SAP iXp Internship - Sales Support Associate (SSA) Barcelona, Spain

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.

About Us:

At SAP, we help the world run better. Our company culture focuses on enabling innovation and building breakthroughs together. We emphasize creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned with our purpose-driven and future-focused work. Join our collaborative, caring team environment where we prioritize learning, development, and recognition of your contributions. Apply now!


About the SAP Internship Experience Program:

The SAP Internship Experience Program is a global, strategic, paid internship program designed to provide university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.


Language Requirements:

We are hiring for multiple country-focused teams based in Barcelona and are looking for candidates who are proficient in one or more of the following languages

In addition, strong Business English (verbal and written) is required, as it is the working language across teams. Native English speakers are also encouraged to apply:

French

Danish

Dutch

Flemish

Finnish

Swedish

Spanish

Norwegian

Italian

German

Start Date: 1st or 15th of each month (6-month placements)

Who We Are:

Our mission is to boost SAP's market share among SMEs by engaging the right prospects at the right time with the right message. We use innovative digital tools to create great first impressions of SAP, turning prospects into new customers.

Based in SAP's Barcelona Digital Hub, you will contribute to one of SAP’s fastest-growing areas, Cloud adoption.

Our team is friendly, diverse, dynamic, and innovative, with a multicultural environment of 28+ nationalities. You will also develop an understanding of different cultures while working in a meaningful, customer-focused role, underpinned by our values of collaboration, trust, innovation, going the extra mile, and maintaining a growth mindset.

Learn More:

Watch this video to learn about the experience of working in the Barcelona Digital Hub: Video

Who You Are:

You are interested in starting a career in IT sales and are attracted to customer-facing roles. You take initiative, persevere, stay curious, and enjoy working on meaningful, innovative projects

• You’re likely in the final stages of your education (bachelor's or master’s student).
• Your university must be able to sign a tri-party agreement with SAP (required by Spanish law).
• You’re studying something like Business Administration, Management, Sales, Marketing, Data/Process Management, IT/Digital Transformation, etc.
• Ready for a full-time, 6-month placement (39.5 hours per week).
• Skilled in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Canva.
• Detail-oriented and capable of delivering high-quality work.
• Driven, proactive, and collaborative with a problem-solving mindset.
• An active listener who understands assignments and delivers results.

Your Mission

As a Sales Support Associate Intern, your mission is to help our sales teams operate smarter and better. You’ll support best-in-class customer engagement by assisting Account Executives as they convert prospects into SAP customers. You’ll also partner with Sales Managers to run team operations smoothly and showcase performance insights to their senior leadership. Your impact will be both strategic and operational.

What You Will Learn — and How

During your internship, you will

• Discover how to identify new potential customers through research, news, and social media signals.
• Enrich account profiles by analyzing key industries, company trends, and prospect activity.
• Track industry developments and contribute to sales intelligence efforts.
• Assist with light content creation (e.g., newsletters, microsite updates, outreach templates).
• Support the preparation of meetings with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Help organize internal team meetings, sales visits, and customer-facing events.
• Maintain sales trackers, follow up on actions, and support basic reporting workflows.
• Collaborate on marketing and outbound sales campaigns.
• Drive post-event follow-up tasks and engagement.
• Learn and apply AI tools to enhance speed, creativity, and quality of customer facing output.
• Contribute ideas to improve sales operations through tools, workflows, or fresh perspectives.
• Finally, you will promote the intern program via social media, universities, job boards, etc.

Perks:

• Paid placement: a stipend of 1,000 euros per month (gross, full time).
• Opportunity to grow within the company after your studies.
• Gain valuable experience within a global IT company and access to a strong career development framework.
• Dedicated managers for day-to-day activities and program management.
• Part of a wider intern community.
• Specific onboarding and learning framework.
• Familiarity with key digital marketing and sales tools.

Call to Action:

We expect you to own your experience with us, making your success at SAP. A career at SAP can open many doors. If you’re looking for a company that values your ideas, supports your growth, recognizes your contributions, and provides a fun, flexible, and inclusive work environment – apply now

​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
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.

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: 432661 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.