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SAP • Tokyo, JP

Senior Solution Sales Executive

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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.

Senior Solution Sales Executive

Responsible for selling a specific set of SAP Supply Chain products and solutions and certain related partner solution(s), typically within a line of business or buying center (Chief Supply Chain Officer/Chief Manufacturing Officer/Chief Product Officer). Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with SAP's customers, prospective customers, partners -- and for maintaining customer satisfaction. Identifies opportunities and generates demand where SAP’s capabilities in the respective set of SAP Supply Chain products/solutions addresses a customer's business need. Supports efforts to ensure solutions are adopted and value is realized. Responsible for the continuity and expansion of the customer's ongoing business with SAP. Focused on named existing and/or prospective accounts. Maintains customer relationship and influences customers' requirements' specification.

Accountability

  • responsible for delivery of outcome of assigned projects or areas of responsibility
  • internally recognized senior on complex technical and business matters
  • works on large, complex activities, using demonstrated creativity and expertise and applying specialist professional knowledge to deliver high quality results / technical solutions
  • collaborates in devising long-term concepts
  • may include team lead or supervisory responsibilities

Complexity

  • contributes independently, resolves complex issues in own specialist area (e.g. cross-functional or cross-country projects)
  • works independently on topics while setting priorities having sole responsibility
  • provides regular project status and updates
  • decisions/solutions can enhance essentially current and future design and strategy
  • enhance complex systems & processes

Experience

  • advanced technical or business skills and special knowledge in one / several areas. (especially business knowledge for PLM/SCM Planning/Mnufacturing/Logistics/Service Maintenance/Plant Maintenance).
  • individuals with a customer focus have developed the acumen to cultivate and develop lasting customer relations.
  • typically several years experience with increasing amount of responsibility.
  • IT Project knowledge/experience (Not mandatory)
  • Basic IT technology knowledge, especially in areas such as AI, data management, and ERP.

Communication

  • builds and maintains partnerships with internal and external customers and partners
  • experience for customer executive communication and building relationship with them.
  • contributes actively to build common ground for cooperation
  • communicates clear and conveying processes & policies in a way that others can understand
  • communicates relevant messages in a timely manner and with constructive feedback to cross functional colleagues & managers

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

Role Purpose

To drive cloud revenue growth by aligning customer needs with SAP Supply Chain solutions, providing domain expertise, and articulating value to achieve customer outcomes. The role supports renewals and expansions, fostering long-term customer relationships and successful solution adoption.

Key Responsibilities

include but not limited to:

  • Understand customer business goals and desired outcomes, aligning solutions to customer needs
  • Partner with account owners and involved Partners to position value through solution-specific sales motions
  • Build a healthy pipeline aligned with customer needs, leveraging Partners to drive booking, retention, and expansion
  • Orchestrate and bring domain expertise to support key sales motions, aligning customer expectations between license sales and Partner services
  • Articulate the expected value to customers, securing paths to future success and ensuring ongoing success to realize customer lifetime value.

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: 423336 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

Company benefits

25 (UK) 30 (Germany) 21 (India) days annual leave + bank holidays
Accrued annual leave – 1 day/year up to 30 days (UK)
Open to job sharing
Sabbaticals
Adoption leave – Up to 52 weeks (UK)
Open to part time work for some roles
Returnship
Equity packages
Shared parental leave
Enhanced maternity leave
Fertility benefits
Pregnancy support
On-site childcare
Share options
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Gym membership
Dental coverage
Health insurance
Private GP service
Mental health platform access
Life assurance
Life insurance
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Enhanced paternity leave
Travel insurance
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Bike parking
Enhanced sick pay
Emergency leave
Enhanced sick days
Company car
Open to part-time employees
Work from anywhere scheme
Childcare credits
Fertility treatment leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Carer’s leave
Nursery salary sacrifice scheme
Family health insurance
Women’s health leave
Annual bonus
401K
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Employee discounts
Loyalty programme
Non-contributory pension
Personal development days
Personal development budgets
L&D budget
Language lessons
LinkedIn learning license
Study support
Studying sabbaticals
Lunch and learns
In house training
Hackathons
Professional subscriptions
Further education support

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