Value Advisor Expert

SAP SE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Greater London is seeking a Value Advisor to define the value proposition of SAP capabilities and lead client engagements for strategic growth. This role requires 10-15 years of experience, with a strong background in consulting and value selling. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients, ensuring alignment on strategic goals. You will be empowered to help clients maximize value through tailored solutions and best practices in the Spend Management domain.

Benefits

Constant learning opportunities

Great benefits

Diverse team work environment

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of experience in Sales/Consulting/Industry.
• 5+ years in strategy/management consulting.
• Proven track record in business case creation and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define value proposition of SAP capabilities to customers.
• Lead client engagements to assess strategic goals and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to create actionable recommendations for growth.

Skills

Sales experience

Consulting experience

Business case creation

Financial analysis skills

Relationship management

Quantitative skills

Value selling methodology

Education

MBA

Job description

We help the world run better At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll do

As a Value Advisor (VA) - Strategic Initiative Lead & Regional Partner at SAP, your primary responsibility will be to define the value proposition of SAP capabilities to customers and ensure that the promised value is tracked and refined according to the customer's priorities and adopted solutions.

The VA Team lead client engagements to assess strategic goals, innovation scenarios, key opportunities for improvement, and other sources of additional economic value in the area of digital procurement, finance, sustainability, travel expenses, supply chain and performance management.

This role partners with commercial leadership to identify opportunities, create account strategies, ensure coverage of strategic opportunities, and execute collaborative assessments for deals across different markets.

The key aspects of the VA role include the following

• Develop case for change and business case based on the clients’ strategy, financial analysis, and industry dynamics applying value selling:
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand our clients’ growth strategy with the industry context. This includes in-depth market context analysis, revenue projections, and actionable recommendations designed to drive profitable growth for our customers.
• Utilize value-based selling techniques to position solutions that align well with our clients’ growth strategy.
• Align financial analysis and business cases with the company’s 3–5 year game plan to support major regions and key growth markets.
• Understand industry value chains and end-to-end processes. Leverage industry-specific insights to understand complex value chains and end-to-end business processes across various sectors. Use these insights to develop tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of each client, ensuring alignment with industry trends and benchmarks for maximizing value delivery.
• Support demand generation efforts in insightful ways and drive the Account Planning process in regions and MUs.
• Be viewed as a thought leader in industry circles by speaking at industry forums, publishing articles and delivering innovative solutions.
• Lead the value engagement across every stage and contribute to value realization: Benchmark to assess key value drivers prior to go-live, ensuring a clear understanding of potential impacts.
• Post-deployment, track and benchmark the realization of value through ongoing performance assessments, deploying the SAP toolbox specifically designed to support this.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure that value realization is continuously monitored and optimized.
• Drive business and IT alignment in large accounts: Foster strong collaboration between business and IT teams within large enterprise accounts to ensure alignment on strategic goals.
• Utilize Value Enablement frameworks to standardize best practices across regions.
• Guide key accounts through value-focused engagements by promoting business-IT synergies, supported by thought leadership and benchmarking insights.

What you bring

• 10-15+ years of professional experience in Sales/Consulting/Industry/Line of Business, with at least 5 years in strategy / management consulting.
• Proven track record in business case creation, financial analysis, and process improvement.
• Executive presence, communication, and relationship management skills to act as trusted business advisor.
• Customer facing experience including managing business and IT alignment, executive interview techniques, design and facilitation of executive workshops.
• Strong quantitative background and experience in account management and engagement design.
• Advanced knowledge of value selling methodology & processes, opportunities, value chain and ecosystem analyses experience.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in the following functional areas: Sourcing, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounts Payable, Working Capital Management, Sustainability, Travel Expenses.
• MBA.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Meet your team

You will be working with a diverse team of professionals, experts and thought leaders in the Spend Management domain across EMEA. You will collaborate with cross-functional (and cross-geo) teams in matrix structures to deliver value to our customers.

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.

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 world.

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