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Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.
About you and this role
As a Business Sourcing Coordinator/Purchasing Coordinator located in Navi Mumbai (India), You will be providing support to Managers, Specialists and Operational Coordinators in the global Raw Materials, Packaging and External Manufacturing Sourcing Team. The role includes a broad range of transactional and transformational responsibilities. We invite you to help us combine world-class expertise, future-focused technologies, and sustainability to enable our Procurement function to operate as efficiently and effectively as possible. You’ll work as a part of Team Dow, and we have many opportunities to address challenging real-world problems.
Key Responsibilities
- Support in the Strategic Sourcing Process:
Create reporting and analyze supplier, spend, and market data.
Work with internal and external stakeholders in the execution of the bidding process and respond to inquiries.
Ensure seamless vendor and system contract implementation. - Procurement Commercial Excellence:
Analyses system data and drives improvements supporting vendor and system contract data integrity.
Monitors compliance of system contracts and drives corrective or preventive actions.
Works with the Operational Sourcing Coordinator ensuring seamless vendor and system contract management.
Performs quality controls ensuring operational process adherence.
Identifies and drives process improvements, preferably through digitization and automation. - Internal operations:
Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to resolve system contract, purchase order or invoice payment related issues.
Works with internal stakeholders to clarify product, quality, volume, and logistic requirements for new and existing materials.
Serves as a subject matter expert and escalation focal point for the sourcing team for urgent issue resolution.
Coaches Operational Sourcing Coordinators in their professional development and provides guidance for the day-to-day activity execution. - Supports the sourcing team in reporting and data analysis needs.
- Exposure to E-auction tools (Coupa, Pinpools, Ariba etc), eRFx, Tender
Qualifications
- A minimum of bachelor's degree with 4-6 years of relevant experience in purchasing
- SAP knowledge (MM module)
- Basic Tax and Finance knowledge
- Fluency in English, written and oral.
- Working in shifts is applicable for this role during the default work week (Monday until Friday)
- Digital Tools like advanced excel, power automate, Power BI,Macros etc
- Purchasing Functional Knowledge
Preferred Skills
- Strong affinity with technology, systems, and analytical techniques.
- Team player mindset, contributing to positive workplace dynamics.
- Excellent planning and organization skills,
- Able to work against tight deadlines.
Additional notes
- Relocation assistance is not available with this position.
- The ability to accommodate a flexible schedule aligned with international time zones (if required) is essential.
Benefits – What Dow offers you
We invest in you.
Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.
Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
- Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
- Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
- Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
- Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
- Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
- Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
- Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
- On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
- Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
- Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
- Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
- Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
- Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)
Join our team, we can make a difference together.
About Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd
Dow Chemical International Private Limited (Dow India) aims to be the most innovative, sustainable, inclusive customer-centric materials science company. The company is committed to delivering the right solutions to its customers’ challenges. With broadest technology sets spanning performance materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics Dow India delivers differentiated science-based products and solutions in high-growth segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, automobile, and consumer care.
A Great Place to Work® Certified company with approximately over 1000 employees, its operations comprise of manufacturing sites, innovation center, established centers of excellence, and commercial office. As a responsible corporate, the company supports its Corporate Social Responsibility (program) with technology expertise and employee volunteerism. Dow India works with non-profit partners towards the empowerment of differently abled, women, and children in communities where it operates. The company aims to redefine the societal blueprint, by supporting holistic sustainability and circular economy initiatives.
As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.
