Supply Chain Planning Intern: Real-World Experience & Impact

Benchmark Electronics Inc; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 579,000 - 868,000; Part time

Job summary

Benchmark Electronics Inc. is offering a Supply Chain Planning Intern role in Phoenix, AZ. The internship supports production scheduling, vendor management, inventory control and end-to-end supply chain analysis.

We seek motivated, analytical, and curious students who will gain hands-on experience and may qualify for full-time roles after graduation. The role features a 20-30 hour work week, with shifts Mon-Fri and a $21.00 USD hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Must be a current student pursuing a degree in Supply Chain, Business, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Analyze MRP outputs to identify material shortages, excess inventory, and demand-driven supply requirements while supporting production schedules.
• Review planning recommendations and create manufacturing work orders to support customer demand, inventory targets, and production capacity requirements.
• Generate Outside Processing (OSP) purchase orders for subcontracted operations such as machining, plating, painting, coating, assembly, or other value-added services.
• Coordinate with OSP suppliers to manage order status, delivery commitments, capacity constraints, and expedite requests to ensure on-time completion of production requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance metrics, including delivery accuracy, lead time adherence, and responsiveness, and communicate risks or delays to the planning team.
• Collaborate with Program Management, Production, and Operations teams to support schedule adjustments resulting from changing customer priorities, material availability issues, or capacity constraints.
• Assist planners and schedulers in evaluating the impact of schedule changes on production plans, supplier commitments, and customer delivery dates.
• Partner with Logistics and Production teams to coordinate kitting activities, ensuring materials are available, organized, and staged to support manufacturing schedules.
• Track work orders and purchase orders through the production process, maintaining accurate ERP system data and providing status updates to internal stakeholders.
• Support inventory accuracy initiatives by researching discrepancies, validating transaction data, and assisting with cycle count investigations.
• Develop and maintain reports using Microsoft Excel and ERP system tools to track demand, supply, production status, supplier performance, and key supply chain metrics.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings with Planning, Procurement, Operations, Quality, Logistics, and Program Management teams to gain exposure to end-to-end supply chain processes.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and assist in implementing solutions that improve planning efficiency, inventory management, supplier performance, and customer delivery results.

Job description

Benchmark Electronics Inc. is offering a Supply Chain Planning Intern role in Phoenix, AZ. The internship supports production scheduling, vendor management, inventory control and end-to-end supply chain analysis.

We seek motivated, analytical, and curious students who will gain hands-on experience and may qualify for full-time roles after graduation. The role features a 20-30 hour work week, with shifts Mon-Fri and a $21.00 USD hourly rate.