Guide and lead the development of Industry business plan aligned with Sales leadership in the Market Units and Industry Business Unit
Provide guidance to Enable/Industrialize Sales, Marketing, Inside Sales and the broader Virtual Account Teams
Influence and “Industrialize” SAP Partners and oversee engagements
Thought Leadership
Present at industry and customer conferences
Guide thought leadership development, practice development project for key line of business buying centers in Consumer Products industries
Guide the development of industry relevant account strategies working with sales teams
Collaborate and execute with Marketing on Events, Social and Digital plans to develop leads leveraging new content, benchmarking, tools available
Establish and nurture senior customer executive relationship to develop customer reference stories to showcase value metrics relevant to the Industry
Establish industry communities for the purpose of enablement, best practice sharing, and creation of an effective network
Customer Excellence
Oversee and lead early stage customer executive meetings
Oversee industry relevant customer engagements to nurture opportunities
Work as part of one Virtual Account Team to jointly develop and refine customer deliverables to incorporate industry relevance and SAP differentiated value proposition
YOUR PROFILE
Several years of professional experience in Sales / Consulting / Industry Solutions in the Consumer Products industry including minimum 4 years of software related roles
Additional experience in the Agribusiness industry preferred
Experience in diverse technology landscape and process/technology integration issues
SAP product experience and/or prior relevant industry/solutions experience. Viewed as industry/ solutions expert across SAP, capable of leveraging an extensive network on behalf of SAP resulting in pipeline and revenue growth.
Experience with IT / business alignment issues.
Experience with executive interview techniques
Experience in design and facilitation of executive workshops aligning diverse perspectives and expectations.
Experience building and retaining strong customer relationships
Strong experience with business case creation, analysis, and research.
Advanced knowledge of value selling methodology & processes, opportunities, value chain and ecosystem analyses experience.
Fluency in English. Fluency in the language of one or more MEE local markets desirable.
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) required, MBA or equivalent degree required from accredited university preferred