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

Sasol; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,673,000 - 2,417,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol is seeking a highly experienced People Analytics Specialist to drive strategic, data-based workforce insights at a global level. You will partner with HR, business leaders, and Centers of Expertise to translate complex people data into actionable recommendations across hiring, retention, mobility, performance, and diversity.

By combining consulting, statistics, data science and storytelling, you will identify trends, risks and opportunities, and deliver scalable reporting using Power BI,

Qualifications

• 11+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in people analytics and workforce insights.
• Ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic people analytics projects across global topics.
• Translate challenges into analytical problem statements and hypotheses.
• Apply regression, forecasting, segmentation and predictive analyses.
• Consult stakeholders with evidence-based insights and context.
• Build narrative visuals for senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences.
• Design and maintain scalable dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Establish standards for analytics approaches, metrics and interpretation.
• Manage analytics projects end-to-end with cross-functional coordination.
• Collaborate across functions and geographies for data consistency.
• Serve as a SME, bringing external perspectives and continuous improvement.

Skills

Analytical depth

Business understanding

Consulting capability

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

University Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Power BI

Python

SQL

Excel

SAP SuccessFactors

R

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.

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, Centers of 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

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 Germany GmbH

20537 Hamburg

https://chemicals.sasol.com/whoweare/regionalsitesandlocations/germanylocalizedpage

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