ASSISTANT OF THE HEAD OF MANAGED CLOUD DELVERY (MCD) OPERATIONS - Associate / Specialist
Date: Jul 20, 2026
Location: St. Leon-Rot, Germany
Company: automation-1
Ref-Code: DE-60418519-EN-15-001
Work area: Administration
Expected travel: 0% - 10%
Career status:
Employment type: Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.Within the Products & Innovation (P&I) board area, the mission of the Managed Cloud Delivery (MCD) organization is to build and operate the HANA Enterprise Cloud Portfolio. The MCD Operations team is responsible for providing ongoing Operations support to HANA Enterprise Cloud Customers and is an international team with colleagues based in Europe, USA, Mexico and India. In the role of an Assistant, your main responsibility will be to provide support the Head of MCD Operations as well as to the constituent teams across the globe. This role is based in Sankt Leon Rot, Germany and is ideal for a very structured individual with an interest in working in a technology-focused environment.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
- Daily diary management and meeting planning; organize and support meetings, conference calls, video conferences as well a larger one-off team events
- Travel planning including booking, expense claims and visa applications
- Management of external workforce; act as the contact point for vendors, conduct onboarding activities, contract extensions, raise & maintain purchase orders and approve billing
- Planning and ongoing maintenance of various MCD on-call support schedules
- Preparation and administration of reports (e.g. resource/expense) which may also require collecting, organizing, and analyzing data
- Performing and monitoring purchase activities (e.g. office material, equipment) including creation of shopping carts and tracking of purchase orders
- Managing a variety of administrative requests on behalf of Head of MCD Operations; approval of system access requests/3rd party invoices/timesheets/holiday requests etc.
- Carrying out required staffing for MCD Operations teams
- Supporting other HR and Controlling tasks and processes
- Handling ad-hoc requests from the Operations teams for administrational and organizational support
- Working closely and developing collaborative relationships with other support staff across MCD and the wider P&I Board area.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience, there of min of 3 years within SAP
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Bachelor's Degree or similar professional qualification desirable, optimally in an IT or business-related field
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Flexible and capable of multi-tasking/managing a broad variety of tasks and topics
- Resourceful, proactive and able to work on your own initiative/independently
- Broad understanding of SAP's business and market position, familiarity with elements of IT and Cloud and Infrastructure Delivery
- Knowledge of internal systems at SAP (such as ISP, CSS, SAP Corporate Portal)
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent communications skills, fluent written and spoken German and English
- Strong intercultural experience; experience in working with diverse teams split across multiple time-zones/locations
- High level of integrity and confidentiality
Work area: Administration
Expected travel: 0% - 10%
Career status:
Employment type: Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.Within the Products & Innovation (P&I) board area, the mission of the Managed Cloud Delivery (MCD) organization is to build and operate the HANA Enterprise Cloud Portfolio. The MCD Operations team is responsible for providing ongoing Operations support to HANA Enterprise Cloud Customers and is an international team with colleagues based in Europe, USA, Mexico and India. In the role of an Assistant, your main responsibility will be to provide support the Head of MCD Operations as well as to the constituent teams across the globe. This role is based in Sankt Leon Rot, Germany and is ideal for a very structured individual with an interest in working in a technology-focused environment.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
- Daily diary management and meeting planning; organize and support meetings, conference calls, video conferences as well a larger one-off team events
- Travel planning including booking, expense claims and visa applications
- Management of external workforce; act as the contact point for vendors, conduct onboarding activities, contract extensions, raise & maintain purchase orders and approve billing
- Planning and ongoing maintenance of various MCD on-call support schedules
- Preparation and administration of reports (e.g. resource/expense) which may also require collecting, organizing, and analyzing data
- Performing and monitoring purchase activities (e.g. office material, equipment) including creation of shopping carts and tracking of purchase orders
- Managing a variety of administrative requests on behalf of Head of MCD Operations; approval of system access requests/3rd party invoices/timesheets/holiday requests etc.
- Carrying out required staffing for MCD Operations teams
- Supporting other HR and Controlling tasks and processes
- Handling ad-hoc requests from the Operations teams for administrational and organizational support
- Working closely and developing collaborative relationships with other support staff across MCD and the wider P&I Board area.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience, there of min of 3 years within SAP
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Bachelor's Degree or similar professional qualification desirable, optimally in an IT or business-related field
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Flexible and capable of multi-tasking/managing a broad variety of tasks and topics
- Resourceful, proactive and able to work on your own initiative/independently
- Broad understanding of SAP's business and market position, familiarity with elements of IT and Cloud and Infrastructure Delivery
- Knowledge of internal systems at SAP (such as ISP, CSS, SAP Corporate Portal)
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent communications skills, fluent written and spoken German and English
- Strong intercultural experience; experience in working with diverse teams split across multiple time-zones/locations
- High level of integrity and confidentiality