Digital sales and distribution management with SAP Power User Materials Management (MM) and Sales and Distribution (SD)

During the course, you will gain practical and detailed knowledge in sales and distribution as well as in the handling of various purchasing processes and in the processing and execution of sales orders with SAP.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Digital sales and distribution management"
    2 original SAP user certificates
  • Examination: SAP-Anwenderzertifizierung UC_MM_S42023
    SAP-Anwenderzertifizierung UC_SD_S42023
    Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit/Fallstudien
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 16 Weeks

Digital distribution and sales management

Digital market strategies, customer journey and AI (approx. 5 days)

Fundamentals and future fields in digital sales

Trends in digital sales: platform economics, social commerce, omnichannel sales

Market analysis and competition: market positioning (USP), SWOT and buyer behavior

Target group analysis and persona development

Customer centricity and customer journey mapping

Digital sales strategies and sales channels

Use of digital tools for market analysis and competition monitoring

Support for research, idea development and strategy work using AI-supported tools


Successful selling and customer relationships (approx. 4 days)

Practical skills for the digital sales process

Structure and phases of the digital sales process

Sales psychology: needs analysis and buying motives

Conducting conversations in digital sales situations

Social selling and digital relationship management

Digital tools for preparing sales meetings and presentations

AI-supported analysis of customer needs and meeting preparation


New customer acquisition and acquisition - existing customer care (approx. 4 days)

Digital strategies for acquiring new customers

Inbound and outbound sales approaches

Lead generation and lead qualification

Sales funnel and pipeline management

AI-supported lead analysis and prioritization of sales opportunities

Key account management and strategic customer development

Sales pitches: structure, presentation and argumentation

Benefit argumentation and value selling

Differentiating features in competition

Conducting negotiations: principles, phases and price negotiations

Closing the sale and follow-up in digital sales

Customer experience (CX) & complaint management

CRM systems: use for customer management and care

Digital systems for sales automation and customer analysis


Sales controlling and law (approx. 4 days)

Success measurement and performance in sales

Sales controlling: objectives, tasks and instruments of sales controlling

Key figures and evaluation of sales data

Digital systems for reporting and forecasting

AI-supported sales forecasts and data analyses

Competition, trademark and commercial agency law

Drafting contracts: general terms and conditions (GTC) and relevant contractual elements

EU product safety regulation: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

Data protection in digital sales (GDPR)


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

SAP Power User Materials Management (MM) and Sales and Distribution (SD)

S4H00 SAP S/4HANA overview (approx. 4 days)

Navigation, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Client, SAP Logon

System-wide concepts with organizational units, master data and transactions

Overview of financial accounting and logistics modules, mapping of the respective processes in SAP

Reporting, system structure and migration

SAP service offerings


S4500 Business Processes Sourcing and Procurement (approx. 8 days)

Overview and navigation

Processes and corporate structure in procurement

Procurement process

Procurement master data

Stock material compared to consumables

Request via self-service

Extended transactions in procurement

Automated procurement process

Evaluations and analyses


S4600 Business Processes in Sales (approx. 8 days)

Navigation with Fiori

Company structures

Sales processes at a glance

Master data

Automatic data determination and scheduling

Availability check

Collective processing

Further processes in Sales

Complaints processing

Monitoring and sales analyses


S4520 Purchasing (approx. 10 days)

Master data

Sources of supply and conditions

Source determination

Optimized purchasing processing

Document release procedure

Special procurement processes

Supplier evaluation

Further selected topics


S4525 Consumption-based scheduling and forecasting (approx. 4 days)

Consumption-based scheduling

Planning run, forecast

Further options in consumption-based scheduling


Case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification (approx. 6 days)


S4605 Sales Processes in Sales (approx. 10 days)

Introduction to

Corporate structures in sales

Order processing

Control of sales documents

Data flow

Special business transactions

Incompleteness

Partner functions in sales

Outline agreements

Material substitution, listing and exclusion

Discount in kind

Sales workshop


S4610 Delivery processes (approx. 4 days)

Idea and function of the delivery document

Basic organizational units for the delivery process

Control of the delivery

Goods issue process based on the outbound delivery

Processes and functions based on the outbound delivery


Case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification (approx. 6 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

After completing the course, you will be able to plan and implement digital sales processes in a targeted manner. You will develop data-based sales strategies along the customer journey and use modern digital sales instruments and AI-supported tools in a targeted manner. You will also master sales psychology, conversation management and customer loyalty. You will use CRM systems, sales automation and controlling to analyze and optimize your sales results.

You are also familiar with SAP Material Management processes and competent handling of sales-related processes and can prove your knowledge with two SAP user certificates.

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to gain a professional foothold in sales and distribution. The course is also suitable for lateral entrants, e.g. from technical professions.

The globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate is considered one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the commercial sector, with which you can improve your career prospects on the job market across all industries. Specialists in materials management and sales are in demand from both large and medium-sized companies in industry, trade and the service sector.

You will also qualify for a career in sales or distribution and therefore for positions in any company with a sales department.

Training partner of SAP® Germany

In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.

You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.

All SAP user courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.

 

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face teaching via video technology.

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.