Vice President Mining Strategy Development & Project Office
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Job Location:
Secunda - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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
11716
Closing Date
7 April 2026
OME
MRS : Mining
Location
Secunda Mpumalanga
Purpose of Job
Lead the development integration and execution of Sasols Mining Strategy across horizons (H1H3) 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 Sasols 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-performingMining 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 miningof the futurestrategy 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 modelsas required in collaboration with M&Aand 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 partnersin collaboration with Businessas needed for execution readiness.
Key Accountabilities Continuation
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 Africas 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 Bachelors degree (Mining Engineering Metallurgy Geology Industrial Engineering or related technical field)
- A Post- graduation qualification / Masters 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.
Required Personal and Professional Skills
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.
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.
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About Company
Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company. We are a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.
