Senior Specialist HR People Analytics (m/f/d) - Fixed-Term (12 Months)

Sasol Limited; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company pension schemes

Flexible working hours

Mobile working

Zusammenfassung

Sasol Limited is seeking a Senior Specialist HR People Analytics (m/f/d) for a 12-month fixed-term period in Hamburg. The role drives strategic, data-based workforce insights, partnering with HR and business leaders to translate complex data into actionable insights across hiring, retention, and performance topics.

You will develop scalable dashboards using Power BI, Python, SQL, Excel, SAP SuccessFactors, and R, while contributing to analytics standards and data quality practices.

Qualifikationen

• Strong combination of analytical depth, business understanding, consulting capability, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a highly complex environment.
• Proven experience navigating multiple senior stakeholders and their diverse interests.
• Skill in converting data into clear, practical recommendations with measurable business relevance.
• 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, the option of mobile working and full-time employment of 38.5 hours.
• 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.

Aufgaben

• Lead and deliver strategic people analytics projects across global workforce topics, including recruitment, retention, turnover, internal mobility, succession, performance, compensation, diversity, absenteeism, overtime, retirement risk, and organizational effectiveness.
• Translate business and HR challenges into structured analytical problem statements, define hypotheses, select suitable methods, and communicate findings in a clear and actionable way.
• Apply statistical methods and data science techniques, such as regression analysis, forecasting, segmentation, trend analysis, driver analysis, scenario modeling, experimentation, and predictive approaches, to identify patterns, risks, and opportunities in workforce data.
• Consult and challenge stakeholders by providing evidence-based insights, connecting analytical findings to business context, and supporting data-informed decision-making.
• Build compelling narratives and visualizations that make complex analyses understandable for senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable dashboards, reporting solutions, and analytical products using Power BI, Python, SQL, Excel, SAP SuccessFactors, and R.
• Ensure analytical outputs are based on robust methodologies and consistent definitions by contributing to and establishing standards for people analytics approaches, metrics, and interpretation.
• Manage analytics projects end-to-end, including scoping, stakeholder alignment, prioritization, timeline management, delivery coordination, and implementation support.
• Collaborate across functions and geographies to align data sources, methodologies, and reporting logic in a global business environment.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for people analytics, bringing external market perspectives, analytical innovation, and continuous improvement to the function.

Kenntnisse

Analytical depth

Business understanding

Consulting capability

Communication skills

Independent工作

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Power BI

Python

SQL

Excel

SAP SuccessFactors

R

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Specialist HR People Analytics (m/f/d) - Fixed-Term (12 Months)

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 Job

The People Analytics Specialist drives strategic, data-based workforce insights at global level and acts as a trusted partner to HR, business leaders, and Centers of Expertise. The role translates complex people data into clear recommendations that support evidence-based decision-making across topics such as hiring, retention, internal mobility, performance, compensation, diversity, absenteeism, overtime, and organizational effectiveness. By combining consulting, statistical analysis, data science, and storytelling, the role identifies trends, risks, and opportunities and turns them into actionable business insights. The position also contributes to the development of analytics standards, methodologies, and data quality practices, while managing cross-functional projects and delivering scalable reporting and analysis solutions using tools such as Power BI, Python, SQL, SAP SuccessFactors, Excel and R.

Key Accountabilities

The People Analytics Specialist is responsible for delivering strategic workforce analytics that enable better business and people decisions across the organization. Acting at global and group level, this role partners with HR, business leaders, HR Business Partners,Centersof Expertise, Finance, and employee representative bodies such as Works Councils to understand business questions, translate them into analytical approaches, and derive meaningful, decision-ready insights.

Key accountabilities include:

• Lead and deliver strategic people analytics projects across global workforce topics, including recruitment, retention, turnover, internal mobility, succession, performance, compensation, diversity, absenteeism, overtime, retirement risk, and organizational effectiveness.
• Translate business and HR challenges into structured analytical problem statements, define hypotheses, select suitable methods, and communicate findings in a clear and actionable way.
• Apply statistical methods and data science techniques, such as regression analysis, forecasting, segmentation, trend analysis, driver analysis, scenario modeling, experimentation, and predictive approaches, to identify patterns, risks, and opportunities in workforce data.
• Consult and challenge stakeholders constructively by providing evidence-based insights, connecting analytical findings to business context, and supporting data-informed decision-making.
• Build compelling narratives and visualizations that make complex analyses understandable for senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable dashboards, reporting solutions, and analytical products using tools such as Power BI, Python, SQL, Excel, SAP SuccessFactors, and R depending on business need and technical fit.
• Ensure analytical outputs are based on robust methodologies and consistent definitions by contributing to and establishing standards for people analytics approaches, metrics, and interpretation.
• Manage analytics projects end-to-end, including scoping, stakeholder alignment, prioritization, timeline management, delivery coordination, and implementation support.
• Collaborate across functions and geographies to align data sources, methodologies, and reporting logic in a global business environment.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for people analytics, bringing external market perspectives, analytical innovation, and continuous improvement to the function.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s degree

Working Experience

• 11+ years of relevant professional experience

Required Personal and Professional Skills

• Strong combination of analytical depth, business understanding, consulting capability, and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a highly complex environment
• Proven experience navigating multiple senior stakeholders and their diverse interests
• Skill in converting data into clear, practical recommendations with measurable business relevance
• 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, the option of mobile working and full-time employment of 38.5 hours.
• 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, Emily Timm will be happy to help you.

Emily Timm
Phone: [phone]

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