Internship as Internal Strategy Consultant (f/m/d)

Job Description

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Corporate Strategy Group is part of the S&O board area and consists of Strategy & Transformation project teams, the CMI team as well as the Corporate Portfolio Management Team. The strategic project teams shape SAP’s strategy and drive the execution of SAP’s transformation in collaboration with the CEO, COO, and the Executive Board of SAP. You will work together with individual team members with a broad range of academic and professional backgrounds incl. management consulting, solution management, technology / product strategy, sales and services.

YOUR INTERNSHIP

You will be a contributor to SAP’s corporate strategy by advising SAP's Executive Board and executives on key strategic decisions. During your internship you will be an equal part of the team. Thereby you will shape and drive high-priority cross-functional, Executive Board-sponsored strategic and transformational projects. In a highly dynamic team, you will work on setting-up those projects and driving them especially through the strategy phase. To ensure end-to-end ownership and fast strategy to execution you will continue to support them also along the transformation phase.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive all aspects of a strategy project incl. e.g., identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses across a broad range of topics, synthesizing conclusions, driving stakeholder consensus, deriving a strategy and an executable plan

• Take prominent roles in shaping and executing strategic initiatives and transformation projects end-to-end - from the start of a project through its transformation

• Proactive stakeholder and expectation management: build-up/maintain large network across all involved roles on operational level to support collaboration & execution

• Act as trusted advisor and strategy evangelist to SAP's senior leaders and executives

YOUR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Hands-on top management consulting: Apply and improve problem solving, consulting as well as presentation skills.

• Senior leadership exposure: Work on high-profile engagements along with SAP senior management & develop decision proposals for SAP Executive Board decisions.

• High-profile Project Management: Improve project management skills by actively contributing to SAPs top projects.

• In-Depth Understanding of SAP’s Strategy: Gain in-depth knowledge of SAP’s Strategy and market trends, understand the competitive landscape and their implication on SAP’s Strategy and SAP’s steering and planning approach.

• Cross-LOB and Intercultural Collaboration: Collaborate across all Board Areas to drive alignments of key stakeholders.

YOUR PROFILE

• Completed bachelor degree, currently in gap-year or within Master or MBA

• Significant working experience in strategic consulting and/or tech

• Well-developed analytical skills to conduct sophisticated business and financial analyses

• Focus on quality of high end products, ability to deliver finished work in self-standing manner under tight timelines

• Superior communication & presentation skills on executive level

• Perspectives and curiosity on current IT trends, their impact on business strategies

• Willingness to learn, strive to superior performance, tolerance for ambiguity and motivation to work in a highly dynamic environment

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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 world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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.

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

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Requisition ID: 454323 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: All German SAP locations are possible, as well as SAPs US eastcoast locations #LI-Hybrid

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