Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 70-year heritage. Through our talented people, we use our expertise and selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture and market chemical and energy products globally. When you join Team Sasol, you are joining a company that puts people at the center of everything we do.

Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Job Req ID

8823

Closing Date

18 July 2025

OME

MSA: Energy Marketing & Sales 

Location

Secunda 

Purpose of Job

To ensure that agreed, on-specification, production volumes are achieved, efficiently and safely. To ensure that production contributes to the increase of the business growth. To lead and manage a production shift to ensure supply of product through the acquisition and effective & innovative usage of resources and to continuously ensure adherence to all quality, safety and legal requirements

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute in the translation and execution of the business strategy; objectives and plan into action for employees. • Cascade operational goals and long term plans through effective two way communication in the organisation. • Develop new strategies to increase production with safe and cost effective methods. • Manage and enable production operations and make appropriate adjustments to deliver agreed volumes at optimal productivity and cost in time. • Provide, Implement and Manage processes and activities associated with planning, scheduling, measuring, allocating, optimizing and reporting production system volumes. • Production system optimization including delivering on production targets. • Responsible for recording, reconciliation and allocation of production volumes. • Compile annual budget including volume. Compile annual long term production budget. Control cost to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget. • Contribute in the translation and execution of the business strategy; objectives and plan into action for employees. • Translate and cascade operational goals and long term plans through effective two way communication in the organisation. • Continuously improve on products and processes. Identify improvement opportunities and implement improvement solutions. • Demonstrate One Sasol way behaviour – ensure area under control is managed to the benefit to the larger Sasol value chain. • Manage multilevel interfaces and integrate effectively. Interact with relevant internal and external stakeholders. • Stakeholder relationship management • Manage operations knowledge by transforming, packaging, transferring and maintaining operations knowledge. • Manage and develop employees effectively. • Plan and source production people capability. • Provide a succession plan for direct reports and strategic position. • Develop production employees to their full potential. • Accountable for employee wellness. • Union engagement. • Achieve the diversity targets. • Manage operations risks by making sure that all risks are identified, analysed and mitigated to acceptable levels. • Execute SHE strategy to achieve zero harm. Continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain license to operate. • Manage, revise and improvement of Asset Management standards for production. • Establish and run the operation within agreed envelope conditions. • Input into year rolling capital plan. • Manage working capital cost. • Manage products, process materials, assets, waste and pollutants.. • Liaison with technology license holder. • Identification of technical; problems/opportunities. • Benchmarking optimal solutions and practices. • Participating in/leading design decisions; Managing implementation. • Management of standards; Governance (where applicable. • Legal compliance.

Formal Education

University Bachelor’s Degree/ B-tech Degree

Working Experience Experience: 12+ relevant yearsRequired Personal and Professional Skills TC_Workflow ManagementTC_Production Resource ManagementTC_Production Risk ManagementTC_P_Project Quality ManagementLC_Commercial AgilityLC_Business OwnershipLC_Drives InnovationLC_External FocusLC_Customer CentricityLC_CollaborativeLC_InspirationalLC_Builds TalentLC_Developing SelfTC_Production and Procedure ManagementLC_PartnershipsLC_Delivery Excellence

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.  Inspired by our Purpose of “Innovating for a better world”, Sasol acknowledges that diversity is intrinsic to the fabric of our organisation and is the key to our growth and success.  Sasol is committed to the full inclusion of all suitably qualified individuals.  Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and people with disabilities according to Sasol’s Employment Equity Plan.  This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Our automated process is designed to efficiently assess a large volume of applications. Should you not hear from us within 60 days of the advert closing then kindly consider your application unsuccessful. Thank you once-more for your interest in Sasol as your employer of choice, and we wish you all the best with your career aspirations and future applications with us.