Administrator Supply Chain Facilities

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Posting Date: May 13, 2026

Location: Durban

Company: Sasol

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

12145

Closing Date

26 May 2026

OME

MSA: Chemicals  Marketing & Sales

Location

Durban

Purpose of Job

 

  • To facilitate the daily site activities which involves road, rail, shipping and storage facilities.
  • Facilitating site activities which for Hazardous Chemcals which includes bulk / isotainer loading, hazardous road transport, drumming, container packing, flexitainer loading, pipe line transfers which includes all documents to be done on SAP
  • Understand Hazardous Chemical Bulk Shipping Operations and ensure correct protocols are followed in order not to compromise quality and quantity
  • Understand Hazardous Chemical Storage and have Operational Knowledge
  • Interface with Transnet to ensure NAVIS is updated timeously for the placement of containers into stacks
  • Booking of inspections to be done in advance with inspection houses, and inspections to be completed before containers are placed into stacks
  • Ensure the packing sites exercise the fifo principle for empty and full drums
  • Ensuring that all site activities are executed timeously and with minimal wastage of product (especially bulk shipping)
  • Monitoring all slop drums (waste material ) and ensuring they are handled in accordance with SOP’s.
  • Involved in monthly stock takes with the sites and warehouse and reporting to Management
  • Must be able to work standby and outside office hours
  • Carrying out additional tasks on SAP which includes Purchase Requisitions and Shipment Costs
  • All incidents to be logged and investigated showing root cause, corrective and preventative measures

     

Key Accountabilities

  • Accuracy – SAP generated documents
  • All export documents to be completed and printed correctly on SAP
  • Purchase requisitions to be done accurately and shipment documents and costs to be created accurately using the correct codes
  • Containers to be placed on site and made ready for packing to ensure we do not miss any shipment.
  • Timeous placement of empty containers at the packing site
  •  Damaged empty containers must be elevated to exports/shipping lines and replaced immediately to avoid short shipments. Futile trips to be claimed back from shipping lines  ile trips to be claimed back from shipping lines
  • Timeous placing of containers into vessel stacks including updating of NAVIS
  • Containers to be placed into vessel stacks before the stacks closes.  Where required, containers to be packed early and placed into the storage depot and then moved to stacks ensuring NAVIS is updated accordingly
  • Hazardous Bulk Shipping Operations
  • All protocols to be followed for hazardous bulk shipping which includes the operations on the shore side before shipping, and necessary procedures to be followed on the vessel to ensure quality is not compromised and correct quantity loaded on the vessel
  • Booking of inspections
  • Ensure inspections are booked accordingly as shipping without completing inspection could result in large penalties to Sasol, or paying higher inspection fees at port of destination
  • Correct handling of slops material
  •  Ensure all slops are accounted for on SAP and disposed/decanted in the correct manner.
  • Empty drums to be ordered according to contractual agreements
  • Follow contractual lead time of 5 days for drum deliveries.  Do not over order as drums cannot be stored on site due to no undercover storage.  Do not under order drums as this can result in shortshipments
  • Blending of products
  • Have an understanding of how blends are made for export and local market, and able to blend the product timeously

 

Formal Education

  • Degree/National Diploma/Btech in Supply Chain with min. 5 years supply chain experience with hazardous chemicals

Working Experience

  • Advanced MS Office an advantage
  • Previous SAP experience essential

Required Personal and Professional Skills

TC_Document Management
BC_Communicates Effectively
TC_Action Planning
BC_Manages Complexity
BC_Plans and Aligns
BC_Drives Results
TC_Office Administration
TC_Planning and Organisation
BC_Ensures Accountability
TC_Multi-tasking

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.

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