2024 Dow Future Talent Event - Diamond Symposium
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Position:2024 Dow Future Talent Event - Diamond Symposium
Primary locationMidland (MI, USA), Michigan, United States of America
Schedule:Full time
Date Posted:03/15/2024
Job Number:R2048414
At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we're passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.
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.
TheDiamond Symposiumis a thoughtfully organizedFuture Talent Eventhosted by Dow primarily intended for US ethnic minority undergraduate students from universities nationwide. Located in the community of Midland, MI, this year's symposium is an invitation to share in Dow's story.
Apply today to join us at The Diamond Symposium - where the focus is on shared learning, genuine connections and the beginning of your journey.
Learn more (https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/careers/work-at-dow/diamond-symposium.html)
Related Degree Disciplines: Please consider the below functional descriptions as you will be asked to indicate your functional preference during your application process. ** Please note for those interested in R&D please select M&E as there will be cross collaboration between the functions.
Accounting & Finance:Dow's Finance organization consists of diverse top caliber people who draw on leading-edge technologies and best-in-class financial & accounting processes to perform their roles. We partner with people throughout the world to achieve business and financial objectives with the goal of maximizing long-term shareholder value. The mission of Dow Finance is to use an owner mindset and financial discipline to create enterprise value and drive sustainable growth that is enabled by a culture of inclusion and diversity. Our everyday performance within Finance is built upon our four Finance Co-Pilot Competencies.?
Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability:The Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) function focuses on protecting people and planet. This diverse function includes team members supporting sustainability, operational safety, employee health, product safety and compliance, disclosures and reporting, regulatory and more. We collaborate across the company to help advance Dow's targets and goals, such as Protect the Climate, Transform the Waste, Valuing Nature, and World Leading Operations. These efforts include Dow's journey to carbon neutrality and addressing plastic waste. EHS&S provides the expertise Dow needs to be a manufacturing world leader that supports a sustainable future.
Human Resources:Human Resources at Dow drives the corporation's overall global people and culture strategy. Our ambition is to become a high-performing team of HR professionals, fully engaged and focused on delivering business value. Dow HR operates a three-pillar model, Center of Expertise, HR Solutions, and HR Partner Organization. All model pillars work together to create a positive experience for our clients, employees at Dow.?
Information Systems:Dow's Information Systems organization enables Dow's Digital Strategy and delivers innovation, end-to-end business processes and IT solutions and services that enable growth, accelerate productivity, and deliver value to Dow's businesses, functions, and customers. If you are interested in analytics, data visualizations, project management, cyber security, solution development, network, cloud, service management, or other IT fields, our Information Systems organization has opportunities for you!? Whether working with emerging technology or established platforms, our IT teams are enabling Dow to be on the cutting edge, bringing solutions to market to enable mobility and electric vehicles, sustainable packaging, consumer applications, infrastructure solutions, and so much more.?
Manufacturing & Engineering (Operations):As Dow's largest function, Operations is comprised of employees supporting our US Manufacturing facilities. As an Operations employee, you will fill a role that directly impacts plant performance on a day-to-day basis, supports the maintenance & reliability of a facility, maintains our high standard of environmental, health, and safety (EH&S), and develops business-centric emerging technology/process control strategies. Key areas of emphasis are EH&S performance, product quality, maintaining and optimizing operating costs, and all aspects of plant technical performance such as yield, energy efficiency, production rates, and asset utilization. You will help produce materials that address challenges related to affordable and efficient supply of food, suitable housing, and high performing buildings, improved personal health and comfort, and advancements in emerging technologies such as electric vehicles and smart devices. Dow Operations employees are flexible, adaptable, and resilient and we'd love for you to join our Dow Operations Team.
Marketing & Sales:Dow's Commercial function excels at providing employees a hands-on business to business experience at a Fortune 100 company.? We are an inclusive, fun and hardworking team across the U.S who work independently on meaningful, real project work with business mentors that will support and encourage you.? You will develop business acumen, interpersonal and project management skills while having fun through team and volunteer experiences.? Employee Experience (EX) is integral to our inclusive culture, providing you with the resources to perform and be successful.
Public Affairs:The Public Affairs function at Dow is comprised of over 200 communicators across the globe in corporate, business, and geographic roles, with the main role of elevating and driving Dow's core brand and purpose and delivering on Dow's business imperatives.? We do this by executing the vital work of connecting dots and bringing the right players together to solve problems.? In Public Affairs, we are great listeners and storytellers, collaborators and consultants, partners with global agencies, data driven decision makers and analysts, and communicators with strong technical abilities to reach our stakeholders worldwide.? All of this culminates in allowing us to successfully work with our colleagues in other functions, businesses, and geographies to achieve our Dow Purpose:? To deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners.??
Purchasing:Dow's Purchasing organization is comprised of a diverse group of talent, responsible for acquiring all goods and services that keep Dow operating. We partner with Dow's businesses and operations teams to develop supply strategies for goods and services while delivering measurable financial value to Dow.? Working within the Purchasing function provides the ability to understand how these service lines and functions interact and support each other within Dow, which results in a well-rounded perspective of Dow.?
Research & Development (R&D):We focus on developing products and solutions that make sustainable improvements in the world. We help solve challenges related to affordable and efficient supply of food, suitable housing, and high performing buildings, improved personal health and comfort, and advancements in emerging technologies such as electric vehicles and smart devices. Our investment in high-throughput research capabilities has continued to improve R&D productivity and has accelerated product, process, and application dev