Senior Manager Feedstocks, Products and Asset Formulation at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Formulate strategy linked to transforming existing businesses in Southern Africa
• Develop Sasol’s overall strategy linked to the transformation of its existing assets by identifying what it will take to win in the long term. Collaborate with working teams across the organisation to provide clear boundary conditions to develop options. Establish and maintain a decision-making framework to screen opportunities.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead future sustainable feedstock strategy for Southern Africa establishing where to play and how to win across the high priority feedstocks that have the highest probability of success.
• Lead future sustainable product strategy for Southern Africa establishing where to play and how to win across the high priority feedstocks that have the highest probability of success.
• Develop clear boundary conditions for business building to enable asset configuration studies.
• Establish investment criteria linked to transformation of existing assets.
• Collaborate with existing technical, marketing and business development teams to ensure a coherent approach linked to incrementally growing value.
• Ensure consistency on delivery of multiple workstreams to ensure a consistent comparative set of results that can be assessed against other portfolio priorities.
• Strong understanding of financial market metrics.
• Understanding of company valuation methodologies and the impact of choices on feedstock, assets and products on long term risk and value addition to the Sasol Group.

Formal Education

• Relevant 3–4-year University bachelor’s degree

Min Experience

• 12+ years, however this can be reduced based on relevant consulting experience or specific experience in financial market valuation methodologies

Competencies
Customer Centricity

• Engages and researches their customers, integrating their requirements to inform business decisions. External Focus: Gathers external information to inform the business’ strategy and forecast the impact of the operating environment on the business.

Drives Innovation

• Innovates, works with agility, and leverages learnings at pace.

Business Ownership

• Sets strategic direction, maintains accountability for business outcomes and ensures that business-related concerns are raised and addressed.

Commercial Agility

• Utilises their strong business acumen to make effective commercial decisions at pace.

Delivery Excellence

• Creates robust approaches to delivery, effectively problem-solving and managing performance to achieve results.

  Partnerships

• Identifies new opportunities, builds and sustains win-win relationships and maintains a strong network of partners.

Develop Self

• Demonstrates self-awareness, actively works to improve their development areas, and seeks feedback.

Builds Talent

• Invests in the development of others, aligning stretch opportunities to colleagues’ personal goals and proactively providing feedback.

Inspirational

• Acts and communicates in a way that creates meaningful impact, builds confidence in others, and gains buy-in. 

Collaborative

• Initiates collaboration, removes barriers to working across the business, and inclusively engages with others.