Senior Manager Business Development

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Posting Date: Oct 13, 2025

Location: Sandton

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 Req ID

10139

Closing Date

24 October 2025

OME


BST: Business Building

Location

Sandton 

Purpose of Job

Integrate gas planning and delivery in Natural Gas Solutions.

Key Accountabilities

  • Deliver and optimise integrated gas business roadmap, including production from existing facilities in the region to new sources of gas.
  • ​Adapt gas business planning to align with changes in external environment.
  • Develop and maintain outlook and mitigations on gas business exposure e.g. feedstock, customers​.
  • Integrate across respective businesses and functions and ensure stage gate deliverable are met.
  • Proven experience in gas business development, commercial agreements, sales and marketing, customer facing market intelligence, gas pricing regulation, economic modelling, public and private sector stakeholder management.
  • Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation within team.
  • Travel as per business requirements.
  • ​Custodian of executive reporting.

Formal Education

  • Relevant 3-4 year University Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Engineering, Science or Commerce
  • 4-year Engineering Degree plus a minimum of 12 relevant years of experience
  • 3-year Science Degree plus a minimum of 13 relevant years of experience
  • 3-4 year Commerce Degree plus a minimum of 12 relevant years of experience

Competencies

Customer Centricity :  Engages and researches their customers, integrating their requirements to inform business decisions.

External Focus:  Gathers external information to inform the business' strategy and forecast the impact of the operating environment on the business.

Drives Innovation:  Innovates, works with agility, and leverages learnings at pace.

Business Ownership:  Sets strategic direction, maintains accountability for business outcomes and ensures that business-related concerns are raised and addressed.

Commercial Agility:  Utilises their strong business acumen to make effective commercial decisions at pace.

Delivery Excellence:  Creates robust approaches to delivery, effectively problem-solving and managing performance to achieve results. 

Partnerships:  Identifies new opportunities, builds and sustains win-win relationships and maintains a strong network of partners.

Develop Self:  Demonstrates self-awareness, actively works to improve their development areas, and seeks feedback.

Builds Talent:  Invests in the development of others, aligning stretch opportunities to colleagues' personal goals and proactively providing feedback.

Inspirational:  Acts and communicates in a way that creates meaningful impact, builds confidence in others, and gains buy-in. 

Collaborative:  Initiates collaboration removes barriers to working across the business and inclusively engages with others.

 

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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