Application Consultant - SAP Academy for Services & Consulting - NETHERLANDS (Hybrid)

As an Application Consultant, you will help customers bridge the gap between complex business requirements and SAP system capabilities, helping organizations implement, optimize, and maintain SAP solutions. You serve as trusted advisors who translate business needs into effective SAP configurations while ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and processes.

You'll develop skills in IT strategy, SAP technologies, cloud solutions, and AI, learning hands-on through real projects with guidance from experienced consultants.

This role is a strong entry point into enterprise consulting, where you'll help customers successfully implement and adopt solutions, use AI to improve outcomes, and grow your career in a collaborative, supportive team environment.

What you'll do:

As part of the SAP Academy for Services & Consulting, Technology Consultant Associates will:

• Successfully complete a structured 12-month learn-and-apply academy program
• Participate in classroom learning, simulations, and real-customer engagement scenarios
• Requirements & Solution Design: Gather business requirements and configure SAP solutions aligned to business processes
• Implementation & Testing: Lead system setup, deployment, and testing to ensure quality and functionality
• Support & Continuous Improvement: Provide ongoing support, troubleshooting, upgrades, and enhancements
• Stakeholder & Project Management: Collaborate with stakeholders, support project delivery, and drive adoption through training and guidance

Expectations and Tasks:

• Support customer relationships through consistent delivery quality, responsiveness, and professionalism
• Ensure disciplined execution, documentation, and follow-up across implementation and adoption activities
• Provide clear and concise communications aligned to customer priorities and business outcomes.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to maintain clarity of roles, responsibilities, and ownership
• Identify potential risks related to delivery or adoption and support mitigation planning
• Ensure alignment between customer objectives, SAP recommendations, and realized outcomes
• Uphold SAP standards for quality, governance, and engagement excellence, As an Application Consultant, you will play a core role within SAP Customer Services & Delivery, partnering with account teams and service delivery organizations to bridge complex business requirements with SAP system capabilities and to design, implement, and optimize solutions that help customers realize measurable value from their SAP investments.

The SAP Academy for Services & Consulting is a global development program designed for talent who are early in their career.

About SAP Next Gen Academy for Services & Consulting

The Academy partners with SAP Customer Services & Delivery to support customers in their digital transformation, driving adoption and effective use of SAP software through planning, implementation, integration, and continuous improvement.

The 12-month SAP Next Gen Academy for Services & Consulting offers classroom learning and role-focused rotations. It builds a strong foundation in consulting, project management, technical, and solution support to prepare you for success in Customer Services and delivery.

Join us for a unique opportunity to build a global network, collaborate with customers to solve real business challenges, and gain hands-on experience with world-class cloud solutions - all while learning in a dynamic environment and earning competitive pay and benefits., Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP's commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted annual combined range for this position is 2. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits. AI Usage in the Recruitment Process For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

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Do you have experience in Supply chain?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree required; focus in Engineering, Business Administration or Finance strongly preferred.

• Engineering - Delivers a strong technical foundation by integrating engineering, business, and systems thinking to solve complex problems and drive efficient solutions.
• Business Administration or Finance - Supports understanding of business processes and financial operations, essential for SAP FI-CO and related modules.
• 1-3 years of experience in technology, consulting, or related fields, with exposure to enterprise application environments.
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and specific module configuration (FI-CO, SD, MM, PP, etc.)
• Business Process Knowledge: Strong understanding of enterprise processes like order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and record-to-report.
• Communication Skills: Excellent presentation and documentation abilities to explain business requirements clearly to diverse audiences
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical thinking to diagnose complex business challenges and translate them into effective SAP solutions
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex business processes and translate them into SAP solutions.
• Project Management: Ability to manage projects, including scope, timelines, and resources
• SAP Functional Expertise: Experience in one or more of the following areas in preferred:
• Supply Chain (MM, PP, Warehouse Management),
• Sales & Distribution (SD), or emerging SAP technologies including BTP, Fiori/UI5, and cloud integration.
• Industry experience (Retail/Fashion, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, Manufacturing) is a plus.
• Specialized SAP Training and Certifications is a plus., SAP Next Gen is our global experience for students, recent graduates, and early career professional. Being apart of the Next Gen community provides a supportive community, tailored development, and the ability to be involved in high-impact projects.

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