Customer Success Partner Senior Advisor - Fieldglass and Ariba

Customer Success Partner Senior Advisor - Fieldglass and Ariba

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The Specialist Customer Success Partner (CSP) – Procurement (Fieldglass & Ariba) engages with SAPʼs customers to drive & accelerate their value realization and to ensure business outcomes are being met through consumption of their purchased solutions & success service entitlements. The Customer Success Partner is responsible for the management, orchestration of resources and execution of activities for a designated set of customer accounts, including post sales account management strategy development, outcome success plan definition & execution (adoption & consumption), account relationship management, issue mitigation, point of escalation for assigned customers, and opportunistic expansion of solutions or services through lead generation activities. The Customer Success Partner drives mutual (customer & SAP) success across the Land, Adopt, Consume & Expand (LACE) cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement account strategies and implementation plans for emerging and renewal customers that further existing account adoption and identify new business opportunities within assigned accounts.
• Complete Relationship Assessments, Outcome Success Plans, initiate tracking, and maintain associated tasks for each account in the portfolio.
• Develop and nurture account relationships and engage C-Level and program sponsors to ensure customer success.
• Track SLA performance, usage and adoption metrics, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Meet or exceed account-specific revenue and profitability goals for account portfolio including but not limited to renewals, subscription software expansion, and network revenue growth.
• Maintain a close working relationship with other regional business teams in support of global customers and corporate functions necessary to support all assigned accounts.
• Act as primary escalation point for cloud solutions for those accounts within their portfolio.
• Drive opportunity development and accurate forecasting of the renewal and network growth.
• Facilitate quarterly Account Reviews and monthly Relationship Reviews with customer and Account team members.
• Contribute to library of success plays and best practices to further grow SAP's ability to drive customer success.
• Identify opportunities at customer to grow SAP footprint through expansion of licenses or services.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Previous experience with Fieldglass solution is mandatory (At least one-year experience).
• Strong Procurement Line of Business specific experience: Supply chain, Finance and Procurement and eBusiness expertise.
• 5+ years of experience in managing complex customer engagements, commercial experience including developing account management plans and contract negotiation, or selling/delivering consulting services.
• Customer relationship management and sales team management expertise.
• Proficiency in SAP Commercial and Account Management Systems.
• Complex Account Management with a customer focus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree.
• 5+ years of overall business procurement experience.
• Strong track record of multi-tasking/being highly organized and structured.
• Experience in Consulting, account management, SaaS renewals.
• Contract negotiation experience on either the buy or sell side.
• Analytical, and commercial savvy.
• Problem solving attitude with a Customer Focus.
• Multi-lingual: Proficient in English. Arabic is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Expert relationship building skills.
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Expert governance and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial / deal support skills especially subscription based.

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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, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID: 406574 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.