Christopher Schröder

Senior Manager Optimisation & Analytics at Sasol

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

About

Results-driven leader with 10+ years in the chemical industry, passionate about optimisation and creating measurable business impact. I specialise in inventory management, value chain performance, and digital transformation. With a background spanning chemical process engineering, software development, data analytics and integrated planning, I deliver meaningful improvements by combining innovative thinking with practical, fit-for-purpose solutions. I lead through a situational and servant leadership approach, ensuring teams are empowered to achieve results that matter.

Experience

  • Sasol (Full-time · 10 yrs 9 mos)
    • Senior Manager Optimisation & Analytics
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for optimising global inventories at Sasol International Chemicals, leading the performance evaluation of global value chains to identify and address opportunities, and spearheading the digital transformation of the integrated planning function to enhance decision-making, efficiency, and overall business performance.

    • Senior Manager Optimisation
      Apr 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Responsible for optimising global inventories at Sasol Chemicals to improve working capital performance, while leading the digital transformation of the planning function to enable data-driven decision-making and drive process efficiency across integrated value chains.

    • Manager Supply Chain Optimisation
      Sep 2022 - Apr 2023 · 8 mos

      Responsible for optimising systems and processes across Sasol’s Eurasia supply chain, driving the development and rollout of tools for spend analysis, third-party due diligence, and procurement strategy and execution.

  • Research And Development Intern at BASF
    Dec 2014 - Feb 2015 · 3 mos

  • Project Engineering Intern at QAPCO - Qatar Petrochemical Company
    Aug 2012 - Sep 2012 · 2 mos