Specialist Strategic Tracking and Reporting (Sandton)

Job description

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 75-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. Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion. Job Requisition ID 13107 Closing Date 18 September 2026 OME BST: Strategy & Sustainability Location Sandton Purpose of Job Strategic Value Delivery (SVD) delivery relies on robust reporting, analytical models, tracking systems, and decision-support tools to enable effective management insight and decision-making. This role is a key enabler of these capabilities, providing the design, development, and maintenance of models, decision support capabilities and strategic tracking and reporting systems for SVD, the broader Strategy and Sustainability team and other Business Building, Strategy and Technology (BBST) teams. Provides portfolio analytics, strategic insights and decision-support capabilities that enable effective strategic planning, portfolio prioritisation, resource allocation and performance management across Strategy & Sustainability and BBST. Supports strategic initiative roadmap development and status tracking and plays a key role in consolidating business reporting and portfolio assessment. Drives innovation for digitisation within the Strategic Value Delivery and broader Strategy and Sustainability team. Provides analytical support and opportunity assessment for programmes managed by SVD. Key Accountabilities Portfolio Reporting, Tracking & Digitalisation Collaborate with stakeholders to define reporting requirements and serve as the primary interface with the digitisation team to drive reporting, tracking and continuous improvement capabilities. Lead the development and maintenance of strategic initiative roadmap tracking dashboards, KPIs and performance management tools, leveraging enterprise systems and data visualisation platforms (e.g. Azure, Power BI) to provide portfolio visibility, performance insights and decision support. Lead the process of coordinating, collating and compiling relevant data for the strategic initiatives and their roadmaps and proof points as input into corporate reporting – develop appropriate methods and processes to ensure auditable inputs and results verification. Stakeholder Engagement & Capability Building Facilitate discussions/workshops with stakeholders across the impacted universe to gather inputs, align requirements and support the development, rollout and adoption of portfolio reporting and dashboard tools. Be the subject matter expert for portfolio reporting and dashboard tools, providing guidance, training and user support across the organisation, while establishing appropriate processes and controls to ensure auditable inputs, data integrity and results verification. Portfolio Analytics and Decision Support Develop and maintain analytical models, forecasting tools and decision-support capabilities to support strategic planning, portfolio prioritisation, resource allocation, portfolio optimisation and business decision-making. Generate portfolio insights through data analysis, scenario assessment and performance evaluation to support leadership decision-making and delivery of strategic objectives. Portfolio Assessment & Governance Support the Strategic Value Delivery team with portfolio assessment, portfolio management and governance processes Support development of business and governance processes to enable delivery of the strategic ambition, roadmaps and targets. Portfolio Documentation & Knowledge Management Produce and maintain key portfolio documents, reports and governance artefacts, ensuring high-quality communication of portfolio performance, insights and decisions. Apply and promote document management and control best practices across Strategic Value Delivery, Coach and develop team members to strengthen reporting, analytical and portfolio management capabilities. Formal Education 3-4 year relevant university degree Working Experience 6 years Required Personal/Professional Skills Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation. Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration. Data Management: Knowledgeable of the theory, purpose, architecture and design of the management, administration and relationships of the organization's data. Execution capability: The underlying ability to execute a strategy/project or day to day work Problem Solving : 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 Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non-capital projects. Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting Verbal Communications: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information Written Communications: Sending of messages, orders or instructions in writing through letters, circulars, manuals, reports, telegrams, office memos, bulletins, etc. It is a formal method of communication and is less flexible 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 Sasol’s Employment Equity Plan. This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Our automated process is designed to efficiently assess a large volume of applications. Should you not hear from us within 60 days of the advert closing then kindly consider your application unsuccessful. Thank you once-more for your interest in Sasol as your employer of choice, and we wish you all the best with your career aspirations and future applications with us.