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Purpose of Job

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to the production area.
• Ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations in line with Sasol standards and regulatory requirements.
• Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain high plant availability to support production targets.
• Foster a strong culture of safety, compliance, and accountability.
• Lead, engage, and develop teams to consistently deliver on business, safety, health, and environmental objectives
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to optimize performance and resource utilisation.

Key Accountabilities
Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Develop and implement long-term renewal and production plans aligned with business objectives. Translate and cascade operational goals through effective two-way communication. Align shutdowns and equipment outages with the value chain to maximise business performance. Ensure production contributes to business growth and competitiveness.

Production & Cost Management

• Compile and manage annual and long-term production budgets. Control costs to ensure budget adherence, cost efficiency, and financial discipline. Conduct regular financial reviews with the team to ensure accountability and cost discipline. Minimise wastage, off-spec material, and scrap. Ensure equipment availability supports the production plan and volumes are achieved safely and efficiently.

Safety, Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ)

• Execute the SHE strategy to achieve zero harm. Manage operational risks by identifying, analysing, and mitigating hazards. Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and legal requirements. Drive continuous improvement of safety, quality, and environmental metrics to maintain license to operate. Ensure safe operation of equipment within OWAP standards.

Asset & Maintenance Management

• Oversee asset management standards, revisions, and improvements. Continuously optimise maintenance activities to support plant reliability. Manage critical maintenance backlogs and ensure functional testing is completed. Report on agreed performance and asset-related criteria.

People Leadership & Culture

• Demonstrate and embed One Sasol behaviours and aspirational culture. Authentically and inclusively engage employees to drive culture transformation. Build leadership and team capability that leverages diversity for competitive advantage. Manage and develop employees effectively, including succession planning and meeting diversity targets. Take accountability for personal growth through reflection, feedback, and self-development. Manage employee wellness and ensure a supportive working environment. Mentor and lead the leadership team within the business unit.

Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across production, maintenance, safety, and efficiency. Review performance regularly, recognise achievements, and address performance issues decisively. Drive consistent productivity improvements and ensure processes, standards, and resources enable foremen to meet operational targets. Govern service-level agreements (SLAs) between business units and service departments. Persuade and influence stakeholders, fostering collaborative relationships for win-win outcomes.

Commercial & Governance

• Demonstrate strong commercial acumen and a global mindset in decision-making. Ensure compliance with governance frameworks and financial controls. Manage costs and budgets within agreed parameters. Lead organisational change, innovation, and sustainability efforts. Consistently exercise sound judgment to achieve results through others and hold teams accountable.

Formal Education

• University bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering - Must 

Working Experience

• Experience: 8+ leadership experience

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Purpose of Job

• The Property Portfolio Manager will be appointed to grow with the Fund’s Direct Property division, and gain exposure to manage and grow the various asset classes making up the Pension Fund’s Direct Property Portfolio. The primary goal will be to ensure the medium- and long-term growth of the Property portfolio, to ensure that the investments made has a sustainable capital value growth and yield, to the benefit of the Pension Fund members over the medium and long term.

Key Accountabilities

• Monitor the macro-economic, commercial property and retail environment to develop optimum leasing and investment strategies, relating to the existing asset base in South Africa.
• Develop and build relationships with key role-players in the Property Industry such as Co-owners, Developers, Tenants, Service Providers and Local Government. 
• Develop asset specific strategies relating to life cycle of assets as well as strategic expansions, marketing, upgrades, and re-developments to ensure relevance of assets in the market. This requires specialized skills to understand the macro-economic environment and strategic landscape. (This includes the management of Capital Projects in consultation with the Manager Property Development in terms of the life cycle of the assets.)
• Develop operational budgets and forecasts for assets to plan and measure income & expenses on an on-going basis.
• Financial analysis and monthly monitoring of expenditure at assets to ensure spending occurs within the budgetary requirements and to ensure a return for members of the Fund.
• Actively manage processes to ensure that renewals, new leases are market related rental adjustments are done responsibly to ensure sustainability and reduce vacancies, protect asset values and income stream for assets.
• Develop and improve processes and controls to ensure efficiency gains in the management of assets, such as communication between tenants, credit control, 3rd party management staff and legal services to improve the rate of rental and arrears collection.
• Provide written reports and feedback per asset to the quarterly Investment Committee on: Property Portfolio performance; Developments and expansions; Strategy & Opportunities, and Risks & Legal requirements
• Develop processes to align and refine management process to comply with good Corporate Governance and reporting.
• Mentor and coach centre management and 3rd party management teams to improve level of performance.
• Assistance in the planning, review and negotiation of new property developments and acquisitions to ensure sustainability and expansion of the Direct Property Portfolio such as: Review and adjudication of Development proposals in consultation with the Property Development Manager and Property Investment Officer to effectively implement the Direct Property Strategy. Review and adjudication of Acquisition proposals in consultation with the Property Development Manager and Property Investment Officer to effectively implement the Direct Property Strategy.
• Implementation and adherence to Occupational Health and Safety requirements to ensure compliance applicable at assets.
• Annual review of Insurance to ensure that assets are sufficiently covered.
• Provide input to external valuers and ensure that valuations are conducted timeously and are accurate, this requires specialized input from the incumbents.
• Manage the legal and reputational issues for Sasol and Sasol Pension Fund to prevent negative publicity and exposure.

Formal Education

• Relevant University Degree (Commercial, legal, property management OR built environment related).

Minimum Experience

• 11 years relevant experience
• Experience in the South African Commercial Property Industry and Asset Management.
• Experience in the Commercial Property, Retail & Leasing Industry.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Financials and Budgeting processes applicable to commercial property management.
• Working knowledge and experience in interpreting Lease contracts and legal processes on commercial properties.
• A background knowledge of Commercial Construction, Property Development, Project Management as well as Contracting Law and Procedures.