VP Capital Project Procurement at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Identify, develop and implement capital portfolio sourcing strategies in aligned with the P&E - and the Supply chain strategy. Accountable for Capital project procurement activities and deliverables including project portfolio and project sourcing strategies, contracting, contract management, claims management and close out, of all Southern Africa capital projects. Oversight and compliance to policies, procedures and standards of all the commercial activities in capital projects. Measure, monitor and proactively drive savings ambitions for capital project procurement on external spend. Own and manage stakeholder relationships with potential and existing internal and external business partners, relevant governmental departments and external stakeholders. Drive the activities and deliverables in support of the preferential procurement targets for capital project procurement.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the development of the commercial portfolio sourcing strategies applying the understanding of current and future capital project demand and supply of engineering and construction services.
• Build effective internal and external networks to facilitate the achievement of strategic objectives of capital procurement across the Southern Africa value chain.
• Originate new opportunities and identify potential integration opportunities within the capital value chain to maximise the commercial value and to deliver on the capital project cost and schedule commitments.
• Ensure effective commercial risk management governance across all capital projects ensuring compliance to all regulatory requirements and within Sasol risk appetite and/or parameters.
• Lead a team of capital procurement officials and ensure the establishment of a high-performance culture.
• Ensure the implementation of an employee strategy that enables the required culture to deliver an effective employee value proposition.
• Support the implementation of evidence based SHE practices, in alignment with set standards, to ensure safe practices being applied on capital projects.
• Collaborates cross Supply chain (opex and capex) to identify and realise commercial value in effectively and efficiently delivering of capital projects.
• Understand the capital project landscape and translate into commercial support requirements i.e. translate the rolling capital plan into a commercial demand plan supported by a supply plan and enabled by a portfolio sourcing strategy.
• Oversee the execution of capital project procurement activities across the capital project portfolio and drive savings through capital procurement initiatives.
• Oversee the negotiation and management of strategic EPC /EPCm, framework agreements and EPC Partnership agreements, ensuring that they best serve the needs of Sasol.
• Mitigate project risk to ensure the sustainable supply of goods and services pertinent to the critical project path.
• Providing functional leadership for capital project sourcing leaders/reports and provide input into the performance measures and reviews for deployed project resources.
• Contribute expert knowledge on capital procurement through the project lifecycle.
• Continuously identify and promote and the pursuit of world class capital procurement practices that will add value to Sasol.
• Monitors, measures and responds to capital procurement key performance indicators; and continuously measure performance of and monitor compliance to all policies, procedures and standards.

Formal Education
Relevant university Degree

• Relevant Postgraduate Qualification (Wish)

Min Experience

• 15+ relevant years in the Energy or Chemicals Industry preferably in a Capital project environment

Competencies
Self-Mastery:

• Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.

Partnership Leadership:

• Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries. Business Leadership: Demonstrates commercial acumen, a global mind-set and exercises sound judgement. Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.

Strategic Leadership:

• Provides vision and direction aligned to One Sasol. Leads organisational change, innovation and sustainability.

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.

Partnering:

• The development and perpetuation of successful and mutually beneficial relationships where customers and others become business partners with common goals, positive attitudes, cooperative work styles, open communications and team spirit.

Project Management:

• The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well-defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources, and cost.

Closing Date

28 February 2025