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About you and this role
Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Manager, NGL Trading & Feedstocks located in Houston, TX! In this role, you will be part of Dow’s USGC NGL Feedstocks team and manage commercial activity across Dow’s NGL portfolio, which includes ethane, propane, butane, naphtha, and related feedstock streams.
Dow consumes significant volumes of natural gas liquids (NGLs) along the U.S. Gulf Coast to produce ethylene, propylene, and other olefins used in finished plastics and chemicals. Feedstock costs are exposed to market volatility driven by infrastructure constraints, supply and demand fundamentals, and broader energy price movements, including oil, natural gas, and gasoline. The U.S. NGL Feedstocks team plays a critical role in maintaining a reliable low-cost feedstock supply and protecting Dow’s earnings during periods of energy market volatility.
You will be responsible for trading, contracting, and optimizing NGL feedstocks to ensure reliable supply, manage commercial risk, and maximize value across Dow's U.S. Gulf Coast feedstock portfolio. You will manage spot and near-term commercial activity, negotiate short-term supply agreements, develop market and pricing models, coordinate product movements through Dow’s logistics and asset network, and manage key internal and external interfaces.
You will also support strategic decisions related to long-term feedstock acquisition, capital projects, asset optimization, and infrastructure strategy across Dow’s U.S. manufacturing footprint.
Responsibilities
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Trading, contracting, and optimizing NGLs to meet Dow’s supply, inventory, and value capture objectives.
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Develop trading strategies to optimize Dow’s NGL position across product, time, location, logistics, storage, and asset optionality.
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Optimize the utilization of pipelines, storage, transportation, and other infrastructure assets to improve supply reliability, enhance operational flexibility, and maximize commercial value.
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Monitor and manage commercial exposure associated with commodity prices, basis differentials, logistics constraints, inventory positions, and contractual obligations.
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Develop and maintain NGL supply, demand, inventory, logistics, and pricing models.
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Manage external relationships with suppliers, customers, traders, brokers, midstream companies, and infrastructure providers.
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Communicate market strategies, transaction activity, and portfolio positions to team members, leadership, and supporting functions.
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Coordinate with manufacturing, supply chain, finance, legal, tax, and operations to support reliable feedstock supply.
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Support strategic decisions involving long-term feedstock acquisition, infrastructure needs, capital projects, commercial optimization, and asset utilization.
Required Qualifications
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A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking.
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A minimum of 7 years of relevant commercial, trading, supply, logistics, or commodity market experience.
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Willing and able to travel as required for this role.
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A minimum requirement for this U.S.-based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
Preferred Qualifications
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An MBA or higher education.
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Experience in NGLs, petrochemical feedstocks, natural gas, commodity trading, commercial optimization, logistics, supply management, or procurement.
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Demonstrated experience developing commercial strategies that integrate physical assets, contractual optionality, and market fundamentals.
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Experience with pipeline, storage, terminal, fractionation, and transportation economics preferred.
Skills
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Commercial Acumen: Strong understanding of physical trading, market fundamentals, storage, transportation, and supply agreements.
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Analytical Thinking: Ability to evaluate pricing, spreads, logistics constraints, inventory positions, and commercial risks.
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Cross-Functional Work: Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
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Proactive Problem Solving: Ability to operate in volatile markets while balancing reliability, risk, and commercial value.
Additional Notes
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
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:
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Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
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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.
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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.
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Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
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Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
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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.
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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.
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Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
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Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
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Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
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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.
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Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
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On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
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Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
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Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
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Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
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Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
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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.
Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.
