Job Description

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 70-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

3765

Closing Date

22 February 2024

OME

EBU: Commercial Energy Solutions

Location

Sandton

Purpose of Job

The purpose of this position is to transform customer order requirements into daily delivery requirements into optimized and executable transportation and delivery schedules using the TMS system across all market streams (Retail, Commercial and Wholesale Marketing). Optimization objectives include minimizing cost while improving customer service through improved vehicle utilisation and route selection, taking all constraints into consideration. To facilitate engagements with internal and external stakeholders in order to identify, analyze and implement mitigations and continuous improvement opportunities for the operation. The Scheduler is responsible for analyzing, interpret and translating LC4 standard reports and KPIs into useful information that can be used to initiate continuous improvement interventions.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Review Demand received from the DC

• Ensure that all the applicable constrains have been taken into consideration within the TMS system

• Validate the generated schedule, on compartment level, to ensure that it is optimal. Make relevant manual adjustments if required.

• Monitoring, performance utilizing leading and lagging indicators through various daily, weekly and monthly reports and applying the required corrective actions.

• Execute replenishment plan and ensure that the suggested orders from the replenishment tool are valid as per the defined criteria.

• Identify optimization opportunities by challenging business rules and operating parameters.

• Ensure that the schedule is aligned with safety rules, business rules and scheduling parameters.

• Load planning, transport allocation and volume checks.

• Communicate preliminary schedule as per the time deadlines and address any changes submitted by the Logistics Department before publishing the final schedule.

• Monitor and ensure that contractors and customer transporters confirm pick up for the allocated slots and adhere to the slots.

• Update the delivery details on the TMS system for instances where the delivery slots are different from the booked or allocated slots.

• Manage stakeholder relationships through constant communication on service status; conduct continuous improvement by facilitating effective root-cause analysis; and provide prompt feedback to stakeholders with regards to incident resolution.

• Initiate creation of shipments for deliveries on the optimised schedule.

Formal Education

B. Com Logistics and Transport Management or similar

3 years (Logistics Scheduling) or (Dispatch and Expediting Control)

Understanding/Experience with Linear Programming or a Transportation Planning Tool

Behavioural (BC) |Technical (TC) |Leadership (LC)

BC_Optimizes Work Processes

BC_Communicates Effectively

TC_Process Safety / Environmental

TC_Transporting Loads

TC_Traffic and Vehicle Planning

BC_Customer Focus

BC_Plans and Aligns

TC_Logistics Interfaces

BC_Balances Stakeholders

TC_Logistics Administration and Analysis

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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