Organization

Growth and sustainability.

Organizationally the Group consists of two segments. The primary segmentation concerns the six geographic Regions Europe North, Europe South, North America, Latin America. IMEA (India, Middle East, Africa) and Asia/Pacific. The secondary segmentation is determined by four customer groups which stem from the construction industry or from industrial manufacturing.

Since the start of its international expansion, Sika carries out its worldwide activities in countries which were subsequently consolidated to Regions having higher management functions. The heads of the Regions are members of Group Management. The regional management and the management within the countries bear full profit and loss responsibility, and proceeding from Group strategy determine the country-specific growth and sustainability targets as well as the allocation of resources.

Sika has oriented its internal organization furthermore toward four customer groups which stem from the construction industry or from industrial manufacturing. These four customer groups are represented in  Group Management as well as in the Regional management teams and those of individual countries.

The corresponding managers are responsible for the definition and introduction of new products, for the implementation of best demonstrated practices, as well as for assortment and pricing policy of group products, those that are offered on a worldwide basis rather than in a country-specific manner.