Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Working with other functions and projects teams and a wide range of senior business stakeholders, your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining an in-depth understanding of the change roadmap, the planned implementations and the impacts of projects or programmes on business teams and external stakeholders;
• Understanding the aggregate impact that programmes, projects and initiatives create for business teams and working with representatives from each team to determine the level of risk this creates and agree on the subsequent mitigating actions ensuring that they are completed effectively.
• Developing a detailed understanding of business readiness activities that are being performed across those initiatives that have upcoming implementations, ensuring that they are compliant to the country requirements and legislation.  
• Develop Mozambique office business cases and tactical plans, in conjunction with the relevant senior manager functions
• Support the Country management and asset managers to enable the establishment of an integrated Mozambique business plan;
• Support the Country management in developing and managing constructive relationships with stakeholders both external and internal. Understand their expectations, concerns, needs and positions on matters pertaining to Sasol and its strategy in Mozambique.
• Ensuring all asset integration interfaces and compliance activities are effectively managed as well as compiling the monthly integrated Mozambique country report
• Ensure that that businesses structures and processes/procedures are put in place, coordinated, documented and governed – such as supply chain, business tax structures, financial, legal contracts, internal contracts, security, housing impacts and requirements
• Regular reporting on progress, project management and oversight of the requirements from the projects as well as full budget and cost control for the entire functions within country management space.
• Responsible for the delivery of the country management monthly reports as well as coordination of the monthly meetings.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders, managers, relevant departments, and other relevant external stakeholders to identify, plan, and support business’s needs and objectives.

Formal Education

Appropriate University Bachelor’s degree

Min Experience

A minimum of 11 years’ experience in the fields of business integration & readiness.

To be successful in this job you need to already be able to do or have most of the following:

• Lead business readiness activities either for multiple complex, organisationwide programmes or at portfolio/organisation level.
• Experience of stakeholder management on complex/sensitive programmesand have successfully impacted peers/others in order to gain buy-in to enable change to happen through others.
• Great communications skills (both verbal and written) with the inherent ability to inspire and motivate project teams to comply with the country requirements.
• Advanced computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft Office products- Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Be Multi-lingual in Portuguese and English, both spoken and written.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Work within deadlines and execute in a fast-paced environment.  Must be able to manage multiple, high-profile projects at the same time and be flexible to work extended hours.

Competencies

Business Leadership: Demonstrates commercial acumen, a global mind-set and exercises sound judgement. Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.

Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.

People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.

Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting

Strategic Leadership: Provides vision and direction aligned to One Sasol. Leads organizational change, innovation and sustainability.