will communicate and escalate issues and resolutions to plant Materials Planners, Corporate Commodity Managers, directors, and senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in progress, focusing on Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work as a team player in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Resourcefulness.
• Strong professionalism.

Nice To Haves

• Junior or senior standing preferred.
• Experience using the Access database system preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with Purchasing, Engineering, suppliers, and other cross-functional teams to ensure materials arrive at plants according to guidelines.
• Serve as a focal point for Materials supplier management and monitor supplier quality, service, and delivery issues.
• Identify and disposition surplus and obsolete material through weekly identification activities, exception-report analysis, database updates, disposal recommendations or initiation, and reporting.
• Own planning and ordering duties for a set of SKUs purchased from multiple sources and with varying spend values.
• Issue purchase and/or manual orders to suppliers to meet manufacturing schedules, maintain proper inventory levels, and address material planning issues.
• Coordinate engineering product changes, including reviewing Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), maintaining planning databases, communicating with suppliers, and closing projects.
• Coordinate special projects and programs as required.
• Host conference calls with internal and external personnel to resolve supply chain disruptions and EDI discrepancies.
• Communicate and escalate issues, information, and resolutions to plant Materials Planners and/or Corporate Commodity Managers, directors, and senior leadership.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $25 per hour for undergraduate students and $30 per hour for graduate students.
• 401(k) with up to a 5% company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for the intern and their family.
• Sick leave.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings accounts (HSA).
• EAP services, including wellness plans, estate planning, and financial counseling.
• Growth, training, and development opportunities.
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced colleagues recognized as experts in their field.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern