JAPAN Industry Advisor Expert for Consumer Product and Life Science
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Job Summary
We help the world run better
At SAP we keep it simple: you bring your best to us and well bring out the best in you. Were builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce and we need your unique talents to help shape whats next. The work is challenging but it matters. Youll find a place where you can be yourself prioritize your wellbeing and truly belong. Whats in it for you Constant learning skill growth great benefits and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.
JAPAN Industry AdvisorExpert for Consumer Product and Life Science
What youll do:
The Industry Advisor (IA) plays a critical role supporting our Industry business to grow sales pipeline and engage with our customers to secure revenue. The Industry Advisor provides industry perspective strategic solution advice and thought leadership to drive pipeline growth and quality through demand generation strategies support sales cycles and customer co-innovation programs and contribute to building SAPs leadership position in the industry.
Area 1 Planning Strategy & Practice Development:
- Develop and execute a quality and actionable business plan
- Quarterly business plan review & Global Industry Business Unit interlocks
- Enable Sales the VAT team and the Partner Ecosystem on how to differentiate SAP for the industry
- Develop compelling industry specific content in support of the five key job areas
Area 2 Drive Awareness & Incremental Demand:
- Develop SAPs brand in the industry through thought leadership content creation appearances in industry events articles and social & traditional media interviews etc.
- Create and nurture industry customers and communities
- Get doors open. Create / qualify new pipeline opportunities
- Execute marketing events social and digital plans
- Provide Industry advisory for account planning
Area 3 Mature Industry Opportunities in Pipeline:
- Accelerate pipeline opportunity conversion to qualified customer engagements
- Develop industry specific account strategies
- Conduct executive first meetings to differentiate SAP based on industry relative to the customers objectives
- Deliver industry specific customer experiences
Area 4 Support Deal Execution:
- Differentiate SAP by industry throughout the sales cycle to increase win rates and grow deal sizes
- Help shape the engagement (C to B stage) by advising the sales teams to ensure the right industry message is delivered in deliverables like RFP responses business cases product demos industry solution architecture etc.
- Lead customer executive conversations
Area 5 Support Customer Success Realization:
- Support post sale advisory and Executive Steering Committee meetings for top accounts in plan
- Support Industry Customer Advisory Councils and networking
- Build and nurture customer references
What you bring:
- 9-12 years professional experience in large IT organizations
- Expertise in at least one industry or solution segment
- Customer facing experience and fluency in English with knowledge of other languages as an asset
- Bachelors degree required MBA preferred
- Strong communication problem-solving and project management skills
- Ability to work in dynamic and high-pressure environments
- Experience with managing escalations and building strategic partnerships
Meet your team:
- Business development profile with 30% travel
- Represent the company on industry subject matters internally and externally
- Work with co-workers from diverse backgrounds and collaborate with other sales roles
- Experience in working with Cloud and On-premise solutions
- First experience with SAP industry solutions for your industry
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
SAPs 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.
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Requisition ID: 443236 Work Area: Sales Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
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About Company
SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That’s why we engineer soluti ... View more
