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NTT Data

Global IT services and consulting provider.

SAP Pre-Sales Lead Advisor

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeHyderabad, Telangana, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 15 years of experience in SAP pre-sales, solution architecture, SAP consulting, and solution architecture, with a focus on cloud products.
  • Strong knowledge of SAP ERP, S/4HANA, and other SAP modules, including Finance and Supply Chain.
  • Deep understanding of SAP's cloud product suite, particularly S/4HANA Cloud, BTP, and other cloud-based modules.
  • Experience in industries such as manufacturing or Life Sciences.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Responsibilities

  • Win large or complex deals in SAP pre-sales for projects, application services, and application management services.
  • Build go-to-market offering strategies and solutions.
  • Develop customer and SAP product-team relationships.
  • Drive sales opportunities from initiation to closure.
  • Deliver best-fit customer solutions with optimal estimations.
  • Provide technical and business consultative leadership during pre-sales and/or post-sales cycles for large enterprise ERP implementations.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and related SAP product suites, acting as a critical client contact and strategic advisor throughout the sales cycle for SAP S/4HANA solution implementations.
  • Provide process expertise and solutions in Supply Chain and Manufacturing, including integration with other SAP ERP modules.
  • Apply hands-on Manufacturing and Supply Chain expertise to assist with analysis.
  • Collaborate with sales and pre-sales teams to plan account strategies and develop content that enables qualification, positioning, and demonstration of SAP service offerings to prospects and clients.
  • Engage with customers in executive meetings, solution workshops, and design sessions, and articulate the business value of SAP solutions through tailored presentations and demonstrations.
  • Identify and describe solution options, evaluate their pros and cons, and recommend solution strategies and estimated opportunity timelines.
  • Create business requirements documents, process maps, high-level solution design diagrams, and scopes of work for business implementation scenarios and solution designs.
  • For executed deals, formally hand off designs and cost estimates to the delivery team and provide technical input to key project-team members and stakeholders.
  • Guide deep cross-functional discovery conversations with customers based on industry best practices, customer research, and SAP customer experiences across SAP solutions.
  • Stay updated on SAP product roadmaps and trends and use this knowledge to influence pre-sales strategies.
  • Assist in developing proposals for requests for information and requests for proposals, as needed, and provide solution expertise and competitive messaging in RFP response packages.
  • Build business cases for cloud migration and transformation, highlighting return on investment and total cost of ownership for clients.
  • Deliver customized demonstrations, workshops, and presentations to illustrate the value of SAP's cloud portfolio.
  • Collaborate with SAP technical and implementation teams to support a seamless transition from pre-sales to delivery.
  • Monitor market and competitive trends in the SAP cloud landscape to keep pre-sales strategy relevant.
  • Train other pre-sales team members on the technical aspects of service offerings and products.
  • Instill a teamwork culture with the virtual sales support team assigned to the sales opportunity.
  • Cultivate professional industry relationships with clients, analysts, thought leaders, and SAP.
  • Establish credibility and relationships with client decision-makers.
  • Facilitate pre-sale to post-sale account transitions, ensuring consistent communication with customers and implementation delivery teams.
  • Identify industry-specific value propositions, including drivers, trends, key performance measures, return on investment, and technology advancements.
  • Audit industry-related client implementations to ensure industry solution quality, measure value, identify market requirements, and incorporate new best business practices.
  • Obtain input regarding future industry requirements.
  • Identify business problems and translate them into SAP requirements.
  • Craft solutions based on business requirements.
  • Provide consistent, open, and prompt communication regarding pros and cons.
  • Prepare business case definitions to support decision-making.

About the Company

NTT Data

Global IT services and consulting provider.

NTT DATA is a global IT and business services provider that helps organizations run and transform their technology and operations. It delivers consulting, industry solutions, cloud migration, cybersecurity, data analytics, and managed services to modernize systems and processes. It differentiates itself through its large scale, deep sector expertise in banking, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, and automotive, and its broad ecosystem of partners with Microsoft, SAP, AWS, and Salesforce. Its goal is to help large enterprises digitally transform and optimize operations at scale using cloud-native approaches and secure IT environments.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1988

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