Senior Manager Production – Secunda Tank Farm Operation

Purpose of Job

To ensure that agreed, on-specification, production volumes are achieved, efficiently and safely. To ensure that production contributes to the increase of the business growth. To lead and manage a production shift to ensure supply of product through the acquisition and effective & innovative usage of resources and to continuously ensure adherence to all quality, safety and legal requirements

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute in the translation and execution of the business strategy; objectives and plan into action for employees. • Cascade operational goals and long term plans through effective two way communication in the organisation. • Develop new strategies to increase production with safe and cost effective methods. • Manage and enable production operations and make appropriate adjustments to deliver agreed volumes at optimal productivity and cost in time. • Provide, Implement and Manage processes and activities associated with planning, scheduling, measuring, allocating, optimizing and reporting production system volumes. • Production system optimization including delivering on production targets. • Responsible for recording, reconciliation and allocation of production volumes. • Compile annual budget including volume. Compile annual long term production budget. Control cost to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget. • Contribute in the translation and execution of the business strategy; objectives and plan into action for employees. • Translate and cascade operational goals and long term plans through effective two way communication in the organisation. • Continuously improve on products and processes. Identify improvement opportunities and implement improvement solutions. • Demonstrate One Sasol way behaviour – ensure area under control is managed to the benefit to the larger Sasol value chain. • Manage multilevel interfaces and integrate effectively. Interact with relevant internal and external stakeholders. • Stakeholder relationship management • Manage operations knowledge by transforming, packaging, transferring and maintaining operations knowledge. • Manage and develop employees effectively. • Plan and source production people capability. • Provide a succession plan for direct reports and strategic position. • Develop production employees to their full potential. • Accountable for employee wellness. • Union engagement. • Achieve the diversity targets. • Manage operations risks by making sure that all risks are identified, analysed and mitigated to acceptable levels. • Execute SHE strategy to achieve zero harm. Continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain license to operate. • Manage, revise and improvement of Asset Management standards for production. • Establish and run the operation within agreed envelope conditions. • Input into year rolling capital plan. • Manage working capital cost. • Manage products, process materials, assets, waste and pollutants.. • Liaison with technology license holder. • Identification of technical; problems/opportunities. • Benchmarking optimal solutions and practices. • Participating in/leading design decisions; Managing implementation. • Management of standards; Governance (where applicable. • Legal compliance.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree/ B-tech Degree

Working Experience

• Experience: 12+ relevant years
• Required Personal and Professional Skills
• TC_Workflow Management
• TC_Production Resource Management
• TC_Production Risk Management
• TC_P_Project Quality Management
• LC_Commercial Agility
• LC_Business Ownership
• LC_Drives Innovation
• LC_External Focus
• LC_Customer Centricity
• LC_Collaborative
• LC_Inspirational
• LC_Builds Talent
• LC_Developing Self
• TC_Production and Procedure Management
• LC_Partnerships
• LC_Delivery Excellence