Job Description

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

1505

Closing Date

21 August 2023

OME

Procurement

Location

Secunda/Sandton/Sasolburg

Please note

This is a Non-Permanent position

Purpose of Job

Ability to combine thinking strategically with acting on a tactical/operational level in order to perform business analysis, risk assessment, scenario planning and draw conclusions to support the right business decisions to identify and capture cost opportunities and deliver excellent results by within a highly performing team for the respective commodity groupings.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

Act as a leading contributor to the design, development and implementation of commodity strategies.
Lead the development of relevant scope of work aligned to internal user requirements.
Plan, lead and execute detailed spend analytics (e.g., key cost driver identification, should cost models, price variance analysis, offer comparisons, vendor spend allocation scenarios modelling), including gathering relevant data from various sources.
Contribute to the vision of the future supplier landscape, supplier characterization and onboarding needs for new suppliers.
Execute continuous value delivery through optimization of Scope of Work, increased vendor productivity, SLAs rightsizing, specifications and user requirements.
Lead development of sourcing strategy (e.g., identification of strategic imperatives based on business, commercial requirements and savings targets).
Support or lead part of the end-to-end negotiations process (preparation, team assembly, stakeholders buy-in, orchestration, messaging, actual delivery).
Develop allocation framework, identify senior stakeholders and propose assignment of business to different suppliers in order to secure optimal sourcing set-up (within given mandate and in agreement with MB lead).
Contribute to the yearly target savings for own category.
Identify, highlight and act upon cross-category synergies & opportunities.
Oversee execution of Buy Better implementation activities to realise full potential savings.

Formal Education

University Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Commerce

Min Experience

Experience: 10+ relevant years in Procurement or Technical

Behavioural (BC) |Technical (TC) |Leadership (LC)

BC_Collaborates

BC_Optimizes Work Processes

BC_Business Insight

TC_Process Monitoring and Control

TC_Reporting

TC_Contract Management

BC_Action Oriented

TC_Compliance Management

BC_Ensures Accountability

TC_Logistics Administration and Analysis

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Inspired by our Purpose of xe2x80x9cInnovating for a better worldxe2x80x9d, 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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