Solution Advisor Associate - SAP Academy for Customer Success - South Africa (Hybrid)
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. 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.
The SAP Academy for Customer Success is a talent development program specifically for candidates early in their careers.
Who you’ll become
A Solution Advisor works with our customers and prospects to help them solve business challenges and meet their business objectives using SAP solutions. As a part of the sales team, a Solution Advisor is the “subject matter expert” responsible for the functional and technical knowledge within the sales cycle. A Solution Advisor provides deal support by participating in discovery sessions, executive meetings, and presentations, and will deliver software demonstrations that help the customer understand SAP’s unique value proposition.
As a Solution Advisor within the SAP Academy for Customer Success, you will be responsible to:
- Successfully complete a 10-month program that strengthens a foundation for a successful customer-facing career at SAP.
- Participate in experiential learning opportunities with colleagues from all over the world and acquire a wide variety of business, industry, and SAP solution skills while working with emerging and cutting-edge technologies.
- Receive on-the-job training under the mentorship of a senior Solution Advisor colleague while working with our customers to gain real-world experience and acquire the skills necessary to help guide our customers through their Digital Transformation journey.
The program will enrich your knowledge of SAP and give you the professional experience to serve our customers. We offer full-time employment from day one with practical learning applications for your role. After successful completion of the program, you are expected to lead customer discovery sessions and survey activities to uncover business challenges and opportunities for innovation. You will create and deliver high-impact and engaging software demonstrations that compel the customers to select SAP over other competitive offerings. You will also provide demand generation support through marketing events and deal execution support by responding to requests for proposals.
Solution areas focus:
- SAP S/4 HANA Finance (oCFO) – Knowledge in corporate finance and accounting, reporting and consolidation, planning, budgeting, and financial analytics.
- SAP SuccessFactors (HCM) - Knowledge in core HR and payroll, talent management, employee experience management, HR analytics, and workforce planning.
What you’ll bring:
- 2-3 years of work experience with a strong foundation in technical and business processes, exposure to relevant technologies/solutions, and excellent communication or customer-facing skills.
- Effective communication skills including fluency in English and local language.
- Proficient interpersonal skills including passion, curiosity, listening skills, professional presence, empathy, and a “can-get-it-done” mentality.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across diverse stakeholders and business functions.
- Strong Business Acumen including demonstrated knowledge of business processes and/or industries.
About SAP Academy for Customer Success:
The SAP Academy for Customer Success is a world-class training program that develops our next-generation workforce by delivering an energizing and inspiring experience within a globally diverse environment. This dynamic 10-month program strengthens the foundation for a successful career at SAP.
Join us for the opportunity of a lifetime, to develop a global peer network, partner and engage with customers to help solve their unique business challenges, and leverage world-class cloud-based products and services.
Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. 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. SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Requisition ID: 403416 | Work Area: Presales | Expected Travel: 0 - 100% | Career Status: Graduate | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.
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