Business Process Principal Consultant - Customer Industry Solutions (CIS) (f/m/d)

What you'll bring

• Deep industry expertise: 10+ years in Manufacturing, Energy & Natural Resources, Consumer Products, or Professional Industries — with operational-level knowledge of where processes break and where transformation creates real value.
• AI use case expertise: Hands-on experience defining Agentic AI solutions with a clear focus on data readiness, process fit, and measurable outcomes.
• Product Management or consulting excellence: Proven track record in product definition and delivery, or in leading business transformation initiatives — translating complex challenges into structured programs that deliver at the senior stakeholder level.
• Customer engagement and emotional intelligence: Demonstrated ability to lead executive workshops, FDE-style discovery sessions, and co-innovation engagements — navigating complex organizational dynamics with emotional intelligence and building trust at every level.
• Strategic thinking and complex problem solving: Ability to cut through ambiguity, identify the highest-impact AI opportunities, and chart a clear path from complex business challenge to executable solution.
• Business acumen and value orientation: Ability to translate AI opportunities into quantified business cases — with realistic KPIs, ROI timelines, and a clear understanding of how value is created and measured in the businesses you serve.
• SAP platform knowledge: Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business AI Platform, SAP Joule, Signavio, LeanIX, and clean-core, cloud-first architecture principles.
• Communication and influencing skills: Clear, concise English — written and verbal — able to produce sharp requirements documentation, lead executive-level discussions, and influence diverse stakeholders toward a shared direction. German proficiency is an advantage.

Where you belong

You will join SAP's Customer Industry Solutions (CIS) team — a global group of industry experts at the intersection of deep domain knowledge and cutting-edge AI engineering. The role demands both rare domain depth and the ability to influence engineering teams, product managers, and customer executives. Guiding others to define sharper use cases, ask better value questions, and close the gap between AI potential and business reality is an explicit expectation at this level.

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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.

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Requisition ID: 458357  | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services  | Expected Travel: 0 - 70%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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