Administrator Supply Chain Facilities at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To facilitate the daily site activities which involves road, rail, shipping and storage facilities.
• Facilitating site activities which for Hazardous Chemcals which includes bulk / isotainer loading, hazardous road transport, drumming, container packing, flexitainer loading, pipe line transfers which includes all documents to be done on SAP
• Understand Hazardous Chemical Bulk Shipping Operations and ensure correct protocols are followed in order not to compromise quality and quantity
• Understand Hazardous Chemical Storage and have Operational Knowledge
• Interface with Transnet to ensure NAVIS is updated timeously for the placement of containers into stacks
• Booking of inspections to be done in advance with inspection houses, and inspections to be completed before containers are placed into stacks
• Ensure the packing sites exercise the fifo principle for empty and full drums
• Ensuring that all site activities are executed timeously and with minimal wastage of product (especially bulk shipping)
• Monitoring all slop drums (waste material ) and ensuring they are handled in accordance with SOP’s.
• Involved in monthly stock takes with the sites and warehouse and reporting to Management
• Must be able to work standby and outside office hours
• Carrying out additional tasks on SAP which includes Purchase Requisitions and Shipment Costs
• All incidents to be logged and investigated showing root cause, corrective and preventative measures     

Key Accountabilities

• Accuracy – SAP generated documents
• All export documents to be completed and printed correctly on SAP
• Purchase requisitions to be done accurately and shipment documents and costs to be created accurately using the correct codes
• Containers to be placed on site and made ready for packing to ensure we do not miss any shipment.
• Timeous placement of empty containers at the packing site
•  Damaged empty containers must be elevated to exports/shipping lines and replaced immediately to avoid short shipments. Futile trips to be claimed back from shipping lines  ile trips to be claimed back from shipping lines
• Timeous placing of containers into vessel stacks including updating of NAVIS
• Containers to be placed into vessel stacks before the stacks closes.  Where required, containers to be packed early and placed into the storage depot and then moved to stacks ensuring NAVIS is updated accordingly
• Hazardous Bulk Shipping Operations
• All protocols to be followed for hazardous bulk shipping which includes the operations on the shore side before shipping, and necessary procedures to be followed on the vessel to ensure quality is not compromised and correct quantity loaded on the vessel
• Booking of inspections
• Ensure inspections are booked accordingly as shipping without completing inspection could result in large penalties to Sasol, or paying higher inspection fees at port of destination
• Correct handling of slops material
•  Ensure all slops are accounted for on SAP and disposed/decanted in the correct manner.
• Empty drums to be ordered according to contractual agreements
• Follow contractual lead time of 5 days for drum deliveries.  Do not over order as drums cannot be stored on site due to no undercover storage.  Do not under order drums as this can result in shortshipments
• Blending of products
• Have an understanding of how blends are made for export and local market, and able to blend the product timeously

Formal Education

• Degree/National Diploma/Btech in Supply Chain with min. 5 years supply chain experience with hazardous chemicals

Working Experience

• Advanced MS Office an advantage
• Previous SAP experience essential