Cost Planner at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

• To create and compile complete cost business plans, with the accompanying reports for business planning and budget purposes.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Bi-annually build a cost model to support the budgeting process and obtain sign off from Master Business Planner
• Update the cost model with staff establishment, operating norms, equipment allocation, norms and start ages.
• Cost the colliery budget based on the budget guideline, colliery tonnage, staff establishment cost, operating and maintenance cost, utilities cost and depreciation from RCP.
• Obtain sign-off for cost budget from cost centre owners and Financial Manager
• Document key information used in the costing process
• Ensure that the model is updated, and that all learning points are incorporated continuously
• Ensure budget change management is applied documented and communicated
• Apply year on year escalation received from Finance
• Adhere to agreed business deadlines
• Upload approved cost model into SAP
• MBI – Cost Upload against GL accounts
• MB2 – Cost upload against Internal Orders, Cost centres, sub assembly, functional location
• Support Procurement, HR, IMA, financial planning
• Create annual budgeting cost reports per colliery

Formal Education

• National Diploma or NQF level 5 equivalent

Min Experience

• 3 years costing / engineering maintenance experience
• 1 year Sap expirience (wish)

Competencies 

• Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability.  Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
• Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
• Data Management: Knowledgeable of the theory, purpose, architecture and design of the management, administration and relationships of the organization's data.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.