Our goals - Your path

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in shaping and optimizing global business processes? Sika, a leading specialty chemical company, is seeking a dynamic individual to fill the position of Global Business Process Owner. If you have a passion for driving efficiency, process optimization, and global collaboration, this is the opportunity for you!

Goal and Purpose of the Position:

As the Global Business Process Owner, your primary responsibility is to define global end-to-end processes and data templates to support Sika's growth strategy. Your role will contribute to achieving operational efficiency and competitive advantages by establishing a single-source-of-truth approach and driving data standardization and quality.

Main Tasks:

Process Definition & Design:

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define and document global end-to-end processes, ensuring alignment with Sika's business objectives.
  • Develop process maps, standard operating procedures, and process performance metrics.
  • Harmonize and protect global process master data to ensure a single source of truth.
  • Identify risks and develop mitigation plans for process stability and resilience.
  • Develop documentation and training material for regional process owners and key users.
  • Present regular monitoring reports on Sika's end-to-end process performance to regional management.

Process Optimization:

  • Identify opportunities for process improvements, cost reduction, and enhanced efficiency.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to leverage technology solutions for process digitalization and automation.
  • Work with regional process owner teams to drive cross-regional end-to-end process alignment.
  • Support Corporate IT (SIS) in SAP upgrades and migration projects.

Governance and Oversight:

  • Act as the central point of contact for assigned global end-to-end processes.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and industry best practices.
  • Monitor process performance and establish KPIs to track effectiveness.
  • Support the definition of an authorization concept to protect Sika end-to-end processes and master data.

Change Management:

  • Lead change initiatives related to global end-to-end process improvements.
  • Provide training and support to regional teams and key users affected by global process changes.
  • Foster a culture of end-to-end process ownership and continuous improvement.

Your expertise - Our strength

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Production Engineer or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in business process management, process optimization, or a related field.
  • Deep understanding of demand to supply processes and best practices within industry.
  • Strong experience in SAP Demand-to-Supply process (SAP APO: PP, DS...)
  • Proven track record of successfully leading global process improvement initiatives.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex business challenges.
  • Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
  • Effective communication skills to convey complex ideas and concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
  • Willigness to travel internationally.

If you meet these qualifications and are passionate about driving global business processes to new heights, we invite you to apply and be a key player in Sika's journey towards operational excellence!

Going Beyond. Together.

What do we offer?

  • Permanent contract
  • International environment
  • Freedom, within a framework of responsibility, to organize your work in a work-life balance environment.
  • Professional and training development in a multinational company leader in its sector.
  • Flexible remuneration: medical insurance, restaurant vouchers and childcare vouchers, among others.
  • Discounts on Sika products.

Sika is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified candidates for employment without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be a part of it!

If you are interested in taking a leap in your career, please apply!

About Sika

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 103 countries around the world and manufactures in over 300 factories. Its 33,500 employees generated annual sales of CHF 11.23 billion in 2023.

Sika Spain was founded in 1954 and is characterized by innovation, participating in the evolution of revolutionary systems and high technical performance. Thanks to the Technological Center we have a continuous cooperation with universities and institutions that guarantee a constant updating.

Sika is committed to the creation of sustainable value, through products, systems and solutions to create constant benefits, significantly reducing the consumption of resources and the impact associated with production processes. "More Value - Less Impact" is the motto of Sika's sustainable strategy. With our work we reduce the impact and increase the usefulness of our solutions.