SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) Sales Manager for Regulated Industries

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Position Overview

The primary purpose of the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) Solution Sales Manager is to lead, drive, manage, coach, and develop a team of Business Data Cloud (BDC) Solution Sales Executives who will drive the sales and market presence of SAP's Business Data Cloud solutions, leveraging AI capabilities to transform businesses. The Solution Sales Manager will ensure that the team consistently attains targeted revenue and profitability goals and sets the vision and strategy for the sales team. To accomplish these goals, the Solution Sales Manager must develop specific territory plans to ensure growth in all revenue streams, formulate objectives, performance standards, and priorities for the sales team, and ensure that the selling models facilitate market penetration.

 

This role demands a comprehensive understanding of SAP technologies (preferred), data management, and AI integration to effectively communicate these solutions' value to the sales team and prospective clients.

 

What You Will Do

▪ Recruit a team of high-caliber sales talent, introduce strong sales processes, support the development of a full pipeline of sales prospects, engage customers and Partners at the executive level, motivate the sales team, resolve conflicts, remove barriers, and provide recognition in the pursuit and achievement of sales revenue and profitability.

▪ Define a vision and create a winning strategy that draws upon the strengths of SAP and responds to specific market needs, generates competitive advantage on existing markets, and develops consistent new revenue streams that will guarantee short and long-term achievements.

▪ Develop and apply an in-depth understanding of SAP's processes/ procedures and sales tools/systems as well as enterprise market, including industry, marketplace, strategies and trends, competitors, and competitive tactics to develop an effective long-term sales strategy and plan.

▪ Demonstrate an outstanding execution track along sales cycles, ensuring SAP's sales methodologies and common processes are in place and define clear territory engagement guidelines.

▪ Monitor and take necessary measures to ensure an adequate pipeline of opportunities and demand generation for sustainable growth.

▪ Utilize a disciplined approach for successful solution selling (value Centric Sales Approach), establish, and maintain accurate, timely, and documented sales revenue forecasting procedures, and provide required updates to SAP executive management.

▪ Ensure a proper business case with a clear and attractive ROI impact, on each proposal SAP presents.

▪ Build a network of executive relationships across industry, community, and business groups, and with key partners and customers to stay current on issues impacting business and sales, and provide meaningful strategic advice to retain and grow their business through integrated solutions.

▪ Stay current and informed on all new campaigns, understand their objectives and relevance, communicate to the Sales team, and ensure all involved know the roles they play in making campaigns successful.

▪ Work collaboratively with other internal teams within SAP, Industry Sales teams, Marketing, Development, Center of Excellence, Solution Advisory, etc.

 

What You Bring

▪ 5+ years of experience leading/managing in a team selling environment.

▪ 10+ years of experience selling cloud services (platform-as-a-service, software-as-a-service, database-as-a-service), with at least 5 years specializing in database management solutions and AI integration solutions.

▪ Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and data engineering tools. 

▪ Awareness of trends in data management, b