Purchasing Intern

WAGNER Group•Plymouth, MN

1d•$22•Onsite

About The Position

We are excited to offer an internship opportunity for motivated individuals looking to gain valuable experience within Supply Chain for summer of 2026! You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals, contributing to meaningful projects and gaining hands-on experience within your profession. This internship is designed to provide you with a comprehensive learning experience, helping you develop key skills and insights that will support your professional growth. Benefits & Your Time with Wagner: On-site cafe - breakfast, lunch and grab & go items available. On-site fitness center with locker rooms Volunteer opportunities Sick & safe time Pay: $22hr Position Objective: Intern position responsible for assisting the Supply Director and Production Planners to achieve the below objective: Continuously improving planning systems to ensure that daily operations are capable of meeting demand expectations. Must hold paramount achieving customer excellence and employee safety. Provide Production Planning team support in daily operations, develop and implement improvement projects in current planned assembly lines. Dimensions of Position: Assist Production Planners in daily execution of manufacturing plan and development of improvement projects. Provide work direction to assembly, purchasing and warehouse personnel. Relationship to Others: Production Planners: Work direction. Supply Chain Director: Weekly reviews. Operations, Engineering, Quality, Marketing, and Suppliers: Main contact points in making, qualifying, improving, and resolving processes as needed to ensure and improve supply chain.

Requirements

In pursuit or has a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering. Completed most or all upper division courses.

Nice To Haves

Past work in a manufacturing environment desirable, not required.

Responsibilities

Lead lean initiatives including supply chain planning methods, master data updates and improvements, and identify inefficiencies through the use of lean principles. Track progress by the use of setting goals and tracking progress to ensure goals are met.
Work hand in hand with production planners in supporting the daily production expectations and plan.
Work hand in hand with Purchasing to ensure component availability to meet and execute production plan
Work hand in hand with operations team to plan and execute production build plan.
Work with production planners and purchasing to identify and execute cost reduction projects and/or supply process improvements.
Perform other duties and assume accountability as apparent or as delegated, including mutually agreed upon objectives.