INTERNSHIP: Student Merchandiser, Eastern GTA (4 months)

Sika Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sika Group. The company develops and manufactures special construction products for the building and civil engineering sectors, which include concrete repair, protection and structural reinforcement, sealing and bonding, waterproofing, concrete admixtures and additives (ready-mixed concrete, precast concrete, shotcrete, etc.), industrial, commercial and institutional flooring and roofing systems. Sika Canada is also active in the home improvement and consumer solutions market with a range of specific products. The Industrial Products Division develops sealing, bonding and protection solutions for the railway, automotive, truck, industrial body and other OEM markets, windshield replacement, shipbuilding, appliances and equipment, fenestration, etc. Sika Canada has regional offices and industrial sites in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia and employs over 450 people in Canada. The company is ISO 9001 - 14001 certified and a member of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

Are you looking for a challenging summer job where you can put your sales and customer service skills to good use? Join our dynamic residential construction products sales team for the summer and you never know, you might land a career at Sika!

You will be primarily responsible for the merchandising and promotion of our products in renovation centers located in the Greater Toronto Area. We are looking for one candidate in the Western GTA (Brampton, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington).

Duration: 4 Months Internship (May 1st to August 30th, 2024)
Core Functions:

• Answer customer questions
• Perform product demo in home improvement stores
• Ensure that our products are well arranged.
• Ensure that we never run out of our products, refresh our displays
• Sell and install displays
• Generate orders
• Provide new ideas
• Establish and maintain a good relationship with our customers

Minimum requirement

• Experience in sales
• Knowledge of the construction market
• Physically located in the regions of Eastern GTA (Scarborough, Markham or Durham region.)
• Follow a complete training on Sika products
• Curious, sociable, excellent oral communication skills, able to work independently, hands-on, and available for travelling.
• Should have a car and a valid driving license. (car allowance offered)

This is a remote role - students will be travelling to our renovation centers around the GTA and providing assistance in merchandizing our products and providing customer and store assistance. Students will be reimbursed for gas and have a car allowance per pay period as they are required to have their own vehicle for travelling between the stores.

• Join the family of Sika, with over 33,200 employees and companies set up in over 100 countries, which provide ample of opportunities to grow. 
• 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 decision-making processes and decentralized organizational units.
• We firmly believe that the diversity of our workforce is a key contributing factor to our success story.

Sika is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics.

Sika Canada discloses that we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications. However, we want to emphasize that AI does not make final decisions or eliminate candidates from consideration. Our dedicated hiring managers and recruiters carefully review all applications to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation process. This approach combines the efficiency of AI with the expertise and judgment of our experienced hiring team, allowing us to identify the best candidates while maintaining a human-centered hiring process.