Sales Manager - Public Sector

Sap Se; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic management professional to lead a team focused on selling innovative solutions in the Public Sector. This role emphasizes collaboration and strategic partnership building, ensuring that the team's efforts align with the company's overarching goals. You will be responsible for driving performance, developing your team, and fostering strong relationships with clients. The company values inclusion and offers a supportive environment for all employees, making it an exciting opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in their career while contributing to a better world.

Benefits

Flexible working models

Health and well-being programs

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Increasing managerial experience with a focus on team development and performance management.
• Strong professional experience in sales and customer relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of account executives and drive sales in the Public Sector.
• Build strategic partnerships with key decision makers in customer organizations.

Skills

Management Skills

Fluent English Communication

Sales Strategy Development

Customer Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (preferred)

Job description

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best.

Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better.

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.

Responsibilities

Responsible for managing a team of account executives (5 fte) and selling SAP's products and solutions to SAP's customers in the Public Sector, focused on named accounts. Maintains customer relationships and influences customers' requirements' specifications. Typically carries a quota.

Accountability

Manages resources, ensuring business critical & innovative results. Builds action plans and makes operational decisions on policies, tactics, and resources critical to the function's business success to ensure delivery against strategy of the function or team. Accountable for annual goals established for team or department. Directs activities of a team or department of professionals and supports staff. Co-ownership of Public Sector strategy with industry experts. Alignment of Public Sector strategy with the sales go-to market. Execution of public sector go-to market.

Complexity

Makes day-to-day decisions within or for a team or department. Works collaboratively with direct reports. Regularly applies expertise in day-to-day activities.

Experience

Increasing managerial experience. Sound professional experience. Demonstrates all management responsibilities: create the future; build a team; develop people; manage performance.

Communication

Builds strategic partnerships with key decision makers in customer & partner organizations. Fluent communication skills in both English.

Location

This role is based in South Africa, and we are not able to consider candidates who require relocation.

Inclusion

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.

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Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor. Requisition ID: | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.