Senior Manager Value Chain Improvement Surfactants

Posting Date: Mar 26, 2026

Location: Hamburg

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.

Purpose of the Job

To ensure that for each of the key value chain segments that we operate, cross-regional performance sustainability and improvement plans are developed and delivered, containing prioritised initiatives and projects as per the performance requirements of production and maintenance, as well as improvement initiatives, in accordance with their strategic fit, in order to deliver on market and supply chain needs.

Key Accountabilities

Accountable for the establishment of performance improvement plans, based on needs associated with reliability gaps, asset renewals, regulatory requirements as well as medium term capacity or quality changes
Project portfolio prioritization in order to support resource prioritisation within Technical Services
Provide Sponsor assistance on Sustenance-projects (where requested to do so by Site Management)
Drive cross-regional integration, performance optimization and knowledge sharing of similar production-units at other sites
Provide a single point of contact for joint-plan / budget development with Finance / IPL / Commercial and Strategy, related to this specific value chain segment
Provide input into business cases in support of asset reviews or expansion projects
Balance capital investments as well as small-project initiatives based on sustenance needs vs growth / improvement options, as well as available resources
Enage with Technical Service and / or R&D regarding opportunity evaluations
Ensure that risk-assessments associated affecting the assets in this specific value chain segment, apply a common framework and measurement approach across all operating sites
Leading Process and Asset

Formal Education

Completed degree in Engineering
MBA is considered an advantage

Working Experience

At least 10 years of relevant working experience

Required Personal and Professional Skills

Strong leadership skills
Very good communication skills / networking capability (across the northern hemisphere)
Independent goal setting, and execution plan development
Project development and execution experience (intricate knowledge of the BD&I model)
Very good understanding of Operations business processes
Fluent in English (written & spoken) and very good communication skills
A collegial team and a wide range of tasks with a high degree of creative freedom await you, for which you will quickly assume responsibility.
We ensure the best possible work-life balance through flexible working hours and the option of mobile working
We offer you attractive remuneration, supplemented by numerous modern social benefits including company pension schemes.
We support you in your development with individual further training opportunities at specialist, project or management level and enable a wide variety of career paths.
As part of our health management, you can access a work-life service, personal advice/coaching and webinars at any time.

Your Contact Person

If you have any questions about the advertised position or Sasol in Germany, Björn Dohmeyer will be happy to help you.

Björn Dohmeyer

Phone:

E-Mail: Please apply via our application portal.

Sasol believes in diversity and equal opportunities. We expressly welcome all applications – regardless of your gender, ethnicity, religion, ideology, disabilities, age or sexual identity.

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