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As a Senior Account Executive supporting South Africa’s private sector, you will lead strategic engagements with enterprise customers to drive SAP’s growth. You will develop net‑new opportunities, expand relationships within named accounts, and position SAP’s integrated portfolio as a catalyst for operational excellence, innovation, and sustainable business transformation. Your impact will accelerate adoption of SAP’s cloud solutions across key industries in the South African market.

What you’ll do

Build and execute territory and account strategies to drive net‑new and expansion opportunities across key private‑sector industries. Develop and maintain trusted relationships with senior executives and decision‑makers to influence business priorities and long‑term roadmaps. Lead complex, high‑value sales cycles—aligning customer challenges with SAP’s full portfolio and partner ecosystem. Create compelling value cases that quantify business impact and guide customer investment decisions. Orchestrate virtual account teams, partners, and specialists to deliver high‑quality engagements and proposals. Ensure customer success through adoption, satisfaction, and sustained value realization post‑sale.

What you bring

Proven success selling enterprise solutions to large private‑sector customers in South Africa. Strong understanding of digital transformation drivers across industries such as financial services, retail, mining, energy, and manufacturing. Experience leading complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders and governance processes. Ability to articulate SAP’s value proposition and influence C‑level decision‑making. Strong business acumen and the ability to translate customer objectives into solution strategies. Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Ability to lead virtual teams and collaborate across SAP’s sales, services, and partner organizations.

Where you belong

Join a high‑performing team that partners closely with South Africa’s leading enterprises. Work in a collaborative, customer‑focused environment that values strategic thinking and measurable outcomes. Access global expertise, continuous learning, and opportunities to grow your career across SAP. Be part of an organization committed to innovation, cloud transformation, and long‑term customer success.

 

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

 

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Requisition ID: 442870  | Work Area: Sales  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid