Business Administration Apprentice - Logistics/Transport

About Sika

Sika is a speciality chemicals company with a globally leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protection in the building sector and industrial manufacturing. Sika has subsidiaries in 102 countries around the world and, in over 400 factories, produces innovative technologies for customers worldwide. In doing so, it plays a crucial role in enabling the transformation of the construction and transportation sector towards greater environmental compatibility. With more than 34,000 employees, the company generated sales of CHF 11.76 billion in 2024.

We’re looking for a Business Administration Apprentice - Logistics/Transport to join our Inventory & Warehouse  team

Wishaw Plant

This position at Wishaw Scotland has an opportunity to work and learn from a small, but multi-talented staff who have a great degree of product knowledge and understanding who will guide the successful candidate and support their development in all areas of the business.

Purpose of the Role

The successful candidate will report to the Inventory Manger and will work closely with the Warehouse and Transport team to prepare & issue process orders to factory and assist in supporting admin processes mainly in Transport outbound and raw materials inbound. This role is needed to enable production on plant to meet targets in terms of stock levels and raw material control.

What’s In it for You?

The Opportunity:  

This is a great opportunity to join a progressive company that has a global footprint with lots of career advancement opportunities.

The overall objectives, responsibilities and KPIs in this role centre around ensuring that sellable finished stock is produced on time and targets maintained. This role will not only support the raw materials inbound to enable this to happen but will also support the transport outbound of the finished product to our customers

The role and is a key role in the business for the right candidate and offers the person an opportunity to develop in a supply chain / planning role as well as logistics / transport role .

Main key measures will include

• EHS and plant Safety
• Works / Process Order release & closure controls.
• Minimising Stock Outs.
• Bulk Tanker controls and supplier / transport scheduling.
• Outbound transport -   Delivered As complete.

The Rewards:

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, and a sweep of great benefits. We pride ourselves on our total reward package:

• Holiday 25 days rising to 28 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Core Hours Working 
• A company pension contribution of up to 10%
• Private healthcare for you, with option to add family
• Group life cover at 6x your annual salary
• Global Income Protection (PHI)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Staff discount platform & Cycle to Work scheme
• Dedicated Service Awards for reaching key milestones
• Selected discounted Sika products

The Support:

You will receive various online learning & also on the job training from a highly skilled experienced set of individuals, and having a small team here on site in Wishaw, the management team locally are all very supportive and hands on in terms of support.

The Future: 

The opportunity to progress within a global company across a variety of business areas.

The Skills:

We are looking for a highly motivated person who can work to priorities, and develop along with the rest of the team to contribute to the ongoing success of the Wishaw plant and of the business.

It would be an advantage for the individual to be detailed, skilled numerically, with a basic to intermediate level understanding of MS Packages, particularly excel.

We operate a SAP ERP System and experience of this or a similar platform business system would be desirable, although this can of course be learned by the successful person to accommodate a strong candidate in other skills or areas.     

A commitment to professional and personal development from day one, including a comprehensive local, product knowledge and leadership development initiatives complimented by a global Sika Business School offering.

What we need from you?

• An individual with a self starting /can do attitude with an ability to backfill, multi task and support where needed.  
• A team player  
• An aptitude for logic, reasoning and out of the box thinking, numeric calculations as well as overall day to day task and time management.
• MS Office basic / intermediate  (especially Excel) 
• Ideally some ERP Knowledge or understanding or alternatively the ability to fast learn a stock control system such as SAP

We offer competitive salaries, aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position, education and/or training.  We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.