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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 THE TEAM:

 

Regional Commercial Team supporting Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is part of the Global Commercial Finance (“GCF”) organization. As a member of the Southern EMEA team you will be supporting SAP’s Sales team with deal shaping, deal approval, contract creation, compliance verification based on internal policies and external regulations and various other activities related to cloud (Public, Private, PCE, PTO) as well as renewals and on-premise offerings, for medium-sized and large enterprises. As Commercial Business Partner supporting specific Market Unit/s, you will be strongly involved in deal support of critical deals, key accounts and nonstandard requests. Not only individually but also with your team you will be closely collaborating with Legal colleagues, Customer Evolution, Global Risk & Compliance, Sales, Pricing and Revenue Recognition teams across Europe, Middle East and Africa. In addition, you will be in touch with our Service Delivery Hub colleagues. This role also has opportunities to support projects and drive efficiency and process improvements and at the same time offers many development opportunities of other skills and competencies that will help shape a future career path.

 

 

DAILY TASKS:

 

•    Deal shaping: work closely with Account Executives and share strategy on customer to support construction of the deal, identify and coordinate stakeholders, collect pre-approvals when necessary, identify critical request and anticipate issues;•    Review deals: Ensure completeness and accuracy of the quotations. Support approval process of complex Cloud and OnPrem deals, guide internal customers on approval requirements, ensure deals which are within scope are approved in proper manner and timelines according to SAP policies and guidelines, engage in customer negotiation (CBP is also available for customer meetings). Collaborate with your counterparts;
•    Contract drafting: Be responsible for preparing contract documents from template and adding/drafting language for deal specifics. Close collaboration with Legal is expected. Customer facing activities to support negotiation may be required
•    Contract management: Maintain SAP’s contract records and contract related data in SAP’s contract management system, Understand the history of the customer in order to deliver a high-quality service to our sales team;
•    Act as a primary point of contact for Sales Team, answer queries from internal customers and build long-term business relationships;
•    Accommodate quarter-end and year-end deadlines and respond to spikes in workload from the Sales team;  
•    Use SAP technology for reporting, monitoring and managing Deals and other transactions end to end;
•    Contribute ideas to drive automation, standardization and process improvements;
•    Participate in special projects and self-driven projects

 

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

 

 

•    Fluent written and spoken English,
•    Bachelor or Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law, or related business background,
•    Good command of MS Office, 
•    Written and spoken Spanish and/or Portuguese and/or French is a plus
•    Experience with SAP systems is a plus.
•    EU passport is a plus

•   Applications from candidates located globally are welcome 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:  

 

•    At least 2-3 years professional experience within Finance / Legal / Commercial
•    Preferably experience with commercial business scenarios and processes
•    Previous deal support experience is a plus.

 

SKILLS:

 

•    Analytical
•    Attention to details
•    Proactive
•    Ability to work autonomously and ability to work under pressure, multitasking 
•    Time management: organized and with good planning ability
•    Empathetic
•    Responsive
•    Positive and can-do attitude
•    Anticipate challenges and initiate actions
•    Ability to prioritize requests and manage expectations
•    Team Player
•    Customer service oriented
•    Self-motivated and self-driven
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral)
•    Flexible and adaptable.

 

 

 

 

 ​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.
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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: 431806  | Work Area: Finance  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.