Senior Sustainability Manager - Packaging & Specialty Plastics (P&SP)

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Sustainability Manager for Brazil within the Packaging & Specialty Plastics (P&SP) business , based in São Paulo (BRA).

About you and this role:

In this role, you will lead the P&SP sustainability agenda in Brazil, driving the development and execution of strategic initiatives focused on circular economy, design for recyclability, mechanical recycling, renewable solutions, and carbon footprint reduction . You will play a key role in advancing solutions that support Dow’s sustainability strategy and contribute to the company’s global sustainability ambitions, including Transform the Waste, Close the Loop, and Protect the Climate

We’re looking for a leader who can integrate sustainability execution with commercial strategy, customer advocacy, and ecosystem development. The position requires deep expertise in Brazil’s plastics market and circular economy, and thrive in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. This role defines how Dow participates, differentiates, accelerates, and profits from the circular economy in Brazil.

Brazil is a lead market for Dow P&SP. This role is instrumental in transforming the plastics industry, building infrastructure, shaping policy, and delivering sustainable growth. Be at the forefront of innovation, helping Dow and its customers and partners achieve ambitious sustainability targets while creating real impact across the value chain.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Execution

• •Map and analyze Brazil’s circular economy value chain, identifying key players, control points, and unmet needs.
• •Develop and implement a sub-regional sustainability strategy aligned with Dow’s business plan and global goals.
• •Lead and co-lead complex projects that build infrastructure and policy to support sustainable materials ecosystems.
• •Accelerate execution by connecting stakeholders across industries—government officials, legislators, waste pickers, recyclers, NGOs, brand owners, and customers.

Circularity & Low Carbon Leadership

• •Design and deploy mechanical recycling strategies, ensuring accountability for implementation and measurable impact.
• •Drive sales plan of all C&RS and low carbon offerings in Brazil
• •Lead carbon monetization business models for Brazilian customers.
• •Collaborate on the 2030 Roadmap and drive initiatives to secure feedstock, grow PCR volume, and deliver traceable, low-carbon circular products.
• •Partner with commercial, technical, and marketing teams to develop innovative solutions and business models.

Stakeholder Engagement & Ecosystem Development

• •Build and manage strategic relationships with suppliers and partners to establish compliant, long-term collaborations.
• •Lead investment planning, certifications, governance, and off-take agreements with local suppliers.
• •Represent Dow in trade associations and industry forums, influencing peers and shaping the sustainability agenda.

Policy, Advocacy & Climate Solutions

• •Serve as the P&SP focal point for policy and advocacy in Latin America, bridging business needs with Government Affairs.
• •Provide technical and business-specific insights to support regulatory engagement and advocacy strategies.
• •Promote responsible plastic use and disposal, and define low-carbon alternatives for industries served by Dow.

Qualifications:

• •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• •8–10 years of experience in business, commercial roles, or customer relationship management.
• •Proficiency in English.
• •Proficiency in Portuguese.
• •Spanish proficiency is desirable.

Your Skills:

• •Communication: Professional communication, encompasses written, oral, visual and digital communication within a workplace context.
• •Leadership: Leadership is the ability of an individual or a group of individuals to influence and guide followers or other members of an organization.
• •Business Acumen: Business acumen is keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a "business situation" in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome. Additionally, business acumen has emerged as a vehicle for improving financial performance and leadership development. Consequently, several different types of strategies have developed around improving business acumen.
• •Project Management: Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve goals and meet success criteria at a specified time. The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, budget. The secondary challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives.
• •Analytical Thinking: Analytical thinking means examining the information, collecting the facts and checking whether the statement follows logically in identifying causes and effects.
• •Presentations: The ability to hold a presentation is based on communicating a topic to an audience. It is typically a demonstration, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, or to build good will or to present a new idea or product. The term can also be used for a formal or ritualized introduction or offering, as with the presentation of a debutante. Presentations in certain formats are also known as keynote address.
• •Stakeholder Management: Stakeholder management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, and engaging stakeholders throughout the product development process. Some examples could be associations, government, multifunctional teams, NGOs, waste and recycling players, etc.

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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/locat