Sasol

Key Accounts Manager

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Job Description

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

13224

Closing Date

6 October 2026

OME

MSA: Energy Marketing & Sales

Location

Sandton

Purpose of Job

Managing the complete customer lifecycle and sales pipeline, from lead management through to the end of contract. This includes achieving volume and margin targets; developing and pursuing a sales pipeline, customer level sales forecasting and account planning, managing both tender and unsolicited bids; executing sales and account management activities and providing customer service support. Review key sales indicators and develop relevant reports. Strive for the development of new relations to grow customer network.

Key Accountabilities

  • Achieve sales targets - volume and margin
  • Spend a minimum of 50% of time performing customer-facing activities
  • Record daily activities on CRM
  • Identify, pursue and manage leads to maintaining a healthy sales pipeline within CRM
  • Develop new business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement
  • Manage the sales processes for tenders and unsolicited bids
  • Negotiate and agree product, price and service package with customers
  • Complete and submit tender documentation and/or proposals
  • Manage the on-boarding process for new customers
  • Ensure completeness and accuracy of customer masterdata
  • Manage customer contracts including contract and reminder dates in CRM
  • Develop and implement an account plan for each customer to manage the customer lifecycle
  • Manage on-site assets including asset verification and SOPs
  • Manage the localisation / enterprise development requirement of the contract to gain advantage.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with managers, peers, service and support functions to deliver the service package to the customer
  • Forecast sales for each customer and manage the deviation between the contractual, forecast and actual volume
  • Provide weekly and monthly reports
  • Adhere to SHE requirements at customer sites in alignment with set standards for safe operations
  • Review the customer portfolio against overall sales targets
  • Monitor market and competitor activity
  • Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plans to attain personal performance goals.
  • Live the Sasol Values

Formal Education

University Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

Experience: 9+ relevant years

Competencies

  • Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
  • Customer Focus: A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers and clients, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
  • Relationship Management: The conscious aim to develop and manage long-term and/or trusting relationships with internal or external customers, distributors, suppliers, or other parties in an environment which can include marketing, selling, servicing and other areas where a relationship is crucial to on-going success. At a senior level, it includes C-level relationships with senior management such as CEO [Chief Executive Officer], CIO [Chief Information Officer], and CFO [Chief Financial Officer].
  • Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting
  • Verbal Communications: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information

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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About Sasol

Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company. We harness our knowledge and expertise to integrate sophisticated technologies and processes into world-scale operating facilities.

We safely and sustainably source, produce and market a range of high-quality products in 22 countries, creating value for stakeholders.

Our revised strategy aims to have a greater focus on value realisation for our stakeholders, sustainable growth and improved business sustainability as well as enhanced cash generation. The Chemicals Business will grow by meeting evolving consumer needs, including the demands of a growing and urbanising middle class. It will focus its activities on specialty chemicals where it has differentiated capabilities and strong market positions that can be expanded over time. The Energy Business will position to be responsive to global trends by providing new energy and mobility solutions over time, pursuing greenhouse gas emission reductions through growth in gas and renewables, and higher cash generation.

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Industry
Chemicals & Materials
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Sandton, ZA
Year Founded
1950
Website
sasol.com
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