Sika manufactures high-performance bonding, sealing, and reinforcing systems for construction and industrial sectors across 102 countries. The company is mid-sized-sales-heavy and scaling manufacturing capacity: 865 active roles (382 posted in the last 30 days) span sales, manufacturing, and engineering, with active work on new product launches, production scale-up, and field trials. Core operational friction centers on inventory accuracy, equipment downtime, and compliance — typical constraints for a multi-factory global operation expanding into new market segments.
Notable leadership hires: Technology Lead PU Epoxy, Head of Procurement, Regional Sales Director, Team Head DTS, Chief Accountant
Sika is a publicly traded Swiss specialty chemicals manufacturer headquartered in Baar, Zug, with 34,000+ employees and 2024 revenue of CHF 11.76 billion. The company operates over 400 factories worldwide, producing adhesives, sealants, concrete admixtures, waterproofing systems, and structural reinforcement materials for construction and transportation sectors. Sika serves both large institutional customers and regional distribution networks; the product portfolio spans building renovation, industrial flooring, roofing, and transportation applications. The company is actively migrating core ERP infrastructure to SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business ByDesign, while adopting cloud-based collaboration (Microsoft 365, Teams) and transportation management systems — signs of operational modernization to support global scale.
Core enterprise systems: SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Oracle, Power BI, Tableau. Manufacturing: Siemens S7 PLCs, Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi Electric controllers, MES. Field/office: Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, Sprout Social, Sprinklr for CRM and social.
New product development and launches, field trials with customers, production scale-up of new formulations, regional strategy rollout, 5S and OEE implementation, EHS systems deployment, and plant trials — indicating active portfolio expansion and manufacturing optimization.
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