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Paul K.
Last position:
Program Manager – Multi-Project Operational Stabilization (Operational Excellence) at ITDZ - IT Service Center Berlin
- Overall leadership of several strategic operations projects focusing on Workplace Services, SLA Framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as the introduction of system monitoring and feasibility studies for 24x7 operations, in some cases including implementation in ServiceNow
- Creation of various ServiceNow operating concepts covering training, access rights, and emergency management as part of a new cloud hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
- Executive board reports and leadership of steering committees as part of company-wide strategic objectives, as well as the establishment of new balanced scorecards for measuring KPIs related to optimization-driven project results
Garrett T.
Last position:
Transformation Advisor for SAP at Garrett Tedeman, CPA LLC
Independent practice serving clients in SAC-P and AI-enabled FP&A transformation, including financial model development for PE firm engagements, data cleansing with PowerQuery, workflow automation Claude Cowork, SAC-P scoping task-based assignments (Micro1.ai & Mercor.ai), and SAP partner network development.
- 2026 – Completed significant upgrade training for Positioning Business AI and SAP Cloud ALM Workshop (In-Person). Live Demos • SAC-P & Excel-Based Reports • Claude Partner • SAP Partner#: 1961209 (OE – Build)
- Fall 2026 – New effort to re-train/update past FI/CO, SAP BPC, SAP Platform to S/4 Finance & Core G/L Accounting
- 2026 – Upskilling for Transformation Toolchain. In-Person Workshops: Cloud ALM & SAP BTP • Joule Demo(s)
- 2025 – FP&A processes • Datasphere & Business Data Cloud • Team Workshops for AI • Toolchain & SAP Cloud ALM
- 2024 – Built key credentials on Deloitte S4 Experience • Group Reporting and SAC-P
Tomas H.
Last position:
Senior Advisor at Private Equity company (Business Integration)
Engaged to build governance, risk and process-improvement capabilities from scratch across approximately 30 fast-growing, decentralised lines of business in Germany, driving quality and productivity gains across business and functional teams.
- Applied Six Sigma root-cause analysis methodology (5-Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa) to lead investigations and process-improvement initiatives across the organisation’s finance, risk, IT and procurement functions, driving corrective actions and process redesign through to verified, sustained closure.
- Delivered structured training programmes to approximately 1,200 employees, for Compliance topics, incl. Six Sigma analysis and process-improvement methodology, building a continuous-improvement mindset and self-assessment capability across business and functional leaders.
- Analysed and optimized finance, risk and procurement processes across approximately 30 decentralised lines of business, developing and implementing continuous-improvement strategies and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (Finance, Controlling, IT, Procurement) to achieve measurable quality and productivity gains.
Volker W.
Last position:
Analyst – Platform Optimization at TradingView ProRealtime
Programming custom indicators with ProBuilder (for the ProRealTime platform)
6 months at RCP - Rabe Academy (basics - trading account - TWS Interactive Brokers) Focus: ETH price history - NVIDIA stock (NASDAQ and CBOE)
- 500 hours total (TradingView & ProRealTime), including approx. 1,500 hours of tick data analysis using ProRealTime
Systematic market analysis, development of custom indicators, pattern recognition.
Vicky L.
Last position:
Lead Product Manager, Operational Excellence at GoFractional Engagement
- Strategy: Embedded full time in a scaleup to identify the cross team problems blocking company growth, particularly delivery speed and customer satisfaction.
- Problem Discovery: Ran 50+ interviews with internal team members and functional leads, identified 100+ problems and pain points across the organisation, then ran 10 workshops with executives and stakeholders to group findings into themes and build a prioritisation framework.
- Solution: Redesigned the entire subscription management experience for customers and the internal workflows supporting it across 5 teams, reducing manual work by 80% and improving CSAT from 3.8 to 4.1.
Marco C.
Last position:
Global Process Owner Business Intelligence at Interroll SA
- Cover the role of Global Process Owner of the Business Intelligence area and contribute to designing the Data Strategy
- Responsible for the global BI platform based on SAP BW4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Datasphere, Analysis for Office and Power BI
- Collaborate with the FICO team due to acquired skills in this area
- Work closely with the business worldwide to build dashboards, data models and reports to provide useful insights
- Coordinate international analytics teams as project manager and report project progress to the Board
- Participated in the two-year S/4 implementation project with SAP Switzerland, coordinating the SAP implementation team in Portugal and ensuring go-live with all dashboards and reports working and data matched S/4
- Managed BI projects in Sales, Finance, Global KPIs, Manufacturing and Purchasing as project manager; developed and coded when necessary
- Led the migration of reports from BusinessObjects and Lumira to Analysis for Office and BW4/HANA
- Developed Spend Analytics data models and dashboards to analyze purchasing across 30+ entities, achieving 8% savings on purchasing volume and increased group profitability
- Defined data strategy for the group
- Created the global Business Intelligence site on Viva Engage, published stories and built the BI website containing links to training, BI directive list of reports and dashboards
- Created success stories as business use cases, published on Viva Engage
- Led the Business Intelligence function globally, coordinating BI development teams in Switzerland and abroad
- Personally developed data models, reports and dashboards
- Involved in privacy and security topics to guarantee correct compliance of data management
- Coded using different programming languages
- Managed more than 15 BI projects over 5 years using agile methodology, delivered on time, on budget and on quality
- Wrote the BI directive on correct usage of BI tools in the company
Ole H.
Last position:
Interim Head of PMO at RAILPOOL GmbH
Due to the steady growth of the client organization and the resulting increase in projects across various areas, including IT/digitalization, sales, organizational development and controlling, the demands on projects are increasing. Projects are often started but not completed within the planned timeframe, resources are not clearly assigned, and the business value is not clearly demonstrated. The objective of the assignment as Interim Head of PMO is to further develop and establish an existing project organization from the CDO area at executive management level. It is important that the governance is pragmatic, easy to understand and simple to apply in daily project work. The tasks and roles must be defined and established within the organization. In addition, this strategic PMO is to be supported by an IT solution, which must be selected and introduced. Furthermore, all ongoing projects are to be gradually integrated into the PMO governance and project management is to be centralized.
Raymond A.
Last position:
Senior Agile Process Manager at Sportsbook Software
- Led Agile delivery governance for the €8M Ultraflex technology transformation programme, establishing teams, delivery processes, planning cadence and cross-team coordination across 9 teams.
- Established the programme delivery roadmap and Agile governance framework including Epic workflows, planning and refinement processes, cross/team alignment and consistent delivery practices..
- Coordinated and coached 6 Scrum Masters across Ultraflex, supporting teams in adopting effective planning, refinement, Definition of Ready/Done and Acceptance Criteria practices.
- Enabled the successful delivery of the programme's interim goal: an independent, production-running instance of the platform for Sweden, delivered within the planned timeframe as a proof of concept for the Ultraflex technology and delivery approach.
- Established and improved delivery processes across Sportsbook Software, including onboarding external development teams, Agile training and coaching, Jira workflows, Epic governance and roadmap planning.
- Established planning and coordination practices that improved visibility across teams and supported alignment on dependencies, priorities and delivery timelines.
- Supported initial Ultraflex programme planning through team effort estimation and cost projections, before financial management and ongoing forecasting were handed over to the Programme Manager.
- Developed proposals for improvements to the Project Management operating model, including process changes, responsibilities and RACI structures.
Steffen K.
Last position:
BORA
- Sales | OKR for Growth & European Expansion | 2026
- Development and implementation of an OKR system to manage growth and expansion in European markets.
- Facilitation of target planning with C-level executives and managers.
- Training and development of internal OKR Champions for sustainable implementation.
Christoph Q.
Last position:
Managing Director at Stage-IT
optimizing business processes
IT consulting
- ERP
- intralogistics process
- production planning process
- Sales (wholesale, online, B2B B2C)
- product information management
- business intelligence
implementation
- interfaces (SAP, EDI, Databases, ERP, ...)
- ETL processes
- BI Reports
Farid A.
Last position:
SAP Data Migration & Data Management Consultant for SAP GEMINI at Montblanc
The consultant's responsibilities/actions are:
- Consulting on the migration of material master & PP Master data
- Prepare Article List template for Cutover Phase
- Implementation of data cleansing measures using individual and bulk changes
- SAP all mandatory fields data extraction regarding Business needed
- SAP migration, Cutover, Testing, BAT, UAT
- Align with the multiple Stakeholders regarding Data from Legacy and SAP System
- Deployed SAP MM best practice (guided configurations, active methodologies and road map for project initiation)
SAP ERP | SAP GEMINI | SAP Fields Coordination | Documentation | SAP IDoc | SAP Integration | SAP End-to-End Process | SAP MM (Material Management) | SAP Functional Consultant | SAP Gap analysis | SAP MDM (Master Data Management) | Data Migration & Management
Gordan V.
Last position:
Founder – Consultant for Revenue Operations, Automation & Process Optimization (Sales/Mkt/CS) at Boom Strategy GmbH
Managed large-scale sales and process optimization initiatives for clients including BASF, British American, IDNow, AvconJet, etc.
Planned and executed CRM and digital strategies to increase process automation, integrate AI, enhance reporting capabilities, and ensure data integrity.
Designed and standardized core workflows across Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to drive sustainable revenue growth and team throughput.
Provided ongoing advisory to C-level executives; supported organizational restructuring and strategic direction, as well as facilitated change-management efforts.
Realigned sales processes across EMEA, the USA, and APAC as Interim Director, Revenue Operations at BASF – Forward AM.
Designed and implemented new technologies and processes to boost revenue and market reach at BASF – Forward AM.
Developed and implemented new workflows to improve operational efficiency and data utilization, with a focus on post-sales and customer success in the business aviation sector for AvconJet.
Restructured and optimized Salesforce for better data integrity and automated sales processes for AvconJet.
Abhishek S.
Last position:
Business Process Manager / SAP FICO Owner at Dynapac GmbH
- Defined S/4HANA finance solution architecture and led full project lifecycle — Blueprint through Hypercare — for global rollout.
- Designed global finance templates and COPA characteristics, harmonizing financial reporting across business units.
- Implemented role-based authorizations, SOD controls, and master data governance; managed provisioning and training for 200+ users.
- Coordinated cross-module integrations (MM, SD, PP) and third-party systems (Salesforce, SAP DRC, E-Invoicing), reducing month-end close from 5 days to 2 days.
- Prepared functional specifications, supported ABAP development, and drove problem management practices that reduced recurring incidents.
David B.
Last position:
Consulting Manager, Project and Process Management, Entrepreneurial Requirements Management, Test Management at Self-employed
- Project management
- Process management
- Requirements management
- Test management
Burak K.
Last position:
Lss Master Black Belt at ANUBIS Transformation Business School for Lean Management Six Sigma
Training wave for education of first transformation agents. Training of candidates in: Lean management, Six Sigma & data analysis, change management, rationalization meetings, conflict & crisis management, stakeholder management international, project management, cultural development, AI for OpEx. Strong response to training & certification concept.
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Process Managers statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years

Position duration
3 years

Positions per freelancer
13

Top business areas
Project Management, Operations, Information Technology

Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services

Certification focus areas
Project Management, Operations, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
5%

Certifications per freelancer
4

Most common languages
German, English, Spanish

Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 18 Sep 2026.
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Average rates for Process Managers
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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 18 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Process Managers experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (65%)
- Manufacturing (65%)
- Professional Services (61%)
- Automotive (48%)
- Transportation (36%)
- Banking and Finance (30%)
- Energy (27%)
- Retail (26%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the role
What a Process Manager Delivers
A process manager analyzes, documents, and redesigns organizational workflows to remove operational bottlenecks. Often referred to as a business process manager or BPM specialist, this professional establishes standard operating procedures that eliminate waste and improve product or service delivery. They bridge strategic objectives with daily execution across corporate departments.
Key deliverables include:
- Comprehensive process maps using BPMN standards
- Identification and reduction of cycle times and system redundancies
- Standard operating procedures and governance documentation
- Process performance metrics and continuous improvement dashboards
- Tool integrations for workflow automation and tracking
Essential Methodologies and Tooling
Modern workflow optimization requires combining structured frameworks with specialized modeling and analytics platforms. Top specialists hold certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen, applying these concepts to both operational floor environments and administrative processes.
They actively design architectures using tools such as Signavio, Camunda, ARIS, and Celonis for process mining. Additionally, they collaborate with technical teams to implement robotic process automation via platforms like UiPath and connect core workflows to enterprise systems including SAP and Salesforce.
Typical Project Engagements for Freelance Specialists
Companies hire external business process experts when rapid scaling or organizational changes expose structural flaws. A freelance process architect brings immediate diagnostic insight during post-merger integrations, enterprise system migrations, or compliance audits.
- Rapid scaling where manual processes fail to keep up with order or service volumes
- Digital transformation initiatives requiring structured workflow redesign before automation
- Regulatory compliance readiness, such as establishing audited controls for ISO certifications
- Post-merger operational harmonisation across legacy workflows and disparate teams
Characteristics of Top-Performing Process Leads
Elite workflow specialists combine technical analytical rigor with effective stakeholder management. Designing a streamlined process on paper is ineffective if teams bypass standard operating procedures in practice. Exceptional consultants lead change management workshops, address operational friction, and secure genuine buy-in across executive leadership and frontline teams.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Process Managers — answered in short.
A freelance process manager evaluates existing business operations, identifies structural friction points, and implements streamlined workflows. They translate strategic business priorities into clear operational roadmaps using formal notations like BPMN 2.0. Their ultimate goal is reducing operational waste while boosting output speed and quality.
While a project manager delivers a temporary objective with fixed dates and budgets, a business process manager focuses on the efficiency and governance of permanent, repeatable operations. They build systems that continue running predictably long after individual implementation projects end. Often, both specialists collaborate closely during large digital transformation programs.
An experienced BPM consultant works extensively with mapping and architecture platforms like ARIS, Signavio, and Camunda. For diagnosing data-driven process execution, they often rely on process mining tools like Celonis. They also leverage workflow automation platforms and standard enterprise systems such as Jira, ServiceNow, and SAP.
Hiring a freelance process architect provides specialized transformation expertise without creating long-term payroll overhead. Independent specialists have addressed similar operational roadblocks across dozens of companies, allowing them to diagnose root causes and establish sustainable governance faster than an internal hire.
Yes, a process analyst can perform process mapping, data analysis, and documentation entirely in a remote setup. However, initial discovery sprints and root-cause workshops often benefit from targeted on-site days to observe operational bottlenecks firsthand and interview operational staff.
Look for an operational excellence lead holding credentials such as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, CBPP (Certified Business Process Professional), or formal certifications in systems like ARIS and Celonis. Proven project case studies demonstrating measurable efficiency gains are just as essential as certifications.
Process management encompasses the full lifecycle of designing, governing, and optimizing workflows across an organization. A specialized process optimization expert uses process mining as an analytical technique, extracting event logs from IT systems to visualize how processes genuinely run in real time.
Success is determined by clear operational KPIs tracked before and after the engagement of the process manager. Typical benchmarks include reduced cycle times, lower error and rework rates, faster customer turnaround, and demonstrable cost savings through workflow automation.
The average hourly rate for Process Managers is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 946 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Process Managers, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 63% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Process Managers have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Process Managers are German (98%), English (94%), and Spanish (24%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Process Managers are Information Technology (65%), Manufacturing (65%), and Professional Services (61%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Process Managers are Project Management (92%), Operations (82%), and Information Technology (76%).
FRATCH Process Managers main locations
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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