Senior Solution Advisor F/m/d - Focus Deliver jobs at Sap in Brazil, Itaituba

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

The Accelerated Sales Senior Specialist drives strategic initiatives to accelerate cloud revenue growth in the Market Unit CEE with main focus on Austria. The ASE acts as a scalable subject matter expert with responsibilities spanning from business development, direct deal and partner support to best practice and field enablement. It is a revenue generating, non-quota carrying role which acts as an accelerator to the business.

Core tasks include:

• Bring focus and accelerated enablement to sales teams to ensure high field adoption

• Engage and consult with the field on deal strategy and execution
• Build pipeline via direct engagement with customers, or through other sources of demand (sales, partners, marketing, SDE)
• Identify sales best practices, build success patterns and support references creation
• Assess forecast of focus area and align with key stakeholders’ teams (i.e. F&S)

• Liaise with global solution owners to provide feedback from the field

• Engage with Customer Success (CSM) teams to support transparency & execution of pipeline/revenue focus

YOUR PROFILE

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, engineering or comparable
• Professional working experience in the area of Business Development, Sales, Channel-/Partner management, ERP Presales/Advisory, Specialized Sales/CoE and/or Business Consulting with Cloud/SaaS focus
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Cloud and/or other SAP Business Suite/LOB solution(s)
• Project-/Program management skills managing virtual and matrixed-teams
• Knowledge of the SAP Midmarket/Corporate and SAP Partner-business is beneficial
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills
• Experience in supporting digital transformation and innovation with customers and/or partners
• Previous work experience building strong partner and customer relationships and associated advising/coaching
• Track record of achievement in goals and KPIs
Fluent German and English language skills are mandatory

The salary, exceeding the collective agreement, starts at a gross amount of €60.000 (excluding bonus) and varies according to individual qualifications and work experience.

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Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

ABOUT YOU

The Sr.SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Business SuiteSales Specialist will be familiar with, and comfortable working in, a highly matrixed environment, partnering effectively with Sales, Center of Excellence (COE), Customer Success (services, adoption, consumption, etc.), Value Add Team (VAT), Alliance Partners, and the Customer. The Sr.SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Business SuiteSales Specialist core responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Responsibility for revenue target
• Net New Customer growth
• Funnel Growth (new demand/pipeline)
• A subject matter expert responsible for advocating into the field and market

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS:

LEAD & INSPIRE

• Territory and Account Leadership - Lead designated territory, including accounts, account relationships, prospect profiling, and sales cycles.
• Strategy- Develop effective and specific strategic account plans to ensure revenue target delivery and sustainable growth
• Set vision and strategy for the sales team; develop specific MU sales plans to ensure growth in all measurable revenue streams
• Conduct account and opportunity reviews with leadership
• Trusted advisor - Establishes strong relationships based on knowledge of customer requirements and commitment to value
• Annual Revenue - Exceed quarterly and annual individual revenue targets
• Thought leadership Create, drive, and accelerate enablement of wider SAP sales team in collaboration with Sales & Learning, MU resources etc.
• Work collaboratively with extended sales teams – Industry, LOB, Marketing, Development, S/4HANA Center of Excellence, etc.

CULTIVATE & GROW

• Ensure account teams and Alliance Partners are well versed in each account’s strategy and well positioned for all customer touch points and events
• Builds a network of executive relationships with internal stakeholders that can be leveraged
• Builds a foundation on which to harvest future business opportunities and accurate account information and coaching
• Develop and deliver comprehensive business plan to address customer and prospects priorities and pain points
• Demand Generation, Pipeline and Opportunity Management
• Follow a disciplined approach to maintaining a rolling pipeline (R4Q). Maintain 4x funnel coverage to accelerate deal progression, and maintain out quarter objectives
• Leverage support organizations including Marketing, inside sales, Alliance Partners to drive net new opportunities
• Orchestrate resources: deploy appropriate teams to execute winning sales
• Maintain CRM system with accurate customer and pipeline information

ANALYZE & INNOVATE

• Customer Acumen - Actively understand each customer’s technology footprint, strategic growth plans, technology strategy and competitive landscape
• Leverage SAP Solutions to innovate throughout the customer journey
• Maintain a close understanding and appreciation of competitive solutions and support the team in competitive situations
• Tight collaboration with internal stakeholders to drive adoption & consumption, ultimately having every customer referenceable
• Utilize Value Engineering, benchmarking and ROI data to support the customer’s decision process

YOUR PROFILE

• Prior experience with software/IT organizations and with a demonstrated proficiency in Enterprise and/or LOB software solutions through Solution Management, Sales, Presales, Consulting, or Business Development roles
• SAP product experience and/or extensive software sales experience in Cloud offerings
• Leverage a professional network resulting in market, pipeline, and revenue growth for SAP.
• Can leverage industry-expertise throughout sales cycle, connecting with customer with shared industry language.
• Fluency in English or any other language is an asset. Fluency in the language of local markets is a must..
• Education bachelor's degree (or equivalent) required, MBA or equivalent degree required from an accredited university preferred.

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Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

What you'll do:

The Senior Account Executive (SAE) role empowers customers to achieve their full potential by strategically positioning SAP cloud solutions to address their unique business challenges and lay a strong foundation for future success. The role includes the following key aspects:

• Account & Customer Relationship Management:
  • Serve as the end-to-end account owner, managing sales of software licenses and cloud subscriptions and establish a trusted relationship with the customer.
  • Develop and execute strategic account plans to ensure sustainable growth and achieve/exceed revenue targets.
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of each customer’s technology landscape, strategic goals, and competitive environment.

• Demand Generation, Pipeline, and Opportunity Management:
  • Maintain pipeline management, ensuring a healthy and advancing sales funnel.
  • Leverage internal resources, including marketing, inside sales, and partner channels, to drive demand and manage opportunities.
  • Utilize SAP’s comprehensive solution portfolio, including industry-specific and line-of-business (LoB) solutions, to effectively address customer needs.

• Sales Excellence:
  • Conduct White Space analysis to identify and execute up-sell and cross-sell opportunities within existing accounts.
  • Orchestrate and deploy appropriate teams to ensure successful sales outcomes, embodying the "OneSAP" approach.
  • Stay informed about SAP’s competition and position SAP solutions effectively against them.
  • Maintain accurate customer and pipeline information within CRM systems.

• Leading a (Virtual) Account Team:
  • Lead and orchestrate remote and cross-functional teams to align with the customer’s strategic objectives.
  • Ensure that account teams and partners are well-prepared and strategically positioned for all customer interactions.
  • Maximize the value derived from SAP’s extensive sales support ecosystem.

What you bring:

• 7+ years of experience in sales of complex business software/IT solutions
• Preferred location is Riyadh, however open to other cities in KSA.
• Candidate needs to be based in KSA already.
• Proven success in business application software sales and leading team-selling environments.
• Demonstrated ability to handle large transactions and lengthy sales campaigns in a fast-paced, competitive market.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience in renewals, expansions, and up-sells of subscription-based solutions.
• Fluent in Business English and Arabic, with proficiency in additional languages considered a plus.

Soft skills:

• Exceptional communication, both verbal and non-verbal.
• Strategic thinking with a high degree of creativity and innovation.
• Strong executive presence and results-driven mindset.
• Ability to work across multiple teams within a matrix organization.

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• Join a highly motivated team with a deep understanding of SAP’s solution portfolio.
• Engage in collaborative work with SAP leadership and industry teams to drive customer success.
• Align with product/solution management teams to enhance your strategic engagements.
• Leverage your expertise while working in a dynamic and challenging environment at the forefront of SAP’s customer engagements.

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What you'll do:

The Solution Sales Executive (SSE) partners with the end-to-end account owner to drive solution-specific sales motions, bring in domain expertise to solve customer business challenges, and grow the customer’s SAP footprint through renewal and expansion to support long-term customer success.

• Generate demand, manage pipeline, and close opportunities
• Develop opportunity plans containing compelling solution value propositions
• Conduct White Space analysis to identify growth opportunities
• Work with the wider account team on sales campaigns
• Manage customer relationships at the solution area/buying center level
• Progress opportunities for move to cloud/expand footprint accounts or accounts that are new to the solution area
• Utilize deep knowledge of how companies operate, business models, strategies, and end-to-end business processes
• Stay informed about SAP’s competition and value drivers
• Leverage SAP’s comprehensive team of experts and industry knowledge to effectively address customer needs
• Build customer participation in relevant SAP communities, programs, and events
• Facilitate collaboration with the partner ecosystem

What you bring:

• Experience selling, Database, Data Management, Analytics and/or Technology solutions to large Enterprises.
• Experience in selling Artificial Intelligence, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Process Automation, and LCNC (Low Code/No Code) solutions.
• Management of large, complex sales cycles with expectations to achieve quota.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact at the CXO level. Experience hunting for new business and expanding our business relationships in existing accounts.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of similar working experience.
• Possess hands-on knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Teradata, Informatica, MapR, Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, Cloudera, Hortonworks, or other associated data management technology.
• Business value and positioning of Platform as Service solutions like SAP BTP, MuleSoft, etc.
• Ability to forecast/ manage sales cycles, and successfully close new business.
• Proven problem-resolution, communication, planning & organizing, and execution skills.
• Business development, prospecting, and presentation skills.
• A proven track record of exceeding sales objectives and territory/account development.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Meet your team:

• Demonstrate and sell the business benefits and value proposition of SAP Database, Data Management and Analytics, and Technology solutions.
• Collaborate with support resources to maximize SAP BTP revenue.
• Identify customer business pains and challenges and articulate those challenges into SAP solutions.
• Identify areas of innovation within the client base, and then drive resources to prove the innovation and its business value for the customer.
• Develop new business sales opportunities in new accounts.
• Manage several complex sales opportunities simultaneously.
• Win complex sales deals in a competitive environment to achieve sales targets.
• Maintain broad and deep knowledge of SAP BTP portfolio and industry trends.

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Boston

What you’ll do

As an IT Architecture Senior Specialist, you are responsible to:

• play a key role in our customers move to the cloud, where a stability, a secure environment and downtime minimized operations are the measure of success
• consult with the customer assisting them to articulate their outcome based requirements - this includes technical architecture and it's supporting processes
• collaborate with internal partners to identify relevant standard solutions that would be available for rapid deployment
• where required, innovate (architect, design, build, test) a customer specific solution, this includes the technical application or infrastructure stack and services

What you bring

Technical

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in one of the following areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management
• Expert level experience: BASIS (> 10 years) and HANA ( > 5 years)
• Solid knowledge of SUSE and hyperscalers including tools and processes > 4 years (preferably with Pacemaker experience)
• Able to take technical requirements, analysis these, identify existing solutions or architect new > 2 years
• Solid know-how of SAP Technologies and Products (SAP certification beneficial)
• Problem solving skills, including incident resolution, RCA

Soft skills

• Excellent documentation skills including creating comprehensive and organized documentation, including standards and procedures.
• Strong communicator: Articulate technical details effectively to non-technical individuals using clear and concise language.
• Customer-focused: Thrive in high-pressure situations and maintain a strong focus on delivering exceptional service to customers.

Work experience

• 10 years working in IT
• Strong operations background, with recent architecture experience
• Working in customer-facing roles

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What you’ll do

Territory Management

• Creates and maintain a comprehensive view of their territory. They will communicate customer life cycle status, common risks & issues, insights on usage and retention challenges.
• Leverages system-based usage data, surveys and all other forms of feedback to form comprehensive point of view on clients / territory health & propensity to renew
• Develops and implements account strategies and implementation plans for emerging and renewal customers Responsible for developing long term success plans and roadmaps that lead to continued adoption, consumption, and expansion within the DSC solution portfolio.

Build Account Relationships

• Develops trusting and deep relationship with customer stakeholders, by establishing regular cadence of interactions
• Advocates for and becomes the Voice of the Customer within SAP; understands competitive threats and utilizes proper escalation channels to help customers during times of need.
• Promotes customer community by driving participation in customer events (VIP sessions, Reference Program, etc.)
• Works with marketing to ensure customer groups meetings take place frequently in the territory and are communicated to customers

Nurture References

• Drives customer references; pushes for reference stories across accounts
• Establishes success metrics agreed with the customer; tracks and addresses reference blockers for each account

Drive Value Realization

• Manages the renewal processes through qualification, needs analysis, commercial negotiation and close
• Proactively engages customers to ensure they get maximum value from SAP solutions; facilitates customer engagement and adoption by utilizing workshops, best practices, VIP webinars, thought leadership, etc. Manage Retention
• The SCSM manages the renewal cycle for their customers in tight collaboration with the CRS.
• The SCSM is accountable for engagement with the customer, account team and other commercial stakeholders.

Upselling/Cross-selling

• Provide sales teams with information about potential opportunity for license sales within and outside of the SCM portfolio

What you bring

• 5+ years’ experience in Sales, Pre-Sales, Services or Solution/Product Management
• 10+ years’ experience in Supply Chain Management (either in Planning, Execution, Logistics, Assets or Manufacturing) is required (Mandatory)
• Project management experience, including business process transformation and re-engineering
• Experience managing complex customer engagements
• Customer relationship management, sales, and sales team expertise in license or services domain
• Commercial experience, incl. developing account management plans and contract negotiations
• Line of Business experience in Supply Chain, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Warehouse Management, or Transportation Management
• Multilingual capability is an advantage depending upon region (minimum is local language + English)
• Bachelor equivalent: Required
• MBA or related post-Bachelor qualification is preferred
• Travel expectation is up to 20% of time on-site with customers
• Knowledge of English language spoken and written is required

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

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