Snr Specialist Commercial Coal Purchases

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 70-year heritage. Through our talented people, we use our expertise and selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture and market chemical and energy products globally. When you join Team Sasol, you are joining a company that puts people at the center of everything we do.

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Job Req Id

8642

Closing Date

10 June 2025

OME

Geographical Area

Secunda

Purpose of Job

The key role of the commercial specialist in coal sourcing is to lead the development, negotiation, and management of robust, cost-effective contracts that align with strategic coal purchasing goals, mitigate risks, and ensure supplier performance to unlock mining value.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivering water-tight, cost-effective contracting capability to enable mining benefits/value release.
• Translates external coal purchases strategies and execution plan into contract terms and conditions to realise the identified benefits.
• Lead and execute all aspects related to the establishment and management of contracts for coal purchase portfolio, including contract negotiations, review, and lifecycle management.
• Pre-empt/Identify, evaluate, and advise on and manage all potential contractual problems, issues, and risks within coal purchases portfolio.
• Enable mining benefits/value release through the delivery of a water-tight and cost-effective contracting capability.
• Ensure that robust contract management and review processes and procedure are in place to manage and mitigate risk in the organization.
• Monitor and address coal supplier performance issues.

Formal Education

University Bachelors Degree (Commercial/Law/Business/Technical/Law/Statistics)

Supply Chain/Procurement related postgraduate studies

Working Exprience

Experience: more than 11 years working experience

More than 5 years experience in mining industry

Leadership

• Influential: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes.
• Collaborative: Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.
• Business-focused: Demonstrates commercial acumen, a global mind-set and exercises sound judgement.

Function | Technical

• Business Acumen
• Negotiation Skills
• Manages of complexity
• Procurement Management
• MS Office (especially in Excel and Power Point)
• SAP/ARIBA
• Stakeholder management and networking skills
• Tolerance and resilience to stress
• Handling conflict
• Action planning
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Innovative and inventive

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Inspired by our Purpose of Innovating for a better world, Sasol acknowledges that diversity is intrinsic to the fabric of our organisation and is the key to our growth and success. Sasol is committed to the full inclusion of all suitably qualified individuals. Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and people with disabilities according to Sasols Employment Equity Plan. This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

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