Supply Chain Master Scheduler

About the role

Sika is a global specialty chemicals company with a leading position in bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protection systems for construction, transportation, marine, automotive, and renewable energy industries. With subsidiaries in 103 countries, 400+ factories, and ~33,000 employees, Sika generated CHF 11.20 billion in sales in 2025 and drives sustainability transformations across its served markets.

Responsibilities

• Analyze demand and supply at item, customer, and master schedule levels; identify out-of-balance conditions; recommend corrective actions for approval.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and manufacturing to understand and reduce internal and customer lead-times.
• Conduct rough-cut capacity planning before publishing the master schedule to align with SI&OP commitments.
• Oversee S&OE commitments within sites to ensure efficient detailed scheduling and capacity utilization.
• Identify, negotiate, and resolve conflicts regarding material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity across the manufacturing network.
• Create a master schedule that satisfies customer demand while leveling workload to manufacturing, optimizing inventory levels, and maximizing resource utilization.
• Maintain scheduling parameters such as lead-times, lot sizes, and cycle times.
• Monitor schedule implementation, evaluate success, assess risks, and mitigate schedule-impacting issues.
• Proactively identify scheduling conflicts or bottlenecks and work with relevant departments to resolve them.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Product Management, Quality, and Sales to ensure schedules are realistic and aligned with business objectives.
• Evaluate and adjust schedules to account for inventories and capacity constraints.
• Communicate schedule changes to stakeholders as they occur.
• Review upcoming projects for complexity, special build requirements, line and capacity needs, manpower allocation, etc.
• Identify process improvement opportunities within the scheduling function and implement changes to meet stated lead times.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Supply Chain Management, Business Management, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of supply chain leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP preferred), advanced Excel skills, and experience with scheduling/MRP software.

Benefits

• 401(k) with generous company match
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Life insurance and disability insurance
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Floating holidays and paid volunteer time
• Wellness/fitness reimbursements
• Education assistance and professional development opportunities
• Employee referral program and more

Pay

Competitive salary aligned with local market benchmarks and role scope; determined based on relevant skills, education, and/or training, with commitment to fair and equitable pay practices.