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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
Dow has an exciting opportunity for supply chain scheduling specialist who decides what, when and where to supply for multiple production sites or multiple plants at one site, within a single business or multiple smaller businesses. Balances supply and demand over the operational horizon, to achieve optimum product availability, asset utilization and supply chain efficiencies.
Responsibilities
- Time-Phased Supply Scheduling: Develops short-term supply plans that align with business needs, considering plant-wide constraints, inventory targets, and customer service levels.
- Sourcing Strategy Execution: Determines and applies optimal regional or global sourcing rules, including managing external manufacturing agreements.
- Planning Model Ownership: Operates and maintains site or regional planning models, ensuring efficient use of IT systems and functional expertise.
- Inventory Oversight: Monitors inventory levels, identifies slow-moving stock, and ensures alignment with supply plans.
- Issue Resolution: Proactively identifies and resolves supply issues such as capacity constraints, shortages, or urgent customer demands.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinates with customer service, manufacturing, logistics, and third-party providers to manage disruptions and meet commitments.
- Master Data Governance: Maintains accurate production parameters (e.g., material masters, routings) and follows best practices for master data management.
- Support for Global Initiatives: Collaborates with global supply chain teams and shared services to support broader strategic initiatives.
Qualifications
- University Degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering or other Sciences.
- Required to know Japanese and English.
Your Skills
- The critical competencies required for success are:
- Interpersonal effectiveness.
- Understanding customer needs.
- Teamwork.
- Taking initiative.
- Problem solving skills.
- Technical proficiency in use of computer applications and analytical skills.
Additional notes
- This position does not offer relocation assistance.
- A minimum requirement for this Japan based position is the ability to work legally in Japan.
- No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of Japan permanent residency process.
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
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.
As part of our dedication to inclusion, 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.
