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Cover ERP rollouts, system upgrades, process harmonization, and go-live support across SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and Oracle environments. Get fast, precise matching with vetted, available freelancers.

About the role

What they handle

An ERP Manager keeps the core business system aligned with finance, supply chain, sales, manufacturing, and reporting. They translate business needs into clear ERP changes, coordinate specialists, and make sure the system supports daily work instead of blocking it.

  • Define ERP scope, priorities, and rollout steps
  • Coordinate internal teams, vendors, and consultants
  • Manage testing, cutover, and go-live support
  • Track issues, data quality, and process gaps
  • Keep documentation, governance, and change requests in order

Core skills

Strong ERP Managers combine process thinking with hands-on system knowledge. They understand how to work across departments, ask the right questions, and turn business rules into stable system behavior.

  • SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle ERP, or NetSuite knowledge
  • Business process design in finance, procurement, logistics, or production
  • User training, stakeholder management, and change control
  • Master data, interfaces, reporting, and access rights
  • Calm handling of deadlines, cutovers, and issue escalation

Typical projects

Companies bring in an ERP Manager for implementations, migrations, template rollouts, and post-merger harmonization. They are also useful when a company needs relief during an internal transformation, a version upgrade, or a troubled go-live.

In Germany, demand often comes from industrial firms, mid-market manufacturers, logistics companies, and international groups with local subsidiaries. Many projects need a freelancer who can work with German-speaking teams on site, while coordinating with regional or global IT remotely.

What good looks like

A strong ERP Manager is structured, practical, and firm on priorities. They know how to keep scope under control and how to prevent local workarounds from becoming long-term system debt.

  • Clear decisions and clean escalation paths
  • Realistic planning for data, testing, and training
  • Good documentation that survives handover
  • Respect for business users, not just IT
  • Focus on stable operations after go-live

Tools and focus areas

The role may sit close to SAP S/4HANA, ECC, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle ERP Cloud, or sector-specific ERP suites. The exact stack matters less than the ability to manage dependencies across master data, interfaces, reporting, and process ownership.

An experienced ERP Project Manager or ERP Lead should also be able to spot where the system fit is weak and where process change is the better answer. That judgment is often what keeps an ERP initiative on track.

When to hire freelance

Freelance support makes sense when the work is time-bound, specialized, or tied to a critical milestone. It is also a good choice when the internal team lacks ERP leadership, needs extra capacity, or wants an outside view during a difficult change.

For many companies, a freelance ERP Manager brings faster start-up and sharper focus than a permanent hire. This is especially useful when the task is to stabilize an ongoing program, lead a rollout in Germany, or bridge a gap until a long-term owner is in place.

Meet FRATCH ERP Managers

Thomas Polanski

Project Manager, Product Owner & AI Consultant, AI Transformation - ERP · Shop · Marketing

Leipzig

Last position:

Project Manager & Product Owner – M&A Integration at voxa c/o IC Music and Apparel GmbH

  • Project management of the legal and system-side integration of Taschenkaufhaus into the Voxa group: conversion of all contracts, accounts, and system access rights on the defined cutover date
  • Migration from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 to 2013: analysis of all existing interfaces, redefinition of processes, and coordinated go-live without interrupting operations
  • Integration of the complaints and returns process into MS Dynamics NAV 2013; major process simplification through standardization
  • Introduction of a new POS system (Shopify POS) in all stores: requirements analysis, configuration, rollout, and employee training
  • Use of n8n automation workflows for data reconciliation between marketplaces and ERP; manual processes significantly reduced
Thomas Polanski

Ankit Handa

Project & Product Manager | Global MBA (Berlin) | SAFe® 6 Certified | Driving Agile Digital Transformation Across SaaS & ERP

Berlin

Last position:

AI Evaluation Analyst at Turing

Driving AI model quality at scale — evaluating prompt-response accuracy, flagging edge cases, and maintaining SLA-compliant workflows across distributed global teams.

  • Analyse AI prompts and side-by-side model outputs to assess response quality, factual accuracy, relevance, consistency, and compliance with project evaluation guidelines.
  • Perform fact-checking, data validation, troubleshooting, issue identification, and edge-case review to improve quality standards across AI training support workflows.
  • Use Google Sheets, Google Docs, and browser-based tools to document findings, maintain evaluation logs, track issue patterns, and support workflow optimisation in a remote environment.
  • Create clear written justifications, review summaries, and KPI-oriented reporting focused on accuracy, turnaround time, documentation completeness, defect identification rate, and SLA adherence.
Ankit Handa

Silke Widera

Scientific Analyst & Strategy Consultant

Berlin

Last position:

Project Coordination for ERP System Implementation at BplusL Infra Log

Ensuring project coordination for the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations: stakeholder management, meeting coordination, open issue tracking, task prioritization and knowledge transfer between business units and IT.

Silke Widera

Yahya Sabi

Odoo Software Developer & Consultant

Berlin

Last position:

Odoo Software Developer & Consultant at KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH

  • Planning and implementing tailored Odoo ERP solutions to support and optimize specific business processes
  • Configuring and customizing Odoo modules according to individual customer requirements, including process automation and data integration
  • Training and supporting end users and administrators to ensure full use of Odoo features and to enhance user skills
  • Providing ongoing post-implementation support, including troubleshooting, maintenance and updates to adapt to new business requirements
  • Migrating data and integrating external applications into Odoo environments for a seamless, unified data landscape
  • Analyzing and improving existing Odoo systems to boost efficiency and optimize the user experience
Yahya Sabi

Günther Niederhofer

Senior IT Project Manager | Business Processes | Integration & IT Harmonization | CRM & ERP | Agile PMP

Munich

Last position:

Advisor ERP & CRM Business Process & System Landscape at IDnow

Managing the harmonization and further development of an international CRM- and ERP-related system landscape across multiple product lines and markets (PMI)

  • Analysis, design, and requirements management for harmonized end-to-end business processes and business logic (Customer Base & Lead to Order, Lead-to-Cash, Order-to-Cash, Billing, Accounting, Service)
  • Integration of Salesforce with billing and accounting systems (JustOn, DATEV) including data model, interfaces, and billing logic together with implementation partner
  • Designing a central IT operating model to improve IT project management and DevOps model between business stakeholders, E2E process owners, and IT.
Günther Niederhofer

Luca Pacor

ERP Program Manager

Hofheim in Unterfranken

Last position:

ERP Program Manager at Fiserv

  • The client is undergoing a comprehensive transformation. All SAP ECC landscapes worldwide are being migrated to SAP S/4HANA, with the goal of introducing a global standard template.

  • The program also includes the migration and modernization initiative "RISE with SAP", which may involve migrating selected country installations to the SAP Private Cloud.

  • On the stakeholder side, the program's reporting line extends up to the company's board and the implementation partner's board.

  • Fiserv Germany's ERP landscape currently includes several non-standard SAP tools and applications that extend the ECC environment's functionality and often integrate with downstream systems. As part of the move to SAP S/4HANA, it is essential to assess the core functionality, integration points, and future viability of these applications to determine their alignment with the target architecture.

  • The focus of the role is to provide expert advice and assessment to define the scope, strategy, and roadmap for migrating Fiserv Germany's SAP ECC system to SAP S/4HANA.

  • SAP's recommended best practices are followed, and a structured approach is used to ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption while maximizing business value.

  • This assessment forms the basis for a successful SAP S/4HANA transformation, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, regulatory compliance, and future scalability.

  • Migration strategy definition – evaluating available transition approaches based on business objectives, technical feasibility, and SAP best practices.

  • Technical readiness assessment – conducting a system analysis to assess compatibility, custom code impact, data volume management, integration points, and infrastructure readiness for SAP S/4HANA.

  • Business process impact analysis – reviewing the latest business process documentation to define the scope and effort needed to implement required functions in SAP S/4HANA and identify process optimization opportunities.

  • Roadmap for non-SAP systems and applications – evaluating third-party and legacy applications for SAP S/4HANA integration and recommending consolidation, migration, or replacement strategies.

  • Deployment & implementation planning – defining a phased rollout approach, including project timelines, risk mitigation strategies, and key milestones aligned with business priorities.

  • The transformation is carried out in phases: the discovery phase leads to the explore phase, which then leads to the design phase and finally to the implementation phase.

  • Program management

  • Change management

  • Requirements management

  • Transition management

  • Stakeholder management

  • Risk management

  • Comprehensive coordination

Luca Pacor

Nick Panasar

Global ERP, AI & Supply Chain Project Manager

Berlin

Last position:

Global ERP, AI & Supply Chain Project Manager at Dr. Martens

  • Led the end-to-end delivery of a SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM / TD / SD) ERP programme, covering project initiation, detailed requirements gathering, operating model definition, system design, build, testing, cutover, and global Go Live across Europe, Asia, and North America. Ensured the ERP solution supported key supply chain, manufacturing, and planning operations to enable future business growth.

  • Conducted cross-functional workshops with Supply Chain, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams to capture business requirements, define the future operating model, and map end-to-end system design. Consolidated over 150 requirements into structured documentation aligned with SAP standards.

  • Shaped solution design and vendor engagement during the early discovery phase, supporting selection of best-fit technology partners and ensuring the system design covered production planning, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain forecasting.

  • Managed D365 configuration and troubleshooting, ensuring alignment with business processes and resolving integration issues between D365, SAP SCM modules, and surrounding systems.

  • Supported Grain data model changes to lead ingestion of planning data into Snowflake and Footprint, enabling enterprise reporting and analytics development.

  • Managed scope, timelines, risks, and dependencies across international teams spanning Europe, Asia, and the US, maintaining integrated project plans, issue logs, and executive reporting to drive stakeholder alignment and delivery momentum.

  • Enabled the integration of AI-powered demand forecasting tools into supply chain planning processes, improving forecast accuracy, inventory turnover, and operational decision-making across multiple regions.

  • Led SIT, UAT, and data migration phases, including design of test scenarios, defect triage management, and coordination of test execution to validate supply chain and manufacturing workflows prior to deployment.

  • Delivered detailed cutover planning, business readiness activities, and hypercare support, ensuring a smooth and coordinated Go Live and full operational handover to business teams.

Nick Panasar

Burkhard Brühmann

Interim Project Manager for Company-wide ERP Migration

Menden (Sauerland)

Last position:

Interim Project Manager for Company-wide ERP Migration at Logistics provider, Iserlohn

  • Responsible for the entire migration
  • Process mapping across the whole company
  • Stakeholder management
  • Leading the project team, key users and end users
  • Change management
Burkhard Brühmann

Helgo Göring-Drewes

Migration to HANA BP

Bergkirchen

Last position:

Migration to HANA BP at Packaging Industry

  • Migration to HANA BP.
  • MDM-Team.
  • Master-data-management.
  • System landscape: SAP ECC to S4-HANA.
Helgo Göring-Drewes

Richard Huber

SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA

Taufkirchen (Vils)

Last position:

SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA

  • Concept design and assessment in finance, analyzing customer-specific developments and replacing them with SAP standard.
  • Error analysis of the Migration Cockpit.
Richard Huber

Dawood Asjad Raja

Research Assistant (KI4BoardNet) (HiWi)

Heilbronn

Last position:

Research Assistant (KI4BoardNet) (HiWi) at Hochschule Heilbronn

  • Developed and prototype a validated open-source Analog Mixed Signal (AMS) verification toolchain using PyVerilog and Python scripting
  • Researched and evaluated complex Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools and AMS modeling approaches, providing technical recommendations for system-level verification and AI-supported design automation
  • Contributed to a major German research group funded by (BMBF) by defining a highly efficient, platform independent technical workflow
Dawood Asjad Raja

Michael Meyer

Product Owner

Hamburg

Last position:

Product Owner at ECE

  • Gathering requirements from departments
  • Developing mockups
  • Maintaining backlog and moderating sprint meetings
  • Managing the developers
  • Stakeholder management
  • Used skills: Scrum, requirements engineering, requirements management
  • Technologies used: various
  • IT environment: Microsoft Dynamics Business Central
  • Industry: Real estate
  • Role: project manager, product owner
Michael Meyer

Ronny Schrader

FileMaker/Mobile

Birkenwerder

Last position:

FileMaker/Mobile at MC Metall Chemie GmbH

Ronny Schrader

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ERP Managers statistics

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

23 years

Position duration

2 years

Positions per freelancer

21

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries

Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services

Certification focus areas

Project Management, Product Development, Business Intelligence

Bachelor's degree or higher

83%

Master's degree or higher

58%

Doctorate

8%

Certifications per freelancer

2

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

92%

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Frequently Asked Questions

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A ERP Manager leads the work around planning, coordination, and delivery of the ERP landscape. That usually includes process alignment, rollout support, testing, cutover planning, issue tracking, and communication between business and IT. The exact scope depends on whether the company is implementing, upgrading, or stabilizing the system.

It depends on the client environment, but the most common systems are SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle ERP, and NetSuite. A strong ERP Manager does not need to know every module in depth, but should understand how the core processes connect across finance, supply chain, procurement, and reporting. That system context is what makes coordination effective.

The titles overlap a lot, but the focus can differ. An ERP Manager often stays closer to process ownership, system governance, and day-to-day coordination, while an ERP Project Manager is usually more focused on timeline, budget, and project control. In many companies, one person covers both roles during an implementation or major change.

A freelancer makes sense when the need is temporary, urgent, or tied to a specific change program. That includes go-live support, template rollouts, mergers, and recovery work after a difficult implementation. If the company already has a long-term need for internal ownership, a permanent hire may be the better fit.

Look for someone who can explain business processes clearly and keep different departments aligned. A strong ERP Manager should show real examples of handling testing, cutover, master data, and stakeholder conflict without losing control of scope. Good references and a structured way of working matter more than polished buzzwords.

Both models work, and most projects use a mix. Remote work is fine for planning, documentation, reporting, and many coordination tasks, while on-site time helps with workshops, training, and go-live support. In Germany, companies often expect at least some local presence when business users, plant teams, or subsidiaries are involved.

Many come from ERP consulting, internal IT leadership, or business process management. Some are former ERP Project Managers, module leads, or transformation managers who moved into a broader coordination role. The best freelancers combine system knowledge with the ability to speak the language of operations, finance, and management.

Manufacturing, automotive, logistics, wholesale, and multi-entity corporate groups hire them often because their processes are complex and tightly connected. In Germany, companies with production sites or international reporting lines especially need someone who can manage local requirements without breaking the global template. The role is valuable anywhere an ERP system has become business-critical.

The average hourly rate for ERP Managers in Germany is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 880 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers working as ERP Managers in Germany, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers working as ERP Managers in Germany have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers working as ERP Managers in Germany are German (100%), English (92%), and French (31%).

The most common industries among freelancers working as ERP Managers in Germany are Information Technology (85%), Manufacturing (77%), and Professional Services (62%).

The most common business areas among freelancers working as ERP Managers in Germany are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (85%), and Project Management (85%).

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