SAP iXp Intern - Sales Performance Management, Business Operations [Birmingham, AL]

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About the SAP Internship Experience Program

The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAP’s global, strategic, paid internship program that provides university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

Three reasons to intern at SAP

1. Culture of collaboration: meet with mentors, make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
2. Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions, diverse subject matter experts, and project deliverables.
3. Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title, you’ll have a global network of SAP leaders, entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.

What you’ll do

Position Title: SAP iXp Intern - Sales Performance Management, Business Operations

Location: Birmingham, AL

Expected Start Date: October 2024

Contract Duration: 6 to 12 months

Work Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

We are seeking a Business Operations intern to join our Sales Performance Management team. This role is ideal for recent college graduates with a degree in Finance, Accounting, or Mathematics or related fields, who are looking to gain practical experience in customer and product analytics.

The intern will be responsible for building analytics solutions, responding to ad-hoc reporting requests, and developing and deploying an overall SPM team reporting publishing candence.

The Sales Performance Management (SPM) Line of Business is focused on the growth and success of the SPM portfolio. The SPM portfolio is a set of tools and processes that drive the revenue-generating and revenue-persuading behaviors and resources needed for organizations to meet their corporate goals.
 

The SPM portfolio consists of several solutions, including SAP Incentive Management, SAP Territory and Quota, SAP Agent Performance Management, SAP Agent Connect, and others.

The SPM business is in incubation status and does not have standard functions like Business Operations fully staffed, yet performance reporting and analytics are clearly key functions that need to be addressed. This is a great opportunity for a mature intern who is interested in using their Microsoft Office skills and data and analytics skills to jumpstart their career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and publish product and team member performance reports
• Build and manage a regular reporting publication cadence
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather necessary information and formulate reporting requirements
• Review and analyze business metrics and summarize findings and potential actions.
• Edit and publish periodic newsletters and status reports

What you bring

We’re looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stay curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

• Required Qualifications:
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and related office suite of products
  • Must be comfortable extracting data from various Cloud applications and performing basic data translation and manipulation in Excel
  • Comfortable producing graphical reporting and observations with business narrative
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently when necessary.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous internship or work experience
  • Pursuing a BS or BBA with upper-class status in Math, Finance, Accounting, or related backgrounds
  • Willing to work in an office environment
  • Advanced MS Excel skills such as Vlookup, data export, and pivot tables
  • Self-starter

Meet your team

This will be an in-office role with the potential to advance to hybrid remote as the resource progresses and becomes more proficient in the role. You will be part of a hub of other SPM interns working together to help the SPM leadership team scale. It is extremely important the candidates can operate in a team environment and are able to work both independently with minimal supervision, but also help others when they may have some down time in their schedule.

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.

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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.

Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the hourly base salary rate range applicable for the posted role. The targeted range for this position is 17-40 USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidates will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process.  SAP offers limited benefits for employees hired into hourly or like roles subject to appliable plan/policy terms. A summary of benefits and eligibility requirements can be found by clicking this link:  SAP North America Benefits.

Requisition ID: 404122 | Work Area: Sales Support | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid

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