Vice President, Canadian Operations - Pointe-Claire, Canada - Sika Corporation

Sika Corporation

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Pointe-Claire, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Sika has been present in Canada since 1957 through its subsidiary - Sika Canada Inc.

The Pointe-Claire site, located near Montreal, houses the head office for all Canadian operations, which includes the research & development, administration, sales, and marketing departments, including a production plant and a main distribution centre serving the entire country.

These facilities operate under dual certification - ISO 9001 for quality management systems and ISO 14001 for environmental management systems.

With regional offices and manufacturing facilities located in Anjou, Boisbriand, Pont-Rouge, Quebec; Brantford, Cambridge, Oakville, Sudbury, Ontario; Edmonton, Alberta; and Surrey, British Columbia, Sika Canada employs more than 600 people and is able to effectively share its international expertise with local customers and stakeholders.

Exciting Challenges- As a member of the management team, participate in the decision-making process for both the operations group responsibilities and the overall company activities.

Provide coaching and development to local management teams and promote Sika Canada values and expectations.
Ensures compliance and development of Sika's Health/Safety/Environmental policies and applicable regulations to properly manage the level of risk and protect the environment.
Ensure availability of products at minimum cost to plants by ensuring compliance with internal and global procedures.
Ensure that the compliance of all products manufactured at all plants are verified by the laboratory and that corrective and preventive actions are implemented as required.
Ensure the maintenance of ISO registration for Sika Canada Inc.
Ensure the maintenance of the environmental management program registration.
Ensure that raw materials and packaging products are stocked in sufficient quantities to meet demand while minimizing inventories.
Develop, design, purchase and implement production equipment to improve efficiency and/or increase production capacity in accordance with the company's strategy and investment control policy while ensuring optimal return on investment.
Work closely with management to achieve organizational objectives.

We Need Your Skills

University degree in engineering or other equivalent degree
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience, ideally in an industrial or manufacturing environment
Minimum of ten (10) years experience in a management role
Fluency in French and English (bilingualism)
Experience in a multisite company (strong asset)
Experience in cement or chemical products (strong asset)
Great communication skills, ability to pass on knowledge and desire to contribute to the growth of the company while developing its management teams
Entrepreneurial attitude and maintenance of this culture internally
Very openminded
Available to travel 15% to 25% of the time (mainly in Canada)

Building Trust Every Day

Working at Sika can open up many exciting possibilities and offers employees the opportunity to collaborate with people from all over the world.
Many of our employees describe their working relationships at Sika as friendly, personable and sincere. We call this the Sika Spirit.
For such a large company, we have a surprisingly flat hierarchy with direct decisionmaking processes and decentralized organizational units.
We firmly believe that the diversity of our workforce is a key contributing factor to our success story.

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