2024 Summer Internship - Graduate Program: Innovation Center Job

PACCAR

Dec 2, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Business, Operations & Strategy
San Francisco

Requirements

An ideal candidate profile is as follows:
Good grasp of business strategy: comfortable selecting, tailoring and applying suitable business frameworks to address strategic challenges.
Advanced analytical, interviewing, listening, and rapport-building skills.
Intellectual horsepower to quickly come up to speed and ask relevant questions on unfamiliar areas while being humble and low ego
Self-starter who takes initiative and get things done with limited oversight
Strong written and spoken communication skills and poise and professionalism geared towards an executive audience
Education:
Candidates must be currently enrolled in a full-time MBA Program (or in a related graduate program such as Supply Chain, Logistics or Transportation/Urban Planning.)

Responsibilities

This is a high-visibility and high-impact internship: output from this internship will culminate in presentations to PACCAR senior leadership and be used to inform future product and business decisions.
In this role, you’ll work closely with the Innovation Center's Managing Director of Innovation Business Development on key strategic questions of high importance to PACCAR’s future.
You will:
Structure and right-size ambiguous business problems of high importance to PACCAR’s future
Develop and implement, as applicable, action plans to solve these high-visibility problems using both quantitative and qualitative analyses, stakeholder interviews and cross-functional collaboration
Communicate findings and recommendations to the PACCAR senior leadership

PACCAR

Manufacturing & Electronics

Industry

10,001+

Employees

Mission & Purpose

PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of premium light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines, provides financial services, information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business. Kenworth Truck Company builds premium commercial vehicles for sale in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia and for export throughout the world. Peterbilt Motors also designs, manufactures and distributes premium commercial vehicles in the US and Canada. DAF Trucks manufactures trucks in the Netherlands, Belgium, Brasil and the United Kingdom for sale throughout Western and Eastern Europe, and export to Asia, Africa, North and South America. PACCAR Parts operates a network of parts distribution centers offering aftermarket support to Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF dealers and customers around the world. Aftermarket support includes customer call centers operating 24 hours a day throughout the year and technologically advanced systems to enhance inventory control and expedite order processing. PACCAR Financial Services provides finance, lease and insurance services to dealers and customers in 224 countries including a portfolio of more than 175,000 trucks and trailers and total assets in excess of $12 billion. The group includes PACCAR Leasing, a major full-service truck leasing company in North America, with a fleet of over 39,000 vehicles. Environmental responsibility is one of PACCAR’s core values. The company regularly develops new programs to help protect and preserve the environment and PACCAR has established ambitious goals to further reduce emissions and enhance fuel efficiency in its truck models.