Manager HR Secunda Operations

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Posting Date: May 4, 2026

Location: Secunda, South Africa

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

12143

Closing Date

18 May 2026

OME

PSR: HR Operations

Location

Secunda

Purpose of Job

  • The purpose of this job is to manage, detail and execute HR services and processes in Secunda Ops, in compliance with HR standards in order to drive business requirements into integrated people solutions, value generation and reduce business risks.

  • Overseas the implementation of the necessary functional policies, frameworks and methodologies. Drives functional performance enablement through translating functional strategic plans into operational and tactical plans.

Key Accountabilities

  • Engages with the BU leaders to analyse business demands and people priorities of the assigned portfolio and oversee the development of specific people plans for the business with a clear integration focus.
  • Through continuous engagements with leaders, highlights and addresses business people priorities and challenges and recommends appropriate actions and measures progress within a large or complex portfolio.
  • Engages with leaders to participate in key business decision making (strategic business player at relevant management structures).
  • Develop and/or adapt and oversee the implementation of HR processes, interventions and projects, across the HR value chain taking the specific realities of a large/complex business unit into account.
  • Leads the implementation of compliance and governance initiatives and monitors accordingly.
  • Accountable to plan and execute HR services and processes in the business unit
  • Identifies and discusses with other senior stakeholders material risks that could impact the broader business.
  • Understands the needs of the business, analyses existing business performance and appropriate plans for business improvement.
  • Develops integrated solutions that are appropriate for the scale, complexity and nature of the portfolio supported.
  • Provide subject matter advice on HR processes and coaches leaders on HR solutions within a larger portfolio.
  • Evaluates people initiatives and processes in the business and provides recommendations on how to implement those effectively to ensure the needs of the business and the specialists are met.
  • Ensures all department members understands, supports and executes the values, vision and strategy of the business.
  • Leads and builds an energised and diverse high performing team.
  • Holds direct reports accountable for their own results and obstacles and deals with under performance.
  • Provides a strategic HR consulting service to the business unit taking into consideration group wide minimum standards and regional requirements.
  • Implement talent and sourcing plan that anticipates and meets long-term needs of the business to deliver the required talent.
  • Develop and maintain a people matrix and report on HR Operations deliverables.
  • Proactively manages interfaces with functional core, expert services and transactional services.

Formal Education

  • University Bachelor’s Degree

Working Experience

  • 9+ relevant years

Required Personal and Professional Skills

LC_Commercial Agility
LC_Business Ownership
LC_Drives Innovation
LC_Customer Centricity
LC_Collaborative
LC_Inspirational
TC_HR_Enable Change
LC_Builds Talent
TC_HR_Inclusion, Diversity and Human Connections
LC_Developing Self
TC_HR_Talent Management
LC_Partnerships
TC_HR_Organisational culture
LC_Delivery Excellence
TC_HR_Learning and Development
TC_HR_People Advocacy
TC_HR_Leading Projects
TC_HR_Digital Integration
TC_HR_Digital Literacy
TC_HR_Business Acumen
TC_HR_Wellbeing Management
TC_HR_Workforce Planning and Mobility
TC_HR_Coaching
TC_HR_Total Rewards
TC_HR_Employee Relations
TC_HR_Managing Job Evaluation and determining Job Worth
TC_HR_Organisational design

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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