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Egon Maier
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Integration Consultant – MES / Siemens Opcenter Integration at Metso Corporation
- Supported an integration project between SAP S/4HANA and a MES / Siemens Opcenter system via Azure Middleware.
- Responsible for SAP-side analysis, mapping and provisioning of relevant data objects such as material master data, production orders and process orders using SAP standard APIs and OData services.
- SAP-side mapping for Material Master, Production Orders and Process Orders
- Usage of API_PRODUCT, API_PRODUCTION_ORDER_2_SRV and API_PROCESS_ORDER_2_SRV
- Consideration of SAP S/4HANA Advanced Available-to-Promise for order confirmation, production availability and downstream MES execution
- Support for SAP Gateway and OData service topics
- Interface coordination between SAP S/4HANA, Azure Middleware and MES / Siemens Opcenter
- Support for testing, monitoring and error analysis
- Worked with BTC Cockpit and Deloitte ASADEV Tool
Wolfram Knan
Last position:
AI / Machine Learning Engineer (Projects & Applied AI) at UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE & LIORA
- Designed and implemented a hybrid recommendation system (content-based + collaborative filtering)
- Built end-to-end ML pipelines including data processing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
- Developed RAG-based LLM systems using LangChain and vector databases for semantic search and knowledge retrieval
- Established MLOps workflows with MLflow for experiment tracking, versioning, and deployment readiness
- Implemented deep learning models (computer vision & classification) using PyTorch and TensorFlow
Björn Stark
Last position:
External IT Director SAP / IT Transformation Manager at Finanzministerium Berlin
IT infrastructure / SAP Grantor / SAP BTP transformation project at the Berlin Ministry of Finance to digitalize public funding programs. The goal was a clean-core-oriented SAP BTP solution architecture with CAP/RAP services, APIs, integrations, and operational readiness for run, AMO, and AMS structures.
- Industry: Federal authority, FM Berlin
- Budget 2026: 5 million EUR
- Planned budget for 2027: 8.7 million EUR
- Team size: 45 FTE
Sven Krahn
Last position:
Technical Advisor / Assessment Lead (Product Delivery & AI-Transformation) at nexMart GmbH & Co. KG
Assessment of the product, delivery, and AI organization with a realignment of operational excellence, target architecture, and AI-first operating model
Initial situation: The product and delivery organization showed structural weaknesses in efficiency, control, and collaboration. In addition, there was no clear target architecture for AI-driven product and organizational development. At leadership level, transparency about roles, responsibilities, and operational performance was limited.
Responsibility & approach:
- Analysis of the existing product, delivery, and organizational structures with regard to processes, governance, and controllability
- Evaluation of architecture and platform in terms of scalability, future readiness, and AI integration
- Development of a target picture for an AI-first product and delivery operating model
- Derivation of concrete measures to improve operational excellence and collaboration
- Sparring with the leadership team on structured organizational development
Results & impact:
- Creation of transparency around structural bottlenecks, performance, and decision logic
- Development of a target structure for a scalable AI-first product and delivery setup
- Improved decision-making ability and controllability at leadership level
- Creation of a solid foundation for downstream transformation measures
- Definition of concrete levers to improve efficiency, collaboration, and time to market
Heiko Krain
Last position:
SAP development, Adobe form development at Arvato SE
- conversion of a function-group-based Adobe Interactive Forms framework to an object-oriented Adobe framework for documents in transport/logistics and dunning (FI)
- Adobe Lifecycle Designer 11.0.1 for SAP
- creating new and troubleshooting existing forms, function modules, programs, classes, and methods
- maintaining Smart Forms
- document printing, email sending, and file archiving
- message control for deliveries, orders, invoices, proforma invoices, and transports
- ticket system: Jira
- communication: Microsoft Teams
- migrating customers to a new SAP framework
- handling incident and change request tickets
- software: SAP ERP 6.0, SAP_ABA 7.5G, S4CORE 1.05
Bernhard Heutmekers
Last position:
SAP MM Consultant, Business Solution Design Specialist at Nomen Nominandum
- Finalised several addon implementation projects as project manager, coordinating external service providers
- Implemented VAT reporting, e-invoicing, asset reporting, drug reporting to governmental authorities
- Played key role as business solution design specialist in an S/4HANA implementation project across PP-PI, eWM, QM, PM, IM, MM, SD and other logistic areas
- Designed organizational structures and processes in all logistic areas
- Developed and proofread business blueprint, managed implementation, test preparation and migration
André Siegmund
Last position:
IT Consultant SAP® Administration at Lechwerke AG (LEW)
- IT services for the administration of the SAP® systems NETZ/Sales, BW, Core, Portal
- Administration of SAP® authorizations and users via central user administration (ZBV) in SAP® Solution Manager
- Setup and further development of SAP® authorization roles
- Role assignment according to requests
- Creation, change, and deletion of users
- Incident handling and error analysis (e.g. authorization trace, debugging in test systems)
- Cooperation with the SAP® development team on new implementations and process changes
- Special tasks
- Execution of Privileged User Management (PUM) 2023–2025 using Security Bridge
- Decommissioning of the SAP® Core system and migration to S/4HANA
Beserithan Malabakan
Last position:
SD Development and CRM Interaction Center Development at Sanner GmbH
- Part-time 2-3 days/week
- Developments in the SD module and CRM Interaction Center
- Consulting, customizing in SD module
- Adapting Fiori applications in the SD module
- Approval workflow for credit memos: design, concept, implementation, customizing
- Credit memo request: object type BUS 2094
- If the credit memo request value is below a certain threshold -> automatic release and removal of billing block
- If the credit memo request value is above a certain threshold -> automatic determination of the responsible employee
- The employee receives a work item in their integrated inbox or in My Inbox (Fiori) -> the employee can reject, approve, or edit the credit memo request
- UML modeling in technical documentation
- Creating a Z-table for customer sample line items
- Merging COA1 (delivery) + COA2 (CAQ) forms and adding to the spool request as a single PDF
- Correcting workflow title according to NACE, fixing message "ZBMA title is displayed incorrectly in SBWP (Workplace)"
- Receiving PLM documents from an external PLM system, creating an RFC function module, storing PLM documents in the material master as GOS objects
- On releasing a production order, reading PLM documents from MM and saving them in a shared folder for the MES system
- Displaying the number of inspection methods in a popup when creating an order -> VA01/VA02
- Automatic stock reconciliation LVS IDOC INVCON
- Performing AQUA tests
- IDOC archiving for old IDOCs
- NL_PM_drawings and storing print output, informing MES via ZPPORDER IDOC, writing technical documents
- Using SD user exits, BADIs for various requirements
- Extending screens for customer requests via screen exits
- Creating message types for sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices
- Extending CRM Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> Contract with customer-specific requirements
- New Fiori application departure control with data from Z-table and standard equipment tables, displaying a pie chart, calculating "vehicles in operation"
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for performance feedback, attachments from GOS objects
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for PM quality notifications, attachments from GOS objects
- Implementing BADIs in CRM
- File storage on SAP server/UNIX server
- Using BOL/GENIL architecture in CRM development
- Project language: German
Sai Revuri Venkata
Last position:
SAP Solution Architect & Developer (Datasphere) at PwC US
- Spearheaded the development of BW Bridge and Datasphere models, integrating S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, and BDC to enable real-time analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
- Designed and implemented Calculation Views using SAP HANA Modeler, aligning with LEONI's requirement for expertise in BW/4HANA modeling and Eclipse.
- Authored comprehensive technical documentation and RICEFW objects, ensuring clarity and alignment with business requirements.
- Conducted training sessions for internal teams on Datasphere and BW Bridge, fostering knowledge transfer and self-sufficiency.
Matthias Oehme
Last position:
Freelance Collaboration at Etengo (for Syna AG)
Consulting in the SAP EAM module as part of the migration to EON's oneERP S/4HANA system
Reviewing and cost estimation of customer-developed solutions (e.g., cockpit for EAM orders, document flow visualization)
Preparing EAM classification data for technical objects (technical locations, equipment) for migration to new classes
Georgi Litvinov
Last position:
Techno-functional MM/SD Consultant at GLIT Circle GmbH
- Implementation of the S/4HANA transformation (Brownfield) at CLAAS Agricultural Technology
- Implementation of the new supplier evaluation in S/4HANA including custom technical adjustments to customer-specific processes
- Conducting workshops with business units on technical and functional changes in S/4HANA, focusing on P2P processes and approval processes
- Preparing the new system, including customizing and converting customer-specific ABAP developments to Clean ABAP
Gopal Khandelwal
Last position:
SAP ABAP & Cloud Architect at parasus GmbH
- Concept and re-implementation of customer application over cloud and make the source code cloud ready
- Re-designing and putting a new architecture to overcome all the Team Scale findings and push ABAP code to ABAP cloud
- Converted the existing custom application code to ABAP cloud code and used ABAP Clean code guidelines
- Create a dynamic framework to call old vs new implementation from a Table maintenance to validate both implementations
- Utilized Key User Extensibility to seamlessly integrate multiple custom fields into a standard Fiori application, enhancing both the front-end and back-end GUI
Sophie Wahren
Last position:
Freelance Recruiter
Boris Manyshev
Last position:
ITZBund
- eInvoicing project
- SAP ABAP OO development
- workflow
- OpenText
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Statistics of experts using ABAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years (Germany: 22 years)
Position duration
1.6 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
25 (Germany: 17)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Supply Chain Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 86%)
Master's degree or higher
73% (Germany: 52%)
Doctorate
27% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 95%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates of experts in Berlin using ABAP
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About the technology
SAP ABAP in practice
ABAP, also known as SAP ABAP or Advanced Business Application Programming, is the language used to shape core business processes in SAP systems. It is common in SAP ECC and S/4HANA landscapes where companies need stable logic, clean data handling, and reliable integration with finance, logistics, and operations.
Typical work
- Reports, forms, and dialog transactions
- Enhancements, user exits, and BAdIs
- Interfaces with IDoc, RFC, and OData
- CDS views, ALV, and workflow support
Strong professionals know when to extend standard SAP and when to keep custom code small. They write logic that is readable, testable, and aligned with business rules.
Tooling and ecosystem
ABAP work often sits inside the SAP GUI, Eclipse-based ADT, and transport-controlled development landscapes. It connects closely with HANA, Fiori, REST services, and authorization concepts, so specialists need more than syntax knowledge.
They also need to understand how custom objects move through development, quality, and production systems. Clean transport discipline matters as much as code quality.
When companies bring in help
Companies usually look for freelance ABAP expertise when they face a release, a migration, or a backlog of custom changes. Berlin firms often need support that can join local teams quickly while also working well remote.
- S/4HANA conversion work
- Legacy code cleanup
- Interface rebuilds
- Performance fixes
- Short-term delivery gaps
What strong experts do
A strong ABAP specialist understands business processes, not just tables and methods. They can trace issues through customizing, enhancements, and downstream integrations, then deliver changes that fit the system instead of fighting it.
They also document clearly, test carefully, and keep custom code maintainable. That matters in long-lived SAP environments where small mistakes can affect critical processes.
Berlin hiring context
In Berlin, ABAP work often touches shared service centers, industrial groups, public sector systems, and growing product teams that run SAP. Some engagements work best on-site for workshops and cutover periods, while implementation and support tasks are often handled remotely.
English is usually enough for technical delivery, but German helps when business users, documentation, or approval steps are involved.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about ABAP, in one place.
ABAP is used to build and adapt core SAP functions such as reports, forms, enhancements, interfaces, and custom business logic. It is central in SAP ECC and still widely used in S/4HANA projects where standard processes need targeted extensions. Companies hire specialists when SAP must match specific business rules without breaking the core system.
SAP ABAP and ABAP usually refer to the same thing in hiring searches. ABAP is the language, while SAP is the ecosystem where it is used. Searchers may also use the full name Advanced Business Application Programming, especially in formal project requests.
ABAP is built for SAP business logic and data-heavy process work inside the SAP stack. Java or JavaScript are often used around SAP for separate services, user interfaces, or integrations, but they do not replace ABAP in core SAP extensions. A good specialist knows where ABAP belongs and where another stack is a better fit.
A strong ABAP specialist usually knows CDS views, OData, RFC, IDoc, ALV, and basic HANA concepts. Many projects also expect comfort with SAP GUI, Eclipse ADT, authorization checks, and transport handling. For S/4HANA work, understanding Fiori and clean-core principles is a major advantage.
ABAP needs vary by task. A simple report change or form fix may need someone who knows the standard objects well, while a S/4HANA conversion or interface redesign needs a specialist who has handled larger SAP landscapes. The best choice depends on whether the work is isolated, integrated, or part of a migration.
Yes, ABAP work can often be done remotely, especially for development, debugging, and documentation. On-site time in Berlin is more useful for workshops, business process mapping, cutover support, or sensitive go-live periods. Many teams use a mixed setup and switch based on the project phase.
Look for a ABAP specialist who writes clear code, understands SAP process flow, and can explain design choices without hiding behind jargon. Good signs are disciplined transport handling, careful testing, and experience with real system constraints such as enhancements and integrations. Review recent projects that match your SAP landscape, not just the résumé.
You likely need ABAP help when custom code blocks a release, an interface fails, reports are slow, or an enhancement is too risky for the internal team to absorb. Another sign is a backlog of SAP changes that needs steady delivery without expanding permanent headcount. In Berlin, this often appears during migration work or when local business teams need quick SAP support.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 844 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 73% hold at least a Master's degree, and 27% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Professional Services (79%), and Manufacturing (71%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Operations (71%), and Supply Chain Management (71%).
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