Case Study: Enterprise Sales Recruitment for SAP Software Solutions

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Client

SpinifexIT

Specialisation

SAP / SuccessFactors Payroll Solutions

Summary

Our client required us to search for 2 Enterpriselevel Sales Consultant/Pre-Sales Specialists in Germany. We successfully completed recruitment search within 10 weeks. These are highly specialized technical roles

Headhunted 2 SAP Enterprise-Level Sales Consultants

Client Overview: SAP SuccessFactors Software Leader

Our client is an Australian Software Company that focuses on highly specialized SAP / SuccessFactors Payroll Solutions. Offices are located in Australia, the Philippines, the USA and Europe (primarily Germany).

The target market for our client is very large enterprise-level customers that use the SAP software platform.

Roles: Enterprise Sales Consultants with Pre-Sales Expertise

2 Germany-based very Senior Enterprise-level Sales Consultants with solid SAP / SuccessFactors Pre-Sales and Implementation experience.

Our Strategy: Targeted Tech Sales Recruitment by Software Sales Recruiters

Challenge: Recruiting Niche SAP Tech Sales Talent in Germany

As a specialist sales executive search firm, we focused on delivering senior SAP sales consultants for enterprise software sales roles. We developed a custom database of relevant SAP / SuccessFactors Sales Consultants/ Pre-Sales Specialists and began a targeted headhunting approach. SAP / SuccessFactors is a highly specialised, niche skill set, which makes the search particularly challenging.

We collected detailed résumés and support documents, interviewed each candidate and completed The Sales Experts – Sales Hunter Intelligence Evaluation Assessment©. As experienced software sales recruiters, we conducted in-depth assessments to ensure each candidate had the technical and client-facing skills required.

Once assessments and agency-side interviews were finished, we presented all top-rated candidates to our client for review. Our client then conducted their own assessment and series of interviews. Upon final selection, we assisted with the offer process. Our expertise in enterprise sales recruitment allowed us to build a strong candidate pipeline in a highly competitive German tech market.

Results: 2 Enterprise-Level Hires in 10 Weeks

Germany-based Senior Enterprise-level Sales Consultant (2 positions)

People Cold Screened*

Agency-Side Interviews

Candidates Presented

Client-Side Interviews

*Cold Screening represents the initial group of candidates identified as having a potential fit to the search parameters. These candidates were then contacted and those interested in the opportunity were further screened prior to scheduling Agency Side interviews.

Timeframe

10 weeks

Total Hours

138 hours

Client Feedback: A Successful Partnership with Our Sales Executive Search Firm

A great team who are very willing and able to find the right candidate for your open roles. They found me one candidate already and I am looking forward to continuing to work with them to bring more team members on board.

Brendon Andrews-Warmuth

VP Product Enablement and Delivery EMEA, SpinifexIT

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