Low Carbon Energy Solutions Portfolio Lead (108076) at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

• Sasol’s strategic ambition is to lead energy transition in Southern Africa and become a global major in green hydrogen and derivative products. The purpose of the Low Carbon Energy Solutions portfolio team is to build and nurture the global Sasol green hydrogen business opportunities pipeline in this nascent industry.
• Coordinate low carbon energy solutions strategy with broader Energy Business Portfolio Management team, track and evaluate overall health of Low Carbon Energy Solutions portfolio
• Drive the identification of new low carbon energy solutions project opportunities that are in line with the Sasol strategy
• Develop and implement a framework to prioritise projects in the development pipeline and optimise the project portfolio to ensure selection of Tier 1 assets only
• Develop potential funding and incentives options for the projects and opportunities being consider
• Engage with partners and potential partners on risk sharing and project development frameworks.
• Support the Business Development and Market Development teams in opportunity evaluation and commercial structuring
• Shape the green hydrogen opportunities pipeline project pipeline development, building initial partnerships and responding to RFP bids
• Prepare the preliminary business case for new projects incl. project concept, techno economic, etc.
• Prepare Grant funding RFI and prepare projects to access grant and concessional funding, in collaboration with the Climate Change Team

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop green hydrogen commercialisation projects and RFP bids in line with the Sasol’s strategy and Sasol positioning
• Prepare the preliminary business case for new projects incl. project concept, techno economic, etc.
• Incubate projects form the idea phase to feasibility stage-gate and develop handover plan to the development teams
• Provide  Low Carbon Energy Solutions Business ]with timely information and materials for effective decision making
• Coach and develop team members and transfer and instil effective ways of working
• Lead the initial engagements with potential partners including key stakeholders such as the Government departments
• Prepare Sasol terms of reference for the various partnerships and engagements, including negotiations framework
• Build and scale incubation and commercial team as needed, excluding leveraging other internal Sasol resourcing.
• Prepare initial project costs budget and project plan for the opportunity development and implementation

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

Governance

• Provide weekly report to VP Low Carbon Energy Solutions portfolio on project status, roadblocks incl. resourcing matters
• Scale and capacitate the incubation team with the right skills and capabilities

Incubation

• Lead opportunity identification by identifying potential assets/sites for Low Carbon Energy Solutions Portfolio
• Define project scope & Sasol role
• Set screening criteria and screen for potential competitors and partners (with inputs from Market Dev. & Partnership Lead on the latter)
• Initiate discussions with key stakeholders
• Conduct HSE screening; Plan for the required regulatory approvals, surveys (technical site, environmental), studies (transport &logistics)
• Prepare preliminary business case and monetisation model (e.g. includes analysis of electricity tariff regimes, PPA principles, tax regimes, etc.)
• Define techno-economic concept (e.g. configuration, ramp-up)
• Define high-level project commercial structure (incl. governance / legal structures)
• Develop plan for next phase
• Produce the RFP materials for submission
• Refine and implement the Transformation Management Office (TMO)’s existing policies and processes for use within the Energy Business.

Formal Education

• Master’s degree  (engineering / scientific / commercial) or equivalent qualification

Min Experience

• 12+ relevant years experience including manage others

Competencies

• Analytical skills: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
• Business Acumen:  An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability.  Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
• Decision Making capability: Ability to know when and what decisions should be made and to make several decisions simultaneously in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Execution capability: The underlying ability to execute a strategy/project or day to day work
• Facilitation: The means of expediting a process or operation quickly and efficiently.  Particular focus is on meetings, but can include other processes such as the delivery of products and services where others are involved and their participation is critical to success.
• Leading change: Requires creating experiences for people that reveal new possibilities, while uniting them to drive strategies that harness the resources to win in the marketplace. It requires optimizing the culture of an organization while making investments to drive business growth – simultaneously
• Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
• People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.
• Problem Solving capability: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Management: The process of planning, organising and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources and cost.
• Relationship Management: The conscious aim to develop and manage long-term and/or trusting relationships with internal or external customers, distributors, suppliers, or other parties in an environment which can include marketing, selling, servicing and other areas where a relationship is crucial to on-going success.  At a senior level, it includes C-level relationships with senior management such as CEO [Chief Executive Officer], CIO [Chief Information Officer], and CFO [Chief Financial Officer].
• Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.
• Risk Management: The process of measuring or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk.  Strategies employed may include transferring the risk to another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effect of the risk, and accepting some or all of the consequences of a particular risk.
• Self-Mastery: Take accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.
• Situational Leadership: The ability to effectively deal with a variety of situations and circumstances that arise unexpectedly and requiring management action.
• Strong written and verbal Communications skills: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information

Closing Date: 22nd, April 2022