Project Associate - Customer Services & Delivery APJ Academy

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About The Customer Services & Delivery Academy

SAP Customer Services & Delivery team supports our customers in their digital transformation. We sustain the adoption of SAP software and ensure that our customers can successfully plan, implement, integrate, and operate their software, including continuous improvement, quality management, problem solving and knowledge transfer.

The Customer Services & Delivery Academy is a 12-18mth graduate program to start your career. This program consists of classroom-based learning with rotation opportunities with a predefined focus role within the business.

Throughout the Program you will build the foundations needed for success in the Customer Services & Delivery business. Our rotations enable you to gain comprehensive experience and understanding within different lines of business relevant to your end role such as consulting, project management, technical and solution support.

The Project Manager is responsible for supporting our customers transformation strategy through the management of cloud, on-premise or hybrid implementation initiatives with SAP Activate methodology. The Project Manager has the qualifications and business acumen to manage large scale, high risk, strategic projects that span organizational boundaries including multiple business units and service partners/vendors.

The project manager will provide leadership to cross-functional teams responsible for delivering defined project outputs on time, on budget and with highest quality. Project Managers assist SAP Sales teams during the Bid Phase by providing input into the proposal especially regarding the solution delivery model, project structure, organization, scoping, estimation and risk assessment. Project Managers have ability to manage complex projects or programs that require coordination of work between various parties such as: third party sub-contractors, SAP Development, and Global Support organizations.

Potential Skills a successful candidate can achieve
 Conduct project planning activities and support execution of large scale, high risk, strategic projects according to the project plan
 Determine required resources for the project
 Assess, document and communicate risk for the engagement
 Position SAP delivery methodology  Activate, Agile, Best Business Practices and Model Company correctly with the customer and project team
 Analyze risk, establish contingency plans ad identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
 Communicate and/or escalate project issues early to account management and delivery management.
 Balance the trade-off of the triple- constraint (time, cost and scope) to realize the expected business value.

What You Bring
 Masters degree, or equivalent tertiary study
 0-3 years" work experience with customer facing roles
 Team player with ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned tasks
 Good listener with excellent communication skills, empathetic, collaborative
 Resourceful self-starters with strong interpersonal skills who are eager learners
 Interested in technology, innovation, and how digital platforms can solve business challenges
 Problem-solvers who are ambitious, passionate, resilient, proactive, open-minded, and able to manage pressure

What You'll Do
 Learn and understand the Customer Services business as well as specific cloud SAP products
 Conduct job rotations relevant to the intended role with various teams within the business
 Case studies, classroom and self-paced learnings with a mix of technical and soft skill topics
 On the job training with the support of buddies and coaches
 Work on relevant projects that demonstrate your communication and interpersonal skills, as well as a strong work ethic that delivers high quality outcomes
 Demonstrate problem solving, time management, and communication skills through a range of activities done during training and on the job rotations
 Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
 Meeting performance requirements at conclusion of each rotation
 Displaying effective communication skills to handle and explain customer situations (to both business end users and SAP technical/ functional consultants)
 Adapt to knowledge on new technologies in a consistently dynamic and changing environment
 Be responsible for driving the clean core on BTP, innovation adoption and business transformation at scale for customer
 Work with partners, customers and internal SAP teams to enforce adoption of Rise with SAP methodology and associated tools like CALM, Signavio, Enable Now, BTP etc. to make the best usage of the investment of end 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

SAPs 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.

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Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 404091 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Graduate | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: .,