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YOUR FUTURE ROLE
The Cloud Renewal Executive (CRE) has overall responsibility for the daily management of assigned Cloud Renewals customer accounts, including account management strategies as well as engagement and expansion plans to ensure profitable growth within these customers. The focus of this position is to maximize the value that customers and SAP receive through cloud renewals and use of the customers deployed cloud software.
The CRE is expected to serve as the primary point of contact for the customer during renewal negotiations and to maintain customer satisfaction throughout the renewals process. The CRE is responsible for delivering end-to-end renewal execution through partnership with Customer Engagement Executives and Account Team, driving toward and ensuring mutually beneficial and successful outcomes. This role is responsible for interfacing with customers on SAP’s behalf to negotiate commercial terms and drive incremental revenue. The CRE will primarily interact with customers via telephone.
Develop and implement account strategies and implementation plans for renewal customers that increase revenue retention and growth.- Increase cloud revenues through improved renewal rates, inclusive of cross or upsell and potential restructures of the contract.
- Maintain a close working relationship with other regional business teams such as CEEs, AEs, GADs, and other customer facing personnel in support of customers and corporate functions necessary to support all assigned accounts.
- Deal management and commercial negotiation of the entire opportunity life cycle for renewals by providing end-to-end renewal execution support; maintain knowledge of commercial negotiation, renewal execution, support on transactional steps related to renewals and replacements.
- Provide renewal forecasting support by accurately evaluating renewals 12 months in advance of expiration date; clean up data inconsistencies and ensure accurate values and contract dates and maintain through their life cycle
- Act as an intermediary for Deals Desk, Legal, GTM and other internal SAP Support teams for those accounts within their portfolio. Able to Liaise with various approval steps including rev rec, finance, office of CFO, legal, etc.
- Manage new account assignment into portfolio.
YOUR PROFILE
Experience & Language Requirements
Fluent in English & one other European language preferred- few years of experience in the following areas:
- Renewals and/or Account management
- Managing complex customer engagements
- Commercial experience including experience developing account management plans and contract negotiation
- Complex Account Management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
Education
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent comparable experience
ABOUT THE TEAM
In the Cloud Renewals Center, our people and our culture are central to our success! Cloud Renewals Executives demonstrate skills and knowledge in the area of renewal strategy, deal architecture, customer negotiation and internal navigation of commercial and legal teams. If you’re looking for a new challenge, on a growing, impactful, and supportive team, the Cloud Renewal Center is the place for you!
You will be continuously equipped for success as a subject matter expert in commercial and revenue management principles that are key to SAP’s growth. We promote a culture of open dialogue and continuous improvement; in this role we encourage you to voice your feedback to drive improvements within the business.
We build breakthroughs together
SAP innovations help more than 400,000 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 200 million users and more than 100,000 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, we build breakthroughs, together.
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. 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.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
Requisition ID: 372969 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: Virtual - Germany #LI-Hybrid
