Lead improvement support and process health

Overview

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 75-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
• Closing Date: 12 February 2026
• OME: MRS:
  Mining
• Location:
  
  Secunda, Mpumalanga

To manage the implementation of business improvement processes initiatives drive operational change, process improvement, and optimisation.

• Architect for transformation related to organizational transformation and change business case development and benefits translation.
• Evaluate the OME's processes, business model, operations and efficiency in meeting previous strategic objectives.
• Provide transformation leadership, executing the strategy, directing the selection and justification of initiatives that deliver the strategy.
• Determine the best-fit approach for the OMEs to achieve current and future short- and long-term goals effectively.
• Identify areas requiring change or business transformation to achieve approved strategic goals and enable performance optimization.
• Co-ordinate articulating the key outcomes, identification & integration of targets into budgets.
• Co-ordinate initiative delivery in area of responsibility and support teams.
• Responsible for Agile board management including backlog items and impediments for projects in area of responsibility.
• Act as Scrum Master on projects as required.
• Manage project risks.
• Address specific issues by implementing corrective strategies to enable optimal investments and business development activities.
• Identify areas of business development that facilitate project implementation and that help meet anticipated demand.
• Oversee and approve business transformation framework and provide support to teams carrying out transformation activities.
• Communicate both to Sponsors and the business about transformation by reinforcement of the transformation culture that will ensure a joined-up communication and change approach.
• Partner with relevant Energy Business OMEs to enable performance improvement.
• Analyse and interpret Financial information.
• Manage organization change, coordinate stakeholders and builds commitment through the organization via the sponsorship spine.
• Collaborate with Chemical and Energy Operations transformation offices to align and set framework and oversee design & delivery on transformation new organisational capabilities (Incl. Operating model, coordination with organisation design, rewards and WFT) for Energy Business.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge established views and ways of working to influence and realize benefits that goes beyond to more fundamental transformation outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in area of responsibility through ongoing monitoring and adjustment to maximize value.
• Pro-actively act as thought partner in solution development on transformation initiatives, projects and programmes group wide.
• Provide strategic support and project management of business transformation plans, which may cover different business functions in commercial and operational environments.
• Foster subject matter expertise in identified disciplines and drive innovation and facilitate knowledge sharing within the OMEs.
• Ensuring alignment in approach and application of best practices with peer transformation offices (Energy Operations & Chemicals).
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to communicate changes and transformation, and seek their buy-in.
• Ability to work with a variety of initiatives and across various OMEs.
• Manage Improvement Support team
• Maintain PMO App

• Formal
  
  Education:
  
  University Bachelors Degree
• Working
  
  Experience:
  
  9+ relevant years
• Knowledge of DMAIC

• Transformation
• Organisational Effectiveness
• Acumen
• Performance
• Development
• Agility
• Ownership
• Innovation
• Centricity
• Talent
• Self
• 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.

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