Strategic Projects Associate

About the role

Sika, a specialty chemicals company active in the building and industry sectors, is looking for a Strategic Projects Associate to join its Strategy Team in Zurich. The role offers high-visibility regional projects and direct exposure to senior stakeholders and Sika Group Management. You will design and deliver solutions that drive growth and efficiency, working closely with cross-functional teams to gather insights, analyse data and support both strategic planning and hands-on execution.

Key responsibilities

• Interpret data, analyse results and define actions with Business, Marketing, Supply Chain and Operations stakeholders to solve key business challenges.
• Identify new opportunities from available data to generate insights that support growth.
• Support countries and areas in reviewing their strategic business plans, turning them into operational footprints through project reviews, workshops, storytelling guidance and presentation drafting.
• Analyse the impact of M&A activities on country masterplans and support local teams during integration.
• Improve and develop new processes and solutions and lead their roll-out across country organizations.
• Draft presentations and data visualizations for country, area and region top management, and strengthen links with cross-functional teams to introduce and expand innovative solutions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering or similar.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience with strategic projects and data analysis at a top consulting company.
• Proven experience in analysis, process and concept design and implementation phases in a workstream lead position.
• Strong ability to connect the dots and tell compelling stories for top management, with strong analytical thinking and problem-solving.
• High autonomy, entrepreneurial mindset and positive, energetic spirit.
• Fluent English (written and spoken); German is a plus.
• Based in Zurich, with flexibility for occasional international travel.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Excel and the Office suite.
• Knowledge of data visualization software such as Tableau or BI tools is a plus.

The company offers intensive training and early responsibility. Visa sponsorship is not offered and only direct applications will be considered.