Expert People & Culture Business Partner (f/m/d) for Corporate Functions

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Job Description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you'll do

As a People & Culture (P&C) Business Partner (f/m/d) of the newly established P&C Business Partnering Team for Corporate Functions you'll be a strategic partner to the executives, senior Managers and respective leadership teams in Office of the CEO and Strategy & Operations. You will play a vital role as a trusted partner and act as a strategic and sparring partner to the business, providing consulting, strategic insights and guidance on all relevant P&C topics.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to

Provide outstanding strategic consulting to the Senior Leadership Team combined with high operational excellence to accelerate SAP’s Next Level of Transformation.
Drive the strategic priorities of the SAP People Agenda and ensure consistent execution within Business Area while influencing scalable solutions with P&C Services and P&C Practices (Global Total Rewards, Talent Discovery, Diversity & Inclusion etc.).
Translating business-specific needs towards P&C and vice versa while driving people and organizational initiatives to facilitate business transformation and cultural change.
Provide consulting, strategic insights and guidance on all relevant P&C topics and support development and implementation of global products and programs across all relevant P&C areas, like providing consulting, strategic insights and guidance on all relevant HR topics.

What you bring

Master’s degree or equivalent in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
Min. of 10 years relevant experience in People & Culture/HR Business partner roles, ideally in a matrixed and international environment.
Good understanding of SAP’s Strategy, Business Model and organizational set-up.
Solid consulting and negotiation skills for effective collaboration with high-level stakeholders.
Good project management skills to lead people workstreams in transformational business initiatives.
Analytical problem solving and decision-making skills to be able to translate business requirements into clear P&C requirements.
Excellent skills in analyzing and using P&C data to support decision making processes.
Proven Experience in driving change and transformation initiatives with a big level business impact.
Strong strategic influencing skills and ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders.
Show strong cultural awareness and adaptability.
High integrity, with the confidence to handle sensitive matters and data.
Excellent interpersonal skills as well as communication and presentation skills (English verbal & written).

Meet your team

Here at SAP, we recognize the value of teamwork and collaboration. As a P&C Business Partner (f/m/d), you will be a part of a dynamic, global unit that is dedicated to shaping P&C initiatives and driving success across the organization. We aim to foster an inclusive environment that values diversity and encourages growth and innovation. Each team member brings unique skills and experiences, contributing to our collective strength and vision. Together, we strive to make a real difference, both within our company and for our customers worldwide.

For this role we are offering Walldorf, close to Heidelberg, and Garching, near Munich, as SAP locations.

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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.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.
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