Customer Success Manager - Permanent Role - Powered By Sap Academy - Italy

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Please note that this is a pipeline job posting, for this reason candidate feedback may take longer than usual. Official recruitment process begins in September 2024. By applying to this pipeline position, you have the option to get in contact with us early in the application cycle for our SAP Academy for Costumer Success Program.

Who you’ll become 

As a part of joining the Customer Success team, you will first participate in the distinguished SAP Academy for Customer Success, a 10-month dynamic program designed to equip you with an array of skills and a robust foundation for your fruitful career. Following this enriching experience within a globally diverse and supportive environment, you will then transition into the exciting role of customer Success Manager (f/m/d).

Once you've successfully completed the SAP Academy program, you'll embark on one of two exciting career paths:

• Specialist Customer Success Manager (S-CSM) (f/m/d) works directly with customers to guide them through their business journey with our solutions. The S-CSM works to increase customer satisfaction, retention, renewals, references and upsells for Cloud products within their assigned solution portfolio. The S-CSM oversees key customer milestones throughout the customer lifecycle, from deal signature through system provisioning, monitoring implementation progress, and business case achievement. The S-CSM is expected to serve as the strategic point of contact for the customer within the assigned solution portfolio and to leverage appropriate resources across SAP functions to maintain overall customer health.
• Enterprise Customer Success Manager(E-CSM) (f/m/d) is the customer’s advisor on SAP business capabilities and benefits, driving the end-to-end (E2E) customer journey, from discovery to value realization, focusing on adoption and consumption. The E-CSM serves as the strategic point of contact for the customer and helps define and drive customer transformation and successful business outcomes.   They will orchestrate the broader account team members and the partner ecosystem to deliver the intelligent enterprise.    

The pathway you embark on, be it a Specialist Customer Success Manager (S-CSM) or an Enterprise Customer Success Manager (E-CSM), will be determined by the depth of your work experience and unique strengths and capabilities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Successfully complete a 10-month learn-apply program, which includes classroom phases and field phases with your CSM team, that enhances your support into the CSM role, a critical customer facing function within our dynamic Customer Success board area.  

• Immerse yourself in multi-dimensional, experiential learning with a focus on digital transformation, global intelligence, human skills, business and technology acumen, solution/industry knowledge, and strategy/tools/process.  

• E-CSM: Enhance skills in advising complex, global transformations and driving customer outcomes, renewals, expansions, and upsells. 
• S-CSM: Enhance skills around your solution portfolio, managing customer retention, and driving value realization.
• Receive onboarding in your local market with on-the-job training and mentoring by a senior CSM professional in the field. You will have the opportunity to work both behind the scenes and directly with customers.

The program will enrich your knowledge of SAP and the Customer Success board area and give you professional experience to be ready to serve our customers. We offer full-time employment from day one with practical learning applications for your role.  Upon successfully completing the program, you will move into a direct customer-facing CSM role in your market and continue receiving mentoring and coaching support to accelerate your growth.

What you’ll bring

• 2-5 years’ work experience with a proven record of supporting customers and business transformation, preferably from consulting, sales and/or account management, or Business roles (e.g., Finance, Operations, Supply Chain) that include resolution and escalation management. 
• Experience advising or driving complex global transformations.
• Strong communication skills including fluency in English and German, other local languages are a plus. 
• Proficient interpersonal skills including curiosity, effective listening skills, professional presence, empathy and “can-get-it-done" mentality. 
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across diverse stakeholders and business functions in a complex environment.  
• 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 and will start on March 1st, 2025 

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, all while earning a great salary and benefits.  

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SAP’s employees across different regions are enabled to do their best job with the right mix of office and remote work according to country-specific guidelines and regulations. In general, our hybrid work setup consists of three days a week in the office or on-site with customers or partners. 

We are planning a practical and immersive portion of our program, which will have participants spend between 4 and 6 weeks, spread across two trips, in San Ramon, California. This experience is designed to provide unparalleled hands-on learning and networking opportunities. *Please note that this is still in the planning phase, and the final decision will be confirmed by the first quarter of 2025. We will ensure that this information is communicated promptly and that sufficient time is provided for necessary preparations. 

During these intensive phases of the program, it is critical that all participants are fully engaged and present to ensure maximum learning and success. As such, vacation will not be approved from March 1, 2025, to May 30, 2025, and then again from August 11, 2025, to October 17, 2025. *Dates are subject to change as planning is finalized

​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.

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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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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.
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Requisition ID: 398436  | Work Area: Sales  | Expected Travel: 0 - 100%  | Career Status: Graduate  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.