Commercial Business Partner (CBP) for Asia Pacific (APAC) North /Japan

We help the world run better

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Key Areas of Responsibility and Tasks:

The Commercial Business Partner (CBP) participates in Deal Support activities for Cloud and On Premise supporting the Field. Acting as a Steward, Business Partner and Transformation Agent, this role includes all core activities that are performed to meet Deal Support requirements to maximize deal size while adhering to Compliance, SAP’s internal Business Rules and Financial Guidelines.

The successful New Grad or Early Talent will learn a vast amount of topics that touches the Quote to Cash process such as Pricing, Revenue Recognition, Business Rules, Commercial Guidelines etc which serve as a basis to deliver first-hand deal support excellence and guidance to the account executives and account owners.

The CBP will support the deal from an end-to-end perspective which covers advisory, approval of quotes and draft/release of Order Forms until the eventual booking. This will be primarily for “Quarterly Critical Customers” (QCC) which will be nominated by the Management team on a quarterly annual basis.

The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, flexible to working occasionally beyond standard working hours especially towards quarter end (typically last 2-3 weeks of the quarter) when volume spikes, be passionate to helping and communicating to the Sales colleagues and providing Sales support and likes networking.

Commercial Business Partnering:

• Acts as an internal contact person for Commercial topics across different Lines of Businesses for medium and complex deals and is an empowered Commercial Finance representative (including clearly-defined decision competence) during the end-to-end quote process.

• Works closely with the business and internal stakeholders and takes a key role in the deal lifecycle including advising on deal structure based on commercial guidelines, coordinating and/or providing pricing information, identifying risk and revenue recognition issues, and finding practical commercial solutions to meet the needs of the business while keeping compliance matters at the highest level of standards.

• Actively supports the commercial process and collaborates with the Specialists in case clarification is needed (Revenue Recognition, Cloud CoE, Controlling etc)

Education & Experience Requirement.

• University Degree or similar/above
• 1-2 years of working experience in Sales Support functions would be ideal but not a must
• Decent level of English proficiency expected

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 417248 | Work Area: Finance | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Graduate | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.