Student Day

Student Day@SAP

Explore SAP – Discover Your Future

It was great meeting you virtually on December 1st!

Thank you for allowing us to introduce you to SAP

You got the chance to learn how we operate, innovate, work, play, and give back.

You met SAP working students and SAP employees from junior to senior level.
They showed you what they do and answered your questions.
In inspiring talks and informal, honest conversations.

Did we get you excited about people, technology and innovation? Are you ready to work in an enriching and fulfilling environment? Join us!

Did you miss a session? Access the replays below.

Create your own program

Get the most out of the event by picking your favorites from over 20 sessions and three different tracks! Mix and match as you like.

SAP Technologies, Solutions, and Industries

In track #1, find out about our products and solutions that make the world run better and improve people’s lives. We will talk about sports analytics, business process intelligence, artificial intelligence, machine learning, sustainable business plans and coding, and much more.

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#LifeatSAP

In track #2, learn how we operate and innovate, work, play, and give back. We will talk about our SAP values, and big topics, like sustainability & climate change, diversity & inclusion, and the Future of Work and learning, just to name a few.

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SAP Career Path

In track #3, be excited to learn that at SAP, you can be whatever you want to be. Just be the best you are. We will talk about how you can join SAP and how it is to work at SAP, for instance as an IT Consultant, Software Developer, Marketing Specialist or Sales Executive.

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SAP Technologies, Solutions, and Industries

Find out about our products and solutions that make the world run better and improve people’s lives. We will talk about sports analytics, business process intelligence, artificial intelligence, machine learning, sustainable business plans and coding, and much more.

SAP’s story started with a bold idea from five young men back in 1972. Almost 50 years later, the enterprise software provider is Germany’s most valuable DAX company whose customers generate 87% of total global commerce.

Its purpose “to make the world run better and improve peoples’ lives” is more relevant today than ever, with SAP making a significant contribution to global efforts to fight climate change, end the COVID-19 pandemic, and find new ways to work and live together for a brighter, safer, and fairer future.

Join Sebastian Steinhäuser, SAP’s Chief Strategy Officer, to learn more about how SAP is reinventing the world to run as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises.

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Sebastian Steinhäuser

Chief Strategy Officer

Speaker

In this role, Sebastian helps turn SAP’s vision of reinventing how the world runs as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises into reality.

Prior to joining SAP, Sebastian worked at the Boston Consulting Group, where he helped companies define and implement their corporate and digital strategies. He has published several thought leadership articles on artificial intelligence and digital strategy and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

When not working or spending time with his two daughters, Sebastian is a keen graffiti artist.

You might think that SAP provides generic software for HR or finance and controlling – but this is only half the story. SAP offers specialized solutions for over 25 industries such as media, automotive, retail, construction, sports & entertainment, to name just a few.

Let Vahid share with you some surprising examples of how SAP technology runs behind the products and services you experience every day. – Maybe you’ll discover an industry that excites you and where you yourself, by joining SAP, could help make the world run better and improve people’s lives.

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Vahid Marc Khamsi

SVP, COO & Head of Industry Transformation

Speaker

Vahid leads the COO team within the global Industry and Customer Advisory group which is the home of all of SAP’s sales support teams – around 5.000 customer-facing professionals across the world that guide SAP’s customers to realize the value of SAP and partner products.

Since joining SAP, Vahid has led multiple strategic initiatives, such as the global launch of the start-up accelerator program and the long-term Asia & China strategy definition and roll-out.

Prior to SAP, Vahid was a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group advising CxOs on Digital Transformation. Vahid started his career at Shell, and subsequently held multiple IT leadership positions, including leading transformation programs for the Downstream business.

Vahid holds an MBA from IMD, Lausanne as well as a Master’s in Communication Systems from EPFL, Switzerland.

Vahid was based in Asia for 10 years, and since 2017 is based in Germany at SAP Headquarters.

Can technology repair the (climate) mess we have made?

As a champion in enterprise software, it is SAP’s responsibility to enable businesses to cut emissions without cutting productivity. But what’s the best recipe to solve the global climate challenge? No business has the answer or can solve it on their own. Instead, companies need to collaborate across value chains, build alliances and work closely together with other industry players, politics, and academia.

In this session, Christian will share some real-world examples that show why collaboration is one ingredient no business can master sustainability without!

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Christian Boos

Head of SAP NVT Sustainability Engagement

Speaker

As Head of NVT Sustainability Engagement at SAP, Christian Boos and his team support companies in developing sustainable business models in close collaboration with customers, academia, and governments.

Christian combines over 20 years of consulting and business development expertise with a deep understanding of technology and its impact on people. In his role as Head of SAP Machine Learning Business Development in the SAP Innovation Centre Network, he helped to adapt machine learning capabilities to business processes. He was also responsible for SAP’s Supply Chain professional services business and incubated next generation logistics and supply chain planning solutions.

Artificial Intelligence aims to simulate human intelligence on the one hand, and on the other hand to even extend human perception and cognition.

The big progress in big data and machine learning – in particular deep learning and computing in recent years – have led to the successful application of AI in different areas: e.g. retail, e-commerce, search platforms, game, and consumer electronics. AI is now part of our everyday life already: e.g. voice assistants. AI can make products and services more intelligent, help enterprises be more efficient, competitive, and resilient via automation, optimization, and forecasting. However, AI will change our lives, our society, and our future because of its powerful technologies. Thus, responsible AI and trustworthy AI play an important role for developing and applying AI technologies.

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Dr. Fei Yu Xu

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence

Speaker

Fei Yu is responsible for the SAP AI strategy and its implementation.

The major goal of the SAP enterprise AI strategy is to infuse AI into business process applications to support companies in becoming intelligent enterprises. Fei Yu has broad experience of the total cycle of AI: from research, to AI development, to productization and commercialization.

Before she came to SAP, Fei yu was VP, Head of AI Lab at Lenovo Research. Prior, she was Principal Researcher of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and studied in Saarbrücken and Shanghai.

Fei Yu was selected by Forbes China 2019 to the List of Top 50 Women in Tech.

Since 2019 the Intelligent Enterprise Showroom has enabled employees and customers around the world to explore how we run at SAP. Wrapped in a compelling tour we showcase our best practices of what SAP is today and how the Intelligent Enterprise is coming to life.

In the Intelligent Enterprise Showroom, you can discover tools and technology, which are offered to employees. Learn how a modern digital workplace looks like at SAP and understand its impact on our daily activities. Understand how “Pledge to Flex” benefits employees to work remotely, in the office, or a combination of both.

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In the next 10 years, human emotions with insights, purpose and passion will transform the world, economies, and organizations – requiring us to redefine business in previously unimagined ways.

How to stay ultra-relevant in the future ecosystem?

Let’s talk about how SAP does it, and what are some methods, maps & attitudes to make visions and futures real!

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Upen Barve

Innovation Fusionist I Head of the Future Hub Engagements at SAP New Ventures & Technologies

Speaker

Upen is a passionate fusionist when it comes to business, cooking and music. He leverages his experience of having lived in several countries and experienced various cultures to create new flavors. The same, he applies to business. He has created innovation methods and approaches supporting C-level executives on managing innovation in times of exponential growth.

As Head of Future Hub Engagements @ SAP New Ventures & Technologies (NVT), he focuses on making SAP's long-term vision tangible and experienceable through concept-prototypes and showcasing. Upen takes care of SAP external ecosystem engagements, including customers and partners, and fosters new collaborations based on SAP’s vision. He is also the bridge between NVT and SAP’s Platinum Customers Unit.

Upen is also Founder & Curator of the Intelligent Enterprise Institute - Berlin Chapter. The IE Institute is a global initiative in the service sector that aims to accelerate the digital transformation of our customers and design the future of business and society through the power of ideation and intelligent technologies. The Institute will be present in 11 locations worldwide, with Berlin, being a pioneer, having launched in December 2020.

SAP believes in the power of innovation through entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. SAP.iO is SAP’s business unit that delivers new partnerships and products for SAP by accelerating and scaling startup innovation as well as incubating employee ventures.

Since 2017, SAP.iO has helped 300+ startups and ventures accelerate their growth while enabling thousands of SAP customers to access innovation. This session will highlight how SAP supports both external startups and entrepreneurs scale their businesses and become part of the SAP ecosystem as well as empower many hundreds of SAP employees to become intrapreneurs every year.

The approach that SAP has chosen is recognized as best in class and SAP has received many awards for this open innovation approach including recently receiving Glassdoor’s European startup-friendly certificate, Capital Award’s Best Innovation Lab 2021 ranking or being named a Corporate Startup Star by the International Chamber of Commerce and Mind the Bridge.

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Alexa Gorman

Senior Vice President, Global Head of SAP.iO Foundries & Intrapreneurship

Speaker

Alexa is responsible for SAP’s early-stage startup acceleration and incubation globally across nine locations.

The SAP.iO Foundries are SAP’s global network of top-tier startup programs, including accelerators, that enable startups to build innovative software that delivers value for SAP customers. Alexa also leads SAP’s intrapreneurship team that supports ambitious innovators and entrepreneurs within SAP to launch enterprise-SaaS and Social Impact ventures that are funded by SAP.

Alexa has 20+ years of experience in business development and strategy in the tech industry.

Learn more about Alexa

Since 2019 the Intelligent Enterprise Showroom has enabled employees and customers around the world to explore how we run at SAP. Wrapped in a compelling tour we showcase our best practices of what SAP is today and how the Intelligent Enterprise is coming to life.

In the Intelligent Enterprise Showroom, you can discover tools and technology, which are offered to employees. Learn how a modern digital workplace looks like at SAP and understand its impact on our daily activities. Understand how “Pledge to Flex” benefits employees to work remotely, in the office, or a combination of both.

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Momentum for sustainability is as high as ever. But what’s behind it?

Join us to explore why it matters and how sustainability has moved from add-on to core business topic. We will introduce SAP’s strategic approach to sustainability and explore how we bring it to life through our dual approach of enabling SAP customers and leading by example at SAP. You will gain insights into selected key focus areas and examples of how digital technology helps advance sustainability.

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Daniel Schmid

Chief Sustainability Officer

Speaker

As SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Daniel Schmid is globally responsible for sustainability at SAP SE since 2014.

Daniel Schmid started his career in IT consulting and held various senior management positions within SAP Consulting before joining the sustainability leadership team established in 2009 to start SAP’s sustainability journey and lead the Sustainability Operations team.

Schmid holds a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is a member of the steering committee of econsense, a forum for sustainable development of German business.

How can a sports team reach optimal performance with the help of digital technology?

Come along to get to know SAP’s team performance solution SAP Sports One that supports trainers and teams in their day-to-day activities. You will learn how SAP Sports One offers trainers and players in-depth analyses and helps raise play levels with functionalities such as team management, match preparation and scouting.

Damon, being a student himself, will give you a tour through SAP Sports One and answer your questions.

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Damon Lachenmaier

Working student at IBU Sports & Entertainment

Speaker

As a former dual student, Damon joined the IBU Sports & Entertainment team as a working student during his master’s program. He is involved in solution- and customer-based topics related to the team performance solution SAP Sports One.

Have you ever asked yourself what different processes need to work hand-in-hand in a company so that they can create a product or offer a service?

Customer demands for product and services are quickly changing. Every company and organization runs many processes every day. Combining and keeping them up to date with our demands is not easy. To know what’s going on in a company is the first step to improve. New processes can be designed and simulated before they are rolled-out and monitored continuously. In an ever faster changing world companies need to be flexible and fast.

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Dr. Gero Decker

Co-founder & CEO, Signavio and General Manager Business Process Intelligence, SAP

Speaker

Gero is General Manager for Business Process Intelligence at SAP. He was previously co-founder and CEO of Signavio, a leading provider of process management software with over 2,000 customers and more than 500 employees worldwide, which was acquired by SAP in early 2021.

Gero holds a PhD in Business Process Management from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, and is a globally recognized thought leader in process management and business transformation.

Are you ready for your own growth journey?

Listen to Elke Manjet, Global Head of Talent Attraction, who will be sharing her learnings from a 20+ year journey at SAP. Drawing back on her own experiences as well as her expertise in fostering the growth of many talents, Elke will set you up with the foundations of how you can build your success at SAP as well as answer any questions on top of your mind.

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Elke Manjet

Global Head of Talent Attraction at SAP

Speaker

Elke Manjet is SAP’s Global Head of Talent Attraction since July 1, 2019. She’s leading a team of ~300 Talent Advisors on the mission to attract the best and most diverse talent for SAP’s bright future, while creating an amazing experience in every candidate interaction. She’s passionate redefining the future of TA driven by edge technology and data.

Elke started her professional career as HR Business Partner at Microsoft in Munich.

Since joining SAP in 2001 she held different responsibilities in SAP’s HR Business Partner team, advising business leaders across all business areas and the globe on people topics.

In her last role as Global HR Business Partner Lead for the Products & Innovation board area with ~25.000 people worldwide, she led a team of highly experienced HR Business Partners, serving as HR Advisor to the Executive Board member and his leadership team. Elke and her team owned the People Strategy & Execution for this team of highly skilled technical talent, in close cooperation with a variety of business and HR stakeholders.

As part of the Office of the CEO Elke has driven concept and execution of Executive Talent programs, contributing to set up the foundation for the development of SAPs Executives.

In 2019 she led the HR stream of SAP’s global restructuring efforts, focusing on the best employee experience in a complex and emotionally charged program.

Elke reports to Sabine Bendiek, Chief People and Operating Officer, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE.

Elke holds a master’s degree in Economics with a major in HR from the University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim. She is truly convinced of lifelong learning, hence constantly engaging in learning & exchange opportunities for herself and her team.

#LifeatSAP

Learn how we operate and innovate, work, play, and give back. We will talk about our SAP values, and big topics like sustainability & climate change, diversity & inclusion, and the Future of Work and learning, just to name a few.

Mix and match as you like!

You are spoiled for choice. Some time slots run up to three sessions in parallel. No worries, you won't be missing out on anything – all sessions will be recorded and available after the event.

SAP’s story started with a bold idea from five young men back in 1972. Almost 50 years later, the enterprise software provider is Germany’s most valuable DAX company whose customers generate 87% of total global commerce.

Its purpose “to make the world run better and improve peoples’ lives” is more relevant today than ever, with SAP making a significant contribution to global efforts to fight climate change, end the COVID-19 pandemic, and find new ways to work and live together for a brighter, safer, and fairer future.

Join Sebastian Steinhäuser, SAP’s Chief Strategy Officer, to learn more about how SAP is reinventing the world to run as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises.

Watch the recording

Sebastian Steinhäuser

Chief Strategy Officer

Speaker

In this role, Sebastian helps turn SAP’s vision of reinventing how the world runs as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises into reality.

Prior to joining SAP, Sebastian worked at the Boston Consulting Group, where he helped companies define and implement their corporate and digital strategies. He has published several thought leadership articles on artificial intelligence and digital strategy and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

When not working or spending time with his two daughters, Sebastian is a keen graffiti artist.

Why work for SAP and why work with SAP?

Nina and Masa are driving core topics for SAP: Nina sits at the heart of our company, with HR, so she knows best what to expect from the Company Culture. Masa is responsible to transport the Company Culture into our products and to our customers.

The Power-Couple will rock the stage for you and will tell you nothing but the truth. Come as you are, listen and ask all of your questions.

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Maša Schmidt

Head of Marketing and Member of the Management Board at SAP Germany

Speaker

Before joining SAP, Maša was seven years with Microsoft and in her most recent role Modern Workplace Lead Customer Success, responsible for supporting German Enterprise customers on their way to a Modern Workplace. She started her career after studying Social and Business Communication in Berlin at Europe's leading creative agency Scholz & Friends. In 2013 she built up marketing at the e-commerce start-up Travador before moving to Microsoft.

Maša has been awarded with the German Excellence Award as Manager of the Year in 2019. She is board member of the German Values Commission (Wertekommission e.V.) focusing on the values perspective on leadership transformation.

Nina Straßner

Head of HR Diversity & People Programs Germany

Speaker

Nina leads the HR People Programs for our 23.000 Employees in Germany and worked as specialized Lawyer for Labor Law for 12 years before she joined SAP's Management in 2019.

Nina studied Law in Dresden, Australia and South Africa, holds a Master of Laws in IT and IP Law and started her award winning blog “Juramama” in 2015. After a bestselling book, which was nominated as “best Economic Literature by female authors” by the Handelsblatt, she continued writing with her regular column in the Wirtschaftswoche until today. She is Member of the Board with “Charta der Vielfalt” and lives with her family close to the Baltic sea in Schleswig Holstein.

Continuous learning is vital to stay relevant in our increasingly complex world. The future of work will be shaped by you, SAP’s future early talents.

“Learning is the New Work” means that we need to understand and adopt core human skills and a growth mindset for continuous development, where our learning happens naturally, through our day-to-day work, whilst practicing, exchanging, and collaborating with others.

These new ways of working create lots of freedom and new possibilities and require inner clarity about where you want to grow. But, especially in the early times of your career journey, too many opportunities can be overwhelming and even lead to decision-making anxiety.

The good thing is that you do not need to figure this out on your own! Instead, SAP employees who act as Coaches, Mentors, Role Models or contribute to Communities of Practices guide you on your growth journey.

The interactive & fun session will highlight three new ways of learning in the flow of work at SAP:

Learning with peers: The Coaching Community & Working Out Loud Story
Learning from experiments: The Fellowship & Innovator Challenge Story
Learning to learn: The New Work & Career Growth Story

And yes, each of you will create and share one meme as a summary of the session that guides you on your growth journey.

You’ll learn new ways to learn, how you, as Early Talents, can benefit from Peer & Experiential Learning, connect with at least four participants, and trust your intuition.

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Franziska Weis

Peer & Experiential Learning Practices Lead

Speaker

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing”- this quote by Albert Einstein is part of Franziska’s DNA. She is convinced that one can never ask too many questions. By asking questions, you challenge existing processes, generate new ideas, find new impulses, constantly develop yourself further and reflect your and others’ actions.

Franziska is a New Work enthusiast and passionate SAP Coach. That’s why she is leading SAP’s Peer & Experiential Learning Practices, such as coaching, mentoring, job shadowing / rotations as well as Communities of Practice with both her head and her heart to support others unleashing their full potential through growth that matter to them.

Get inspired by her possibility-focused mind by following her on LinkedIn.

Felix Harling

Peer & Experiential Learning Explorer

Speaker

Felix‘ purpose is to co-create solutions to ensure that the next generation lives better than us.

A father of two students, curious by nature, and a continuous learner – Felix has joined the Peer & Experiential Learning team as a fellow after his sabbatical. Previously he led the team responsible for the learning offerings for 30,000+ developers and engineers at SAP. He is a Design Thinking coach and a Peer Learning enthusiast. Felix co-initiated the Future Learning Lab at SAP.

He shares insights on LinkedIn and on his blog.

“The best things, the smart things are the things that make us smart…Systems that make us smarter is what I see fully established five to 10 years from now. I call it the Humachine — a symbiosis between machine intelligence and human creativity.”

The World Economic Forum predicts complex problem solving, critical thinking and creativity as the top skills for the future workforce. Instead of spending our time with things we are good at but not excellent, like repetitive tasks, administration, mundane labor, we may hand them over to machines and focus on tasks that require creativity and strategic thinking.

This line of thought touches on fundamental questions, such as what it is that makes us human. In a way, the whole history of the homo sapiens so far was about hunting and gathering and later about filing tax reports. But are these appropriate tasks for beings that can also compose music, think up strategies or solve moral problems? Signing on machines for the mundane things may set free our time and energy for what really matters.

Be prepared for a wild roller-coaster ride in Martin’s session!

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Martin Wezowski

SAP Chief Futurist & Head of The Future Hub

Speaker

In his role at SAP Martin crafts future outlooks, strategies, and products, defines, and runs innovation frameworks to find out what’s next for SAP and the wide future of work.

Martin grew up in Poland and Sweden and has been loving and living innovation and tech. Martin moved across a broad range of design and innovation disciplines – from visual, interaction, service to systems innovation and to be leading innovation as a strategic long-term tool for the future.

Martin was named 1 of 100 most innovative minds in Germany 2017, by the prestigious Handelsblatt magazine. Prior to joining SAP in 2013 he was Sony Ericsson’s creative director, art director and UX designer for 7 years. He also lived in Shenzhen, China for 2 years while serving as director of the UX team at Huawei. Martin frequently shares his passion for the future of technology and design as speaker, panelist, and guest lecturer (e.g., TEDx, SXSW).

Our workplaces today and in the future require different skills and crises like climate change push us to think in broader and global terms. So how can we advance our ways of learning to prepare ourselves for an unpredictable future? How can learners get to know the latest technologies and advances in digital science?

Classroom, internet, communities, social media – learn about the tools and methods for learning that SAP is already using and the ones that are just around the corner.

In school or at university, learning usually follows a predefined, often years-old plan. But life and reality move faster and the way the world, companies, and organizations run today will be very different tomorrow.

Tech companies like SAP are contributing to traditional learning by offering additional learning resources around digital science, technology and the overall skills of the 21st century.

Find out in this session with Katharina what is already available and what we have in store for you soon. Discuss with Katharina your ideas about how you want to learn now and in the future.

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Dr. Katharina Schäfer

VP, Global Head of University Alliances

Speaker

As the Global Head of University Alliances, Katharina leads the SAP Next-Gen program and is responsible for activating academic and research collaborations with highschools, universities, and research organizations.

Her passion is to bridge the gap between academia & industry and provide high quality education to all students worldwide. The SAP Next-Gen program aims to inspire young people about digital technologies, provides a great learning experience around SAP technologies, fosters entrepreneurial & inclusive leadership skills, and builds the next-generation talents for the digital enterprise.

Prior to her current role, Katharina worked at the Institute of Aerospace Systems at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where she also earned her Ph.D. in Aeronautics. After her career journey as a scientist at RWTH, she joined the German Aerospace Center (DLR). In 2017, she assumed the role of Aerospace & Defense Solution Manager at SAP. Katharina is member of the Senate of the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics since 2018.

Where could you be working at SAP? Get to know SAP as a truly global company and come on a little SAP office tour together: Starting at SAP’s headquarters near Heidelberg, we will explore the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) via Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, briefly stopping at every location so that you can have a look at what it is like to work there.

And be sure that the journey doesn’t end here…as a global player, digitalisation is our main business. At SAP, you can choose your office location and relocate to other global offices or work from home. André will be giving you the whole tour and is looking forward to meeting you!

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André Biener

Director DACH, SAP University Alliances

Speaker

André is responsible for the SAP University Alliances program in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and works together with teachers, lecturers, and students every day, giving young people an insight into digital technologies and SAP solutions.

André has a background in economics, marketing and communications and studied in Berlin and Boston. At SAP, he has worked in different roles in marketing, communications, and consulting in different locations and with customers worldwide.

He loves working for a global company with an open company culture and a mission to have a positive impact on the world.

The tech industry has one of the lowest numbers of female experts. Considering that this industry is one of the places where the future is written and being made, it seems illogical that half of the world’s population is not equally represented here.

SAP Women in Tech is an initiative that was founded to provide more visibility to the female experts in the company but is also contributing to a future where it is completely normal for women to work in the tech industry/at SAP.

We know that figuring out your career can be quite challenging. Especially because matching your degree/knowledge with available jobs is not as straight forward as some might think. This session is supposed to provide an insight into the SAP Women in Tech initiative but also explain why an IT degree is not the only way to work in the tech industry.

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Friederike Heyne

Operations Specialist for SAP Women in Tech

Speaker

Friederike supports the SAP Women in Tech Team to help bring visibility to the female colleagues at SAP since early 2021.

Following her passion for art and culture Friederike studied Art History and Transcultural Studies at Heidelberg University, SOAS in London, and Oxford University with a focus on Contemporary Tibetan art. After graduating she took a career turn and moved into the tech industry when she joined SAP as part of the central product management team for SAP Cloud Platform.

Her wish is to make sure that in 10 years from now a female career in the tech industry is the new normal.

A 100% flexible and trust-based workplace as the norm, not the exception – that’s SAP’s Pledge to Flex. Oliver will show you what SAP’s Pledge to Flex means in practice and how your digital workplace will be in the Intelligent Enterprise.

Take a look behind the scenes of SAP and learn how you can be part of this exciting journey. Working at and in the heart of SAPs own digital transformation, SAPs Intelligent Enterprise Solutions is where we build and run the Intelligent Enterprise at SAP.

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Dr.-Ing. Oliver Gutzeit

Director SAP Experience Technology, Intelligent Enterprise Solutions

Speaker

Oliver Gutzeit is leading the CIO's SAP Experience Technology Team. They encourage you to try out new technologies to deliver the Digital Workplace of tomorrow. The SAP Experience Technology Team let you touch IT and learn, how we run at SAP.

Are you ready for your own growth journey?

Listen to Elke Manjet, Global Head of Talent Attraction, who will be sharing her learnings from a 20+ year journey at SAP. Drawing back on her own experiences as well as her expertise in fostering the growth of many talents, Elke will set you up with the foundations of how you can build your success at SAP as well as answer any questions on top of your mind.

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Elke Manjet

Global Head of Talent Attraction at SAP

Speaker

Elke Manjet is SAP’s Global Head of Talent Attraction since July 1, 2019. She’s leading a team of ~300 Talent Advisors on the mission to attract the best and most diverse talent for SAP’s bright future, while creating anamazing experience in every candidate interaction. She’s passionate redefining the future of TA driven by edge technology and data.

Elke started her professional career as HR Business Partner at Microsoft in Munich.

Since joining SAP in 2001 she held different responsibilities in SAP’s HR Business Partner team, advising business leaders across all business areas and the globe on people topics.

In her last role as Global HR Business Partner Lead for the Products & Innovation board area with ~25.000 people worldwide, she led a team of highly experienced HR Business Partners, serving as HR Advisor to the Executive Board member and his leadership team. Elke and her team owned the People Strategy & Execution for this team of highly skilled technical talent, in close cooperation with a variety of business and HR stakeholders.

As part of the Office of the CEO Elke has driven concept and execution of Executive Talent programs, contributing to set up the foundation for the development of SAPs Executives.

In 2019 she led the HR stream of SAP’s global restructuring efforts, focusing on the best employee experience in a complex and emotionally charged program.

Elke reports to Sabine Bendiek, Chief People and Operating Officer, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE.

Elke holds a master’s degree in Economics with a major in HR from the University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim. She is truly convinced of lifelong learning, hence constantly engaging in learning & exchange opportunities for herself and her team.

SAP Career Paths

Be excited to learn that at SAP, you can be whatever you want to be. Just be the best you are. We will talk about how you can join SAP and how it is to work at SAP, for instance as an IT Consultant, Software Developer, Marketing Specialist or Sales Executive.

SAP’s story started with a bold idea from five young men back in 1972. Almost 50 years later, the enterprise software provider is Germany’s most valuable DAX company whose customers generate 87% of total global commerce.

Its purpose “to make the world run better and improve peoples’ lives” is more relevant today than ever, with SAP making a significant contribution to global efforts to fight climate change, end the COVID-19 pandemic, and find new ways to work and live together for a brighter, safer, and fairer future.

Join Sebastian Steinhäuser, SAP’s Chief Strategy Officer, to learn more about how SAP is reinventing the world to run as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises.

Watch the recording

Sebastian Steinhäuser

Chief Strategy Officer

Speaker

In this role, Sebastian helps turn SAP’s vision of reinventing how the world runs as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises into reality.

Prior to joining SAP, Sebastian worked at the Boston Consulting Group, where he helped companies define and implement their corporate and digital strategies. He has published several thought leadership articles on artificial intelligence and digital strategy and holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

When not working or spending time with his two daughters, Sebastian is a keen graffiti artist.

Have you ever wondered what life is like as an IT Consultant – especially during a pandemic?

If you want to get a better overall understanding of the industry, as well as learn more about job opportunities at SAP, then this is the right session for you! You can expect honest conversations and room to ask all your questions (even the critical ones) and receive unfiltered answers from someone who used to be in your shoes. We will chat about the “typical” daily work of a consultant, the importance of networking, professional and personal development, SAP as an employer of choice, work-life balance and much more. We are already very excited and can’t wait to meet you!

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Rosemary Ismalou

Strategy & Communications Specialist

Moderator

Rosemary has been with SAP for more than 17 years. Since 2019, she is responsible for internal communications and strategic initiatives for the Head of the German Services organization at SAP. In her role she is responsible to inform, motivate and engage all employees with consistent and appreciative messaging as well as run people-oriented and strategic initiatives. She is also a Brand Ambassador for SAP as well as the Chapter Lead for the SAP Business Women’s Network in Munich.

She firmly believes that engaging, diverse and inclusive employee communications is vital to the culture of any company.

Marvin Christe

Senior Consultant SAP Product Lifecycle Management

Panelist

Marvin supports customers in implementing SAP Product Lifecycle Management solutions to optimize their product development processes (management of 3D CAD data, product variant configuration, engineering change processes and handover to manufacturing).

His daily work includes project lead activities, running workshops with our customers, creating solution concepts and coding customer-specific software enhancements. Alongside his project activities, he facilitates an annual SAP customer event/conference and onboards new team colleagues.

Marvin studied Industrial Engineering and Management (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and started his career at SAP as a consultant in 2015.

Linda Pachoinig

Business Processes Consultant, Consumer Industries/Trade

Panelist

As a newly hired business processes consultant, Linda works with retail customers across Europe on exciting IT projects.

Linda joined SAP in January of this year in the course of the Career Starter Program – an initiative of SAP to jump start the career of recent graduates. Throughout her initial trainings, she advanced her knowledge in the fields of programming/configurations, SAP systems, business processes, and various soft skills, before taking on her current consultant role.

Have you ever considered a career in Sales?

During this keynote you will learn all about career options in sales for young talents at SAP.

The SAP Academy for Sales is an international, strategic training program that develops our next generation sales force by delivering an energizing and inspiring experience within a globally diverse environment. The dynamic nine-month program builds a foundation for a successful career at SAP. The program facilitates multi-dimensional, experiential learning in international teams with a focus on digital transformation, global intelligence, human skills, business and technology acumen, solution/industry knowledge, and strategy/tools/process.

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Julian Bender

Faculty Member – SAP Sales Academy

Speaker

Julian is currently responsible for training SAP’s next generation of sales representatives.

Julian started his career with an integrated degree program at SAP in 2012. In 2015 he joined the company’s international trainee program for sales – the SAP Sales Academy. After Julian graduated from the program, he took over various sales roles in the German market, covering large enterprise accounts from the public and financial sector.

After 5 years in sales, he joined the SAP Sales Academy as a faculty member in 2020. In August 2021 Julian graduated from a part-time MBA program at Mannheim Business School.

He currently lives in Munich, Germany.

Tech We Love! Want to know why?

Come by to this panel discussion to meet Matthias, Katharina, Jeremy, and Riswan and find out how diverse and exciting their techie lives at SAP are. Not only do they work on many different solutions that make the world a better place, but they also always continue to learn the newest technologies shaping the future of the SAP tech stack.

If you want to learn more about them and everyday working life at SAP, do stop by. – They are looking forward to meeting you!

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Dr. Matthias Schneider

Software Developer

Moderator

Matthias works as a Software Developer in the field of Production Planning at SAP Munich. Before joining SAP, Matthias did his Bachelor and Master’s degree in Media Informatics at the University of Regensburg with a focus on machine learning and UX research. With his studies completed, he had the chance to work as a software developer in beautiful Milan. After his time in Italy, he spent three years in Stuttgart doing his PhD in the field of navigation in augmented reality head-up displays together with Mercedes-Benz.

Dr. Katharina Wollenberg

Industry-University Collaboration Lead

Panelist

Katharina helps to build bridges between SAP’s development and university research groups at TU Munich. She does so by identifying and driving applied research projects and knowledge exchange events and by supporting talent acquisition and co-innovation activities. Katharina started her SAP career in 2020 as a software engineer in Munich. In August 2021 she became Industry-University Collaboration Lead. Before joining SAP, she studied physics at LMU Munich and University of Sussex, UK, and graduated with a Ph.D. in astronomy from Heidelberg University. In her free time, Katharina enjoys hiking and mountaineering, has a passion for movies and TV series, and likes exploring the world.

Jeremy Harisch

Junior Cloud Native Application Developer

Panelist

Jeremy is a junior cloud-native developer, working at SAP since early 2021. With his team, he innovates the future of cloud-native, by developing the new Kubernetes runtime for SAP, called Kyma. Before joining SAP, Jeremy spent his time at different companies and start-ups, building up his expertise in topics, such as cloud-native computing, simulation frameworks, and developing standalone software.

Riswan Lathif

Senior Developer

Panelist

Riswan is a software developer with the Production Planning/Manufacturing development team at SAP Labs Munich. His day-to-day activities at SAP involve sipping a coffee, enabling time-tested SAP solutions to run in the cloud, and generally hacking around software. Riswan did his master’s in Informatics at TUM with a specialization in distributed systems and has a special interest in Blockchain technologies. He worked at the German Space Center and a startup before joining SAP.

Are you about to start your studies or are you already in the middle of preparing for the next exam period at university? Do you want to know what it's like to work for one of the top IT companies?

Then today is your lucky day! Come by, meet Catherine Kyne, our Early Career Talent Attraction Leader – EMEA as well as us students at SAP and get an exclusive look behind the scenes. Hear what we look for in our candidates and how we build breakthroughs together.

Learn how we gain new skills and on-the-job experience, collaborate with colleagues around the world, and have fun doing it all. At the end, you may even land a full-time gig – a lot of us students do. If you want to see first-hand what life is like as a student at SAP, grab a coffee, tea or whatever you like and dial in - we look forward to meeting you!

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Anna-Maria Steidle

Business Enterprise Consultant

Moderator

Anna-Maria works in the Business Transformation Services - Consumer Products & Retail division as a Business Enterprise Consultant.She joined SAP in 2019 as part of the SAP Career Starter Program. She holds a Master of Science in International Management from the International School of Management and an Advanced Certificate in Project Management from Boston University. Her focus areas are S/4HANA Finance –Controlling, Project and Value Management. She is currently based in Hamburg.

Catherine Kyne

Early Career Talent Attraction Leader – EMEA

Panelist

Catherine leads a team of Early Talent recruiters based in Germany.

With over 18 years’ experience in recruitment Catherine is a passionate advocate of Early Talents. She began her own personal journey with SAP in 2008 as a recruiter based in Galway, Ireland and since then has focused her recruiting career in sourcing the best talent for SAP. She developed in her career & now leads a team of Early Talent recruiters based in Germany who too share her passions.

Her aim is to attract the best and most diverse talent to SAP and create amazing experiences along their journey with us.

Julia Anne Lehmer

HR Business Partner Product Engineering (Working Student)

Panelist

Julia is a working student at SAP and national lead of the Student Community@SAP Germany while studying for her Master’s in Entrepreneurship at the Hochschule Worms.

Julia made her way from humble New Jersey, USA to Germany in 2015 first as an exchange student in Augsburg. Not able to stay away, she started her Bachelor studies in International Business in Reutlingen where she completed her first internship at SAP. She hopes to make the SAP student experience one-of-a-kind and spread the entrepreneurial spirit.

When not studying or working, Julia is either reading, baking, or gardening.

Rico Keller

Value Experience Strategy & Operations – Project Associate (Working Student)

Panelist

Rico is a working student in the Value Experience team and writes his master thesis on a new way of digital software sales at SAP.

He joined SAP in 2018 as part of the Business System Management team as a working student. After an internship in the sales team for Process- and Life Sciences industry, he expanded his areas of expertise at SAP and was part of the digital customer engagement team, where he also wrote his bachelor thesis.

Rico holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics, is an SAP FastTrack student and will complete his master’s degree in Innovation Management early next year.

Stefan Waldhauser

SAP STAR Program Participant

Panelist

Stefan is enrolled in the SAP Student Training and Rotation (SAP STAR) program, while doing his Master’s in Business Informatics at the Technical University of Munich where he already did his Bachelor.

During his first rotation in the SAP STAR program, he was involved in the development of the new SAP Product Footprint Management application. Now, in his second rotation he participates in the development of SAP Commerce Cloud.

Stefan lives in the beautiful city of Munich and –when not studying or programming, loves to run along the Isar river or go hiking in the nearby mountains.

Are you about to graduate or already have your first years of experience and want to become one of SAP’s future leaders and innovators?

Then join our panel session and find out about SAP’s world-class entry-level programs or direct entry positions! Hear from our panelists, what we offer to help you to reach your potential quickly by learning from top-tier mentors, taking advantage of innovative job training, striking a good work-life balance – and growing your career in any direction. They will take you along on their SAP career journey by providing first-hand insights.

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Anna-Maria Steidle

Business Enterprise Consultant

Moderator

Anna-Maria works in the Business Transformation Services - Consumer Products & Retail division as a Business Enterprise Consultant. She joined SAP in 2019 as part of the SAP Career Starter Program. She holds a Master of Science in International Management from the International School of Management and an Advanced Certificate in Project Management from Boston University. Her focus areas are S/4HANA Finance – Controlling, Project and Value Management. She is currently based in Hamburg.

Florian Pösse

Senior Solution Sales Executive

Panelist

Florian enables organizations to drive procurement excellence with our SAP Procurement solutions within the public sector industry.

After graduating from CBS International Business School & Victoria University Melbourne, he started his professional career at the global SAP Academy for Sales. Florian is personally committed to help his customers run at their best and support their digital transformation.

Michail Krischtal

Support Associate, CareerStarter Program Consulting

Panelist

After a bachelor thesis in cooperation with SAP with the topic “Overprovisioning of cloud tenants at SAP”, Michail joined the digital supply chain management team and is now taking the professional path towards becoming Support Engineer.

Michail started his journey at SAP in 2019 as a working student and Early Talent for Integrated Outage Communication and later for Cloud Fulfillment Processes, with the focus on enablement & social media activities. In addition to required responsibilities, he contributed as organization team lead to the Student Community@SAP Germany, connecting and sharing knowledge with students in different German cities.

Oliver Kuntze

Kernel Developer/ Scrum Master

Panelist

ABAP Kernel Developer and Early Talent Oliver started at SAP as an intern in March 2021. After four months he got employed permanently as a junior developer. In addition to his task as a software developer, he took on the role of Scrum Master. October 1st Oliver got promoted to ABAP Developer and dedicated himself to the task of Quality Management of the ABAP Kernel.

Kim Mäder

Customer Advisor Specialist Platform & Data Management

Panelist

Kim is Customer Advisor for Platform & Data Management at SAP Germany. In this role she interacts as a trusted advisor for SAP customers in their process to find solutions improving business and limiting obstacles.

After 6 years working on customer side in different roles, such as S/4HANA program manager, Kim joined the SAP Academy for Presales program in the beginning of 2020 which paved her way into Customer Advisory.

Are you ready for your own growth journey?

Listen to Elke Manjet, Global Head of Talent Attraction, who will be sharing her learnings from a 20+ year journey at SAP. Drawing back on her own experiences as well as her expertise in fostering the growth of many talents, Elke will set you up with the foundations of how you can build your success at SAP as well as answer any questions on top of your mind.

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