Senior Supply Chain Planner

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Dow has an opportunity for a Senior Supply Chain Planner located in São Paulo - SP (BRA).
About this role
Decides what, when and where to produce for multiple production sites or multiple plants at one site, within a single business or multiple smaller businesses. Balances supply and demand over the tactical horizon to achieve optimum product availability, asset utilization and supply chain efficiencies. Plant locations will be in a single region or a number of plants globally.
In this role, you will require understanding of key business drivers for your discipline and function. You will need to be able to expand conceptual and working knowledge related to your discipline or functional area. You are expected to provide informal guidance to new team members and be able to explain complex information to others.
It is your responsibility to use technical experience, established practices, and personal judgement to analyze and resolve straightforward problems. Your performance impacts the quality of your own work and your team's work and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies.
Responsibilities - Duties, projects, tasks, and activities you would be responsible for in this role- Leads, develops, decides, communicates and implements tactical plans across the assigned plants - while maintaining strong linkage into Plants to ensure conformance to schedule and drive labor / capacity plans, and into Areas to secure customer service delivery- Develops plans to support new item introductions, ensuring product availability for all customers, as well as item discontinuations, mitigating product obsolescence- Determines and/or executes the most effective regional or global sourcing rules- Ensures that strategic and tactical business decisions are made with a full and integrated understanding of current and future supply chain capabilities, potential impacts to service, cost, working capital and sustainability, and effective risk management/mitigation- Develops external manufacturing agreements, or executes agreements already in place- Manages inventory levels to target expectations and customer service availability agreements- Establishes safety stock targets and manages supply plans against those targets- Supports preparation for the Supply Review by running and reviewing appropriate reports/KPIs and dashboards, to ensure a productive discussion and IBP process- Maintains strong linkages with Demand Manager and ensures full integration with Finance and Accounting- Owns supply-demand balances for assigned desk, drives resolution of strategic gaps and significant capacity challenges and develops sourcing strategies- Resolves issues or exceptions outside the business rules/boundaries and intervenes when needed to address performance gaps- Assesses short-term feasibility requests from all countries (where necessary)- Maintains and/or coordinates maintenance of planning parameters in accordance with master data governance- Drives continuous improvement by periodically reviewing and providing recommendations to enhance the distribution network, and by ensuring current manufacturing strategies are appropriate.
**Requirements**:
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Business Administration or Engineering.- Fluent in English.- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Planning Process, warehouse management and/or foreign trade.- Sense of negotiation
Plus:
- Experience working with global teams.
Your Skills:
- Commercial Acumen- Cross-Functional Work- Accountability- Production Planning- Inventory Management
IMPORTANT:
- Do not forget to attach your resume in English
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.
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