Accelerated Sales Engagement Manager, Sweden

 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.

SAP Business Network (SBN) is a comprehensive B2B collaboration platform that connects people, processes, and systems across multiple enterprises, digitizing transactions, and creating transparent, resilient, and sustainable supply chains and is expected to grow to €2B by 2028.
 
SAP Business Network drives trading partner collaboration across procurement, supply chain, logistics, and asset management by enabling business processes beyond the four walls of a company. SBN is one of the fastest growing Cloud business areas at SAP and is a critical component of SAPs ambition to become the #1 enterprise application company.
 
We are seeking candidates to lead our Accelerated Sales Engagement (ASE) team to focus on the exciting growth of SAP Business Network. The ASE Leader will be responsible for executing on the SBN Go-to-Market to achieve budget and build a sustainable, repeatable business. The ASE team will collaborate with their global peers in ISBN, DSC and SAP Industry Market Unit sales teams and make SBN a key strategic differentiator for SAP in Europe. The ASE Leader will guide their team’s work in conjunction with the Global Heads of Business Network Sales, Solution, Product, Engineering and Marketing. The successful candidate will bring strong sales strategy, sales management and execution expertise along with a multi-faceted leadership approach to drive SBN growth in Europe.
 
Key Responsibilities and Tasks: 
•    Lead the planning, design, due diligence, and implementations of strategic business objectives to successfully reach SAP Business Network goals for the Region.
•    Lead ASEs who will manage the full sales cycle. Leverage and coordinate cross-functional teams (ISBN\DSC\Industry AEs, VAT, Partners, Product Marketing, Product Management) to efficiently navigate complex sales cycles and act as a trusted advisor in sales cycles.
•    Establish a process to understand, analyze and communicate current and future quarter forecasts.
•    Build team member skills which include a strong “Hunter” mindset that will support SAPs Customer Value Journey (Explore Potential, Build the Vision, Deliver the Promise, Maximize Value, Innovate and Grow) vision and identify expansion opportunities in our existing customer base.
•    Own/provide direction to strategic market plans - including customer profiles and targeted programs by working closely with the MU/regional sales, marketing, regional Network Executive, Pre-Sales, and Tiger team members.
•    Create and execute demand generation programs in each region to support BN sales goals.
•    Partner across SAP – ISBN, DSC, Industry Sales, Industry Business Units (IBUs) to build and expand relationships with key executives and decision-makers. Be an evangelist on must-win SBN accounts and industries.
•    Develop category, industry or regional specific points of view, methodologies, best practices, and growth strategies that can be repurposed across the region to drive better outcomes for customers and SAP.
•    Plan and execute enablement sessions for internal and partner sales teams to supplement and grow their selling skills.  Work with the SAP’s enablement teams to ensure consistent, quality delivery.
•    Identify, analyze, and secure SAP Business Network renewals and drive increased transactional SBN revenue in Europe.
 
Experience and Educational Requirements: 
•    5 to 7 years of meeting\exceeding quota at a SaaS provider. Leads disciplined sales processes including pipeline growth and accurate forecasting.
•    Experience in selling cloud solutions with a strong focus on both generating new business and growing existing business.
•    Strong expertise in the Procurement/Supply Chain domain: selling to the Office of the CPO, Director of Supply Chain, Head of Manufacturing/Logistics/Maintenance
•    Experience leading high-performance sales teams, setting and executing sales strategies.
 
To be successful in the role, you must be able to:
•    Harmonize and distill complex and disjointed data points (competitive / industry trends, enterprise processes around procurement and supply chain, SAP product knowledge and limitations) into strategic positioning.
•    Sales leadership: Must be an accomplished sales leader with sound reputation and a successful track record in leading sales teams and leveraging internal and external resources to amplify SAP’s capabilities.  
•    Customize strategies, build capabilities, and achieve revenue growth with equal focus on selling directly to end-customers and selling internally by tailoring influence and stakeholder management to resolve issues.  
•    Be recognized as a visionary and trusted advisor in customer engagements.

​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: 404462  | Work Area: Sales  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Management  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.