Sourcing Specialist

hace 7 días


Buenos Aires, Argentina Dow A tiempo completo

**Our purpose**

Join a team that’s passionate about partnership. With careers at Dow, we take time to explore questions and talk to each other. We love to learn. Our people are driven by limitless curiosity.

We are an innovative, customer centric, inclusive, and sustainable materials science company.
- Employing 36,500 individuals
- Across 109 manufacturing sites
- In over 31 countries

Our portfolio of products and solutions include:

- Plastics: With new technology trends, our plastic additives can be experienced in many everyday items including vinyl, blow-molding bottles, film, rigid containers, PVC plastics, siding, decks and rails, foam pipes and profile formulations, window frames and high-efficiency lubricants.
- Industrial intermediates: As the product of a reaction that is beneficial when used as a precursor chemical for another product, industrial intermediates can take on many shapes and forms. Ours are used in home comfort and appliance, building and construction, adhesives and lubricants, and more.
- Coatings: Whether it’s a water-based coating or solvent-based coating, a thin film is deposited on materials to enhance specific properties such as enhanced performance, durability, aesthetics, and sustainability.

We make diversity and inclusion a priority—because sharing our perspectives and building on each other’s ideas will drive innovation. Could you imagine yourself in a place like this?

DOW has an exciting opportunity for a **Sourcing Specialist** located in **Bahia Blanca or Buenos Aires, Argentina**. The Sourcing Specialist will support **Packaging portfolio across Latin America** within the Raw Materials, Packaging & External Manufacturing (RMPEM) sourcing team, which manages the sourcing needs for P&SP, PU System and C&PM businesses across LAA. The main purpose of the Sourcing Specialist role is creating value by providing appropriate input into the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and commercial agreements; and negotiating assigned raw materials for execution as purchase orders. This position is a business team member responsible for various sourcing activities pertaining to running the business and contract management, as well providing support for the supply manager in implementing and executing strategy and agreements.

**Responsibilities **/ Duties**:

- Lead and assist the execution of Sourcing Projects using the Strategic Sourcing Process.
- Leads and coordinates supplier´s relationships.
- Implement commercial agreements for products and services according to the business needs, to maximize the business profitability.
- Implement a Risk mitigation plan in order to avoid plant disruption across LAA
- Collects and utilizes market intelligence to shape purchases/strategic plan.
- Maintain solid knowledge of suppliers and relevant market trends & developments such as economics scenario, mergers and acquisitions, financial status and changes in key personnel.
- Establish a strong communication channel with business to guarantee the appropriate alignment between purchasing and business strategy.
- Utilize available Sourcing tools (e.g. e-RFI, e-RFQ, e-Auctions) to the fullest capability, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Purchasing process.
- Lead and coordinate supplier´s relationship, and effectively manage quality service / product performance issues with suppliers.
- Execute contractual obligations within the delegated scope of responsibility and legal authority.

**Experience**:

- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Languages: Advanced English & Spanish.
- Working knowledge of purchasing fundamentals and procurement work processes and policies.
- Ability to focus on value delivery and maintaining sustainable competitive advantages.
- Effective negotiator and able to persuade others (internal stakeholders and external suppliers) through effective communication skills.
- Financial and market analysis skills, and effectively manipulate and analyze data.
- Initiative to challenge inefficiencies and process deviations.
- Strong data analysis skills to effectively identify value opportunities.
- The ability to work across cultures and geographies.
- 5 years of experience.

**Your skills, knowledge, and abilities include**:

- Strategic Thinking,
- Power of Negotiation
- Financial acumen
- Project Management
- Passion for sustainability, innovation, and I&D
- Leadership to coordinates stakeholder's relationships
- Passion for sustainability, innovation, and I&D
- Effective communication skills to persuade stakeholders.
- Initiative to challenge inefficiencies, process deviations, and strategy deviations.
- Exhibition of strong work ethic and responsiveness to earn respect of business partners.

**Additional notes**:

- No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position
- Domestic relocation support is not available.
- International relocation support is not available.
- We are also committed to providing reasonable acc


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