Sales Development Executive - UKI Market

We help the world run betterOur company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. 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. Are you looking to further your career in business development with a market leader in business digital transformation through technology? Do you want to join a company providing a solid career path and focus on people development? As a Sales Development Executive, you will work and develop in a rich, stimulating environment where you have daily access to technical experts, subject-matter experts, and business professionals. You will find the learning environment highly stimulating, where employees acquire knowledge and skills through instructor-led classes, e-learning courses and work shadowing with the sales team with the view of progressing into an Account Executive role. Role DescriptionThis role supports a partner organization, increasing the lead and opportunity pipeline on specific solutions and industries. You will gain exposure to international projects, while working with a team of some of the brightest minds in the industry. This position requires both strategic and detailed thinking and strong initiative. It is primarily phone and social media-based and will also require the use of our production studios. You will also: Generate a volume business pipeline for SAP and our Partners through driving outbound calls, proactive campaigns, managing accounts and digital activities into net new contacts. Develop a call strategy and action plan in alignment with the Commercial Sales and Partner Sales Team by leveraging SAP internal digital techniques, partner content and campaign and territory planning, to strengthen the partner reach and improve target achievement. Generate, manage and handover leads and opportunities by developing and driving effective calling and selling strategies that are based on valid, customer-specific value propositions. Role Requirements At least 2 years’ experience of B2B Demand Generation and/or Sales Experience working in a software sales organization Experience of modern digital prospecting techniques, such as Basho, LinkedIn and Social Media Listening, blended with traditional demand generation activities- i.e calling Proven ability of working to targets in a sales environment Understanding of business challenges facing a defined industry and line of business Bachelor’s degree Fluency in English, any other language is a plus #SAPCommercialSalesCareers 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 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 (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor. Requisition ID: 374522 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Graduate | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.