Vice President Mining Strategy Development & Project Office at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Lead the development, integration, and execution of Sasol’s Mining Strategy across horizons (H1–H3) and value chain, ensuring a fit-for-purpose portfolio that delivers cost, risk, sustainability, and growth outcomes.  
• Accountable for securing long-term coal resource resilience to underpin Sasol’s Secunda and Sasolburg operations through 2050, including resource validation, external supply strategy, portfolio reshaping, and regulatory positioning beyond the current operating asset base. 
• Establish and run a high-performing Mining Project Office (PMO) to drive disciplined strategy execution, capital prioritisation, and enterprise-grade governance. 
• Partner with Mining operations and cross-functional leaders (Finance, Supply Chain, Technical, SHE, Legal, Corporate Affairs) to translate strategic intent into executable programmes that improve productivity, reliability, and long-term competitiveness in the mining context (underground and/or opencast, as applicable).

Key Accountabilities
Strategy Formulation & Portfolio Shaping 

• Lead the end-to-end mining of the future strategy, including market context, resource life planning, value-chain optimisation, productivity uplift, cost-to-serve reduction, and decarbonisation pathways aligned to Group priorities. 
• Operate as a structurally distinct portfolio-shaping function, independent of operational delivery, ensuring objective long-term resource and capital decisions. 
• Build a dynamic, data-led portfolio view (assets, projects, technology bets, capability build) and recommend portfolio moves (scale-up, fix/exit, partnerships, selective M&A/joint ventures) with quantified value cases and risk-adjusted returns. 
• Translate strategy into clear options, stage gates, and decision papers for EVP/GEC governance. 
• Develop and govern third-party coal sourcing strategies. 
• Shape partnership models as required in collaboration with M&A and infrastructure owners. 
• Assess basin diversification opportunities. 

Project Office (PMO) Leadership & Delivery Assurance 

• Lead the Mining PMO with robust standards for programme and project lifecycle (chartering, business cases, benefits tracking, change, risk, schedule/cost control, and reporting). 
• Ensure portfolio-level critical-path management across brownfield improvements and capital projects (including mine development, extension, productivity programmes, reliability/maintenance transformations, and digital enablement). 
• Maintain a single source of truth (SSOT) for milestones, interdependencies, risks, and mitigations; escalate systemic issues early with actionable recovery plans. 

Capital Planning & Value Realisation 

• Drive integrated capital planning and prioritisation; ensure alignment between strategic outcomes, capital allocation, and operating plans. 
• Set benefits realisation targets per initiative; track delivery with Finance and Operations and course correct to protect NPV/IRR and cash outcomes. 

Cross-Functional Partnering & Stakeholder Management 

• Orchestrate collaboration with Operations, Technical/Engineering, Geology/Resource, SHE, Supply Chain, HR/OD, Finance, Legal, and Corporate Affairs to ensure strategies are practicable, compliant, and workforce-ready. 
• Engage constructively with regulators, organised labour, communities, suppliers, and strategic partners in collaboration with Business, as needed for execution readiness. 

 Risk, Compliance, and Governance 

• Embed robust governance aligned to Sasol frameworks and mining regulatory expectations; ensure transparent decision making, documentation, and auditability. 
• Anticipate and manage strategic, operational, financial, project execution, and ESG risks; ensure safety-first and environmental stewardship in all plans. 
• Shape long-term mining regulatory and social license strategy aligned to South Africa’s Just Energy Transition framework. 
• Integrate carbon exposure modelling into portfolio decisions. 

People Leadership & Capability Build 

• Build a high-calibre strategy and PMO team; set standards for problem-solving, analytics, and delivery excellence. 
• Develop future leaders; foster an inclusive, performance-accountable culture with a strong safety mindset and disciplined execution. 

Insight, Analytics & Digital Enablement 

• Ensure independent technical validation of coal resources, reserve classification integrity, and life-of-mine assumptions across internal and external opportunities. 
• Institutionalise advanced analytics for productivity, cost, and value modelling (e.g., mine planning scenarios, reliability forecasts, cost curves, scenario planning). 
• Champion pragmatic digital and technology adoption that accelerates safety, productivity, and cost performance in mining operations. 

Formal Education

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree (Mining Engineering, Metallurgy, Geology, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field)
• A Post- graduation qualification / Master’s degree (e.g., MBA, MSc Mining/Engineering) preferred.
• Relevant professional registration or chartership advantageous.

Working Experience

• 12+ relevant years, including 5+ years’ experience in a Senior Management / Leadership role, preferably with extensive project delivery / PMO experience.

Deadline:7th April,2026