At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers (https://careers.dupont.com/us/en/whyjoinus) We are seeking a **Raw Material Specialist** to join our team. This position is crucial for ensuring the effective execution of material plans related to raw ingredients supply chains to meet demand requirements from our master production schedule. This role involves close collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure timely material availability, while also focusing on continuous improvement in material planning processes. **Your Key Responsibilities:** **Schedule Management:** Create and maintain detailed raw material supply schedules based on input from material planners or established signals. **Supply Coordination:** Serve as the primary point of contact within the supply organization to resolve short-term supply and material availability issues, ensuring alignment with the master schedule. **Capacity Planning:** Utilize detailed capacity plans and collaborate with the RAW ingredients Material Planner, area managers, production teams, and supervisors to align on execution requirements. **Distribution Requirements Planning:** Manage distribution requirements and replenishment plans for finished product imports, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of products to designated locations. **Material Availability:** Ensure that the right materials are available at the right time, quality, and quantity to minimize production and storage costs. **Collaboration:** Assist Material Planner with polymer and additives planning, including daily physical inventory counts, and manage railcar deliveries to the plant. **Issue Resolution:** Lead efforts to resolve short-term supply-demand imbalances for raw materials, including physical inventory reconciliation and responding to any quality complaints. **Supplier Performance:** Participate in evaluations of supplier performance, providing actionable data to improve service levels and manage raw materials appropriately. **Data Utilization:** Utilize software systems to effectively plan and execute raw material procurement, while participating in continuous improvement initiatives. **Monitoring and Analysis:** Monitor key metrics, conduct root cause analysis, and propose corrective actions to supply movement issues, including domestic and interregional discrepancies. **Customer Collaboration:** Analyze demand patterns and customer SKU orders to maintain inventory levels, safety stocks, and align closely with sales and marketing for effective execution of phase in/phase out plans. **Qualifications:** **Education:** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent business experience (5+ years) in a supply chain-related role. **Certifications:** APICS CPIM certification preferred (minimum of modules 1-2 completed within 1 year of recruitment). **Experience:** 5 years of relevant work experience in a supply chain role, demonstrating strong planning and organization skills. **Six Sigma Knowledge:** Six Sigma Green Belt preferred. **Technical Skills:** Experience with SAP/APO/BW preferred. **Microsoft Office Proficiency:** Strong skills in Microsoft Office applications required. **Interpersonal Skills:** Ability to build strong relationships and develop effective networks. Join our Talent Community (http://careers.dupont.com/us/en/jointalentcommunity) to stay connected with us! On May 22, 2024, we announced a plan to separate our Electronics and Water businesses in a tax-free manner to its shareholders. On January 15, 2025, we announced that we are targeting November 1, 2025, for the completion of the intended separation of the Electronics business (the “Intended Electronics Separation”)*. We also announced that we would retain the Water business. We are committed to ensuring a smooth and successful separation process for the Future Electronics business. We look forward to welcoming new talent interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization. _(1)The separation transactions are subject to satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval by DuPont's Board of Directors, receipt of tax opinion from counsel, the filing and effectiveness of Form 10 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applicable regulatory approvals, and satisfactory completion of financing. _ _For further discussion of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could impact the achievement, expected timing and intended benefits of the separation transactions, see DuPont’s_ _announcement (http://www.dupont.com/news/dupont-announces-plan-to-separate-into-three-independent-publicly-traded-companies.html) ._ DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit our Accessibility Page for Contact Information (http://www.dupont.com/global-links/accessibility.html) . DuPont offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package. To learn more visit the Compensation and Benefits page (http://careers.dupont.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits) .