BTP Sales Manager
The primary purpose of the BTP Solution Sales Manager (SSM) is to lead a BTP sales team that sells selected strategic / new solutions. The scope of activities spans from hiring, personnel development, and coaching for the sales team in the areas of: business development and hunting of opportunities across a given market, to closing of sales cycles with existing and new customers. The SSM will have a strong functional and product expertise which will complement the AE activity on the account.
Core tasks include:
- Generate opportunities through leverage of lead generation campaign within prospects and existing customers. Leverage telesales (if applicable) to create demand generation.
- DriveStandalone deals for BTP whilst also increasing the inclusion share in RISE deals.
- Align closely with AE when prospecting into existing accounts and when initiating the engagement within account.
- Supports the AE in building strong customer relationships.
- Take full ownership of opportunity, drive teamwork with presales expert, Implementation consultants and partners.
- Identify, pursue and close sales opportunities.
- Maintain an accurate and documented CRM pipeline of opportunities, on a timely basis.
Accountability
- Manages resources ,ensuring business critical & innovative results
- Builds action plans and makes operational decisions on policies, tactics, resources critical to the function's business success to ensure delivery against strategy of the function or team
- Accountable for annual goals established for team or department
- Directs activities of a team or department of professionals and supports staff
- Tracks single budget line
Complexity
- Makes day to day decisions within or for a team or department
- Works collaboratively with direct reports
- Regularly applies expertise in day-to-day activities
Experience
- Increasing managerial experience
- Sound professional experience
- Demonstrates all management responsibilities: create the future; build a team; develop people; manage performance
Communication
- Builds strategic partnerships with key decision makers in customer & partner organization.
- Represents SAP to customers / partners.
- Encourages and develops team to cooperate and to freely express their opinions.
- Formulates clear objectives and strategies and work assignments.
- Communicates unpleasant messages in a timely and constructive manner to team.
- Listens openly and attentively to fully understand ideas and opinions within the team.
Completion of Sales Methodology training preferred