Supply Chain Management Customer Success Partner Manager

Job Description

CSM Role Overview

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and implement account strategies and consumption plans that drive measurable customer outcomes and support subscription renewals
• Build trusted customer relationships to enable value-based consumption and adoption activities
• Monitor SLA performance and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction
• Engage with Global Customer Success Centers to leverage expertise throughout the customer lifecycle
• Use data and tools to manage adoption and consumption activities, including Relationship Assessments and Outcome Success Plans
• Act as the primary escalation point for assigned customer accounts
• Contribute to success methodologies, playbooks, and best practices
• Identify opportunities to expand the SAP footprint through additional licenses or services

Leadership Responsibilities (Manager Role)

Key Leadership Accountabilities Include

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of Customer Success Managers, ensuring continuous development, performance improvement, and career growth
• Establish a high-performance culture focused on accountability, customer outcomes, and collaboration
• Drive key business KPIs, including:
• Revenue growth
• dACV
• Customer retention and renewals
• Go-lives and adoption milestones
• Customer references
• Lead generation and expansion pipeline
• Provide strategic direction and operational oversight across customer engagement and supply chain transformation initiatives
• Scale customer success operations across regions or industries to drive consistent and sustainable outcomes
• Lead organizational development initiatives, improving processes, efficiency, and team effectiveness
• region or industry to scale business operations and drive sustainable customer outcomes.

Key Job Attributes

• Strong track record of leading teams and driving revenue growth in enterprise environments
• Deep expertise in Supply Chain Management (SCM), enabling strategic advisory and transformation leadership
• Ability to connect supply chain solutions with customer business value and ROI
• Proven success in improving customer retention, satisfaction, and referenceability
• Recognized as a key leader in customer engagement strategy and execution
• Drives profitable growth through both customer success and supply chain optimization
• Provides executive-level insights on market trends, customer needs, and product direction
• Leads account governance, renewals, and expansion strategies with strong commercial acumen
• Provides feedback to SAP leadership on market conditions and product needs
• Leads organizational development and performance improvement initiatives
• Manages and develops direct reports

Leadership & Management Experience

• 11+ years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or related fields
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing teams in complex, matrixed organizations
• Demonstrated ability to drive team performance, engagement, and business outcomes
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and large-scale transformation programs

Supply Chain Expertise

• Strong domain expertise in Supply Chain Management (SCM) (planning, logistics, operations, digital supply chain)
• Experience driving supply chain transformation and optimization initiatives
• Ability to translate supply chain capabilities into measurable business value

Customer Success & Commercial Experience

• Proven success in renewals, expansion, and upsell strategies within subscription models
• Strong understanding of SAP’s Land, Adopt, Consume, Expand framework
• Experience managing complex enterprise customers and executive stakeholders

Core Competencies

• Executive leadership and stakeholder management
• Strong people management and team development
• Strategic thinking and business alignment
• Supply chain transformation expertise
• Program and project management excellence
• Commercial mindset with growth focus
• Risk management and escalation handling
• Bring out your best
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• Requisition ID: 451342 \| Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services \| Expected Travel: 0 - 10% \| Career Status: Management \| Employment Type: Regular Full Time \| Additional Locations:

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