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About you and this role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Procurement Manager located in Terneuzen, The Netherlands.

As Procurement Manager you create value for Dow by ensuring that project teams use Dow Global Purchasing strategies and achieve project goals relating to cost, delivery, quality and safety through Global Project Methodology (GPM) and the capital procurement work processes.

Responsibilities

• Achieves goals by developing and implementing project supply strategies and procurement management plans for projects they are assigned.

• Ensures that procurement involvement with project teams globally delivers the maximum possible value to the Dow Businesses, Joint Venture (JV) or 3rd party affiliate partner.

• Ensures that the strategic sourcing activities and procurement operating discipline (e.g., within Global Project Methodology, Global Turnaround Methodology) is followed to help assure project efficiency and purchasing effectiveness.

• As a key member of the project team, the PPM helps determine overall project needs, and presents these needs and opportunities to Strategic Sourcing Center team, e.g., Category Leaders, Sourcing Managers,  Sourcing Specialists, EPC Directors  and EPC Contract Managers.

• Provides consulting, training, guidance, and leadership as a key project team member in support of capital or expense projects, as applicable, including potential business account relationships.

• Identifies strategic value contribution opportunities and defines value contribution projects based on business discussions and interfaces with the business and/or project.

• Develops customized project procurement plan(s) and instructions for each project and distributes to Purchasing and project personnel.

• Plans, schedules and ensures that procurement schedules are compatible with project schedules, risk management plans and especially-critical equipment and construction labor.

• Applies knowledge of supply market conditions from manufacturing and labor area contractors to guide the project team in project planning and execution to proactively forecast problems.

• Directs purchasing activities to maximize protection of company assets through proper use of legal documents such as service agreements, indemnity agreements and others.

• Balances legal considerations with project needs in making business decisions, utilizing the concept of "appropriate risk" as a tool in taking action after weighing alternatives.

• Leads or coordinates effort for the project team to resolve claims and disputes against Dow or by Dow against suppliers.

• Intervenes with suppliers on performance issues at the request of the project team, and in consultation with the appropriate Strategic Sourcing Center representative.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience is required.

• Ability to communicate fluently in English.

Preferred Skills

• Engineering background is preferred.

• Capital procurement experience is preferred.

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 and emotional 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. 
• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
• 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. 
• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:
  • 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. 

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 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. 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 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.