About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">We help the world run better</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"><br>At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. </span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p><span style="color:black"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">What you'll do:</span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For the Solution Advisory Digital Supply Chain team, we are looking for a (Senior) Solution Advisor (f/m/d) to further expand our market success. In close collaboration with customers, partners, and internal organizational units, you will work in an innovative and future-oriented field that holds significant efficiency improvement potential for our customers. Your active and creative engagement is key to ensuring maximum success together with your SAP colleagues.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">As the go-to person within the sales team for any solution or product questions related to service and maintenance processes, your focus and expertise will lie at the heart of SAP's Intelligent Asset Management portfolio. You are well-versed in maintenance and service processes, their challenges, opportunities, and optimization potential - and you bring hands-on, practical knowledge of the core solutions that power them: SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), SAP Asset Performance Management (APM), SAP Service and Asset Manager, and SAP Dynamic Forms. This specific product depth is what sets you apart and makes you a trusted advisor both internally and with customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">You will support the full sales cycle — from demand generation and opportunity identification to software demonstration delivery and post-sales customer engagement — helping customers improve service and maintenance excellence by positioning the SAP Business Suite with a focus on supply chain management, Operate & Service, and Business AI.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:black"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Your responsibilities will include:</span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Providing deep process and solution-specific expertise in SAP EAM, APM, Service and Asset Manager, and Dynamic Forms — delivering compelling, hands-on demonstrations and solution presentations tailored to both expert audiences and C-level stakeholders</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Generating new cloud software opportunities through proactive positioning of the SAP portfolio, including qualifying customer situations and developing solution proposals with compelling value argumentation</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Supporting the account team with presentations and events centered on Operate & Service, contributing to account strategy, competitive differentiation, and the identification of new opportunities</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Processing RFPs and planning and executing complex Proofs of Concept (PoCs), particularly around SAP EAM, APM, Service and Asset Manager, and Dynamic Forms scenarios</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Establishing yourself as a thought leader within the account team while independently coordinating and planning tasks across the full sales cycle</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Transitioning engagements effectively to SAP Consulting or implementation partners, and engaging with customers post-sale to reinforce the SAP vision and ensure eagerness for renewal</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Representing the topic area at trade fairs and events, and leveraging digital assets throughout customer engagement including demos, presentations, and other content</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:black"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">What you bring:</span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">3+ years of deep, hands-on expertise in SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and SAP Asset Performance Management (APM) — you are recognized as an expert in these solutions and bring a strong track record of applying them in customer-facing contexts</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Solid working knowledge of SAP Service and Asset Manager and SAP Dynamic Forms is strongly desired, as these solutions form a core part of the portfolio you will be representing</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Strong understanding of the integration of the Service & Operate Portfolio within SAP S/4HANA, including Plant Maintenance (PM) in ECC is essential for this role</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Additional knowledge of SAP Field Service Management (FSM) and SAP Business Network for Asset Collaboration (BNAC) is a welcome plus</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Experience in pre-sales, value advisory, or demonstration roles for cloud solutions, including value-based selling approaches (Value Engineering, Value Advisory) and knowledge of Cloud and SaaS/PaaS models in the B2B environment</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><span>Demonstrated achievement of relevant sales KPIs (e.g., win rates, solution adoption, pipeline impact)</span> </span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Experience planning and managing complex Proofs of Concept (PoCs), ideally with a consulting background, and a good understanding of the overall SAP portfolio including the Intelligent Enterprise strategy</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Skilled in crafting compelling customer narratives and presentations, with a confident presence at C-level, excellent communication skills, and enthusiasm for innovative solutions</span></li> <li style="color:black"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Full working proficiency in German and Business English</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:black"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Where you belong:</span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The Solution Advisory department for Supply Chain Management of SAP Germany supports all sales units of SAP Germany with strong expertise in SAP's Supply Chain solution portfolio along the Design-to-Operate process. The team is responsible for driving the sales of SAP's solution portfolio around the end-to-end "Design-to-Operate" process, which encompasses Supply Chain Planning, Product Development, Manufacturing Execution, operational logistics, as well as Asset Management and Digital Service.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;color:black">We at SAP refer to service and maintenance processes as the "Operate & Service" pillar within our overall "Design to Operate" framework — the best way to describe our SAP Supply Chain Management portfolio. With our expertise and know-how in SAP's Supply Chain solutions, we explore the problems and challenges of our customers and provide the best possible solution capabilities. As Solution Advisory, we take ownership of planning, coordinating, and executing activities that convince customers of our solutions — always focusing on the added value for our customers, enabling us to address their business and IT units even more effectively.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p style="margin-top:8.0px"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black">Bring out your best</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"><br>SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. 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