What does the management trainee do?
You are actively supporting Sika on our sustainability net Zero journey, driving decarbonation and contributing making our world a better place. Sustainability has many aspects and involves all disciplines and as a management trainee you are going to rotate to Research & Development, Marketing and Procurement to learn all company functions, policies, and staff duties. You contribute to strategic planning and help evaluate levers and enable their implementation.
You will gain exposure and experience in:
- Participating in meetings, workshops, trainings, and be embedded in our global sustainability community.
- Observing and learning from experienced staff members and participate in coaching session.
- Support implementation of global sustainability initiatives on regional or local level in Asia Pacific.
- Participate in company’s strategic planning.
- Create and give presentations to get the buy-in from local, regional, or corporate management to implement sustainability initiatives.
- Connect with different offices and disciplines to understand their daily processes and goals and travel and meet them as required.
- Preparing documents and reports, drawing conclusions and propose measures and initiatives to improve Sika’s sustainability footprint.
- Support Marketing communication about sustainability and customer documentations (e.g. EPD)
- Participate in product performance and sustainability assessments (e.g. LCA)
- Cooperate with suppliers and procurement to get supplier specific data and reduce our scope 3 emissions of our purchased raw materials.
- Calculate and analyze sustainability data and compare footprint of raw materials, products and solutions for customers.
- Help managers complete daily tasks (e.g. implementing new policies).
- Help to improve the sustainability data quality and improve our database.
- Gaining knowledge of company policies, protocols, and processes.
