Enterprise Resource Planning Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Enterprise Resource Planning
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
Claus E.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Initiation, planning, management and completion of several digitalization projects
Requirements management including proposal preparation, business concepts & process analyses
Stakeholder management (internal steering, external service providers, business units)
Resource & capacity planning, controlling, budget responsibility
Claim and change management (including escalation handling)
Project marketing & knowledge management
Quality assurance & risk management in line with PMO standards
Implementation of a cloud-based solution in customer service (insurance)
Harmonization & digitalization of approval and contract processes
Reduction of processing times by >20 % through optimized workflows
Establishment of standardized project controlling with BI dashboard
Jira • Confluence • MS365 (Project, Teams, SharePoint) • ITIL • PRINCE2
Alexander P.
Last position:
Owner & Lecturer at Own company for AI governance and data products, Vienna
- Consulting and interim management at the interface between IT operations and regulation
- Impact analysis and implementation planning for NISG 2026 and the EU AI Act, including risk management and reporting and evidence processes
- Training for governing bodies and employees on regulatory obligations
- Lectures in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, since 2023
- Supervision of master’s theses and participation in the examination board
- Presentations for business and educational institutions
- Design and development of data and AI products, platforms and pipelines
- Privacy-first architectures and zero-knowledge encryption, cloud-native on EU infrastructure
- MLOps and AIOps in live operations
- Own applications under own brand: shared codebase, separate delivery for each target device
- AI-assisted software development (vibe coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
- Publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
- Publications on data sovereignty, cloud economics and industrial image processing
- AI governance / compliance: data quality, Responsible AI, EU AI Act readiness, risk classification, AI ethics
Karl F.
Last position:
ONECEPT Website at ONECEPT GmbH
Development and implementation of the website onecept.at using React/Next.js. Focus on responsive web design, high-performance component structure, basic SEO optimization, and technical deployment.
Technologies: React, Next.js, TypeScript / JavaScript
Thomas P.
Last position:
Change Manager / Sales Transformation at SEFE
- Organizational Change Management as part of a group-wide, supranational sales transformation, serving as the core of a broad restructuring of business-critical areas, with end-to-end control of the change process and long-term embedding and securing the future readiness of sales.
- Initiation and end-to-end steering of the sales transformation program, including in-depth analysis to identify, assess, and strategically involve all relevant stakeholders, making tactical use of their specific business interests and influence.
- Conducting advanced, detailed change impact analyses to predict the organizational effects of the transformation, deriving a tailored change strategy, and developing a change roadmap and a change story as the core narrative of the campaign.
- Designing and implementing an integrated communication and action plan to ensure maximum transparency, effectively manage unspoken expectations, and actively guide a change process that is clear and understandable for all stakeholders.
- Active management of all transformation phases, including the setup of robust monitoring mechanisms for continuous progress analysis and forecasting based on recommended and jointly defined KPIs.
- Establishing an agile analysis and adjustment cycle to continuously assess the effectiveness of implemented measures, identify challenges early, and fine-tune the change strategy in time.
- Conducting precise gap analyses to identify skill gaps in the sales team in the context of the new strategic direction, and deriving and developing targeted qualification measures (e.g. coaching, training).
- Comprehensive reduction of resistance to change by turning opposing stakeholder mindsets into proactive change-driving change ambassadors.
- Deep and sustainable realignment of sales structures and processes in full alignment with the company’s overall goals.
- Qualitative and quantitative improvement of sales efficiency and performance as a direct result of the implemented transformation initiatives and capability-building programs.
Stavros V.
Last position:
Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance) at Sanofi
- Led the global transformation of Talent Operations by inhousing recruitment technologies, processes, and teams, reducing over 20 external partners to 2, defining the strategy to hire hundreds of internal talent specialists, and redesigning organisational structures and processes worldwide.
- Drove gap analyses and impact assessments and led the global rollout of Beamery, HireVue, and Paradox, covering solution design, pilot markets, global deployment, and hypercare, ensuring smooth market transitions and standardised operations.
- Developed and maintained detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, RAID logs, and governance routines, leveraging SharePoint as the central platform for programme documentation, rollout artefacts, approvals, and decision tracking.
- Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders including HR, IT, regional teams, and external vendors, using SharePoint-based documentation and governance frameworks to align requirements, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery issues.
- Conducted gap analyses and impact assessments across Paradox, Beamery, and Workday to ensure pilot readiness and global launch success, with outputs captured and governed through SharePoint.
- Built and executed comprehensive change management plans using ADKAR methodology, covering stakeholder mapping, communications, training, and adoption activities, supported by SharePoint-hosted enablement materials and rollout documentation.
- Broke down silos across regions and functions to drive adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working.
- Tracked adoption metrics and user feedback post-deployment, driving continuous improvement in user experience and operational performance.
Manuel M.
Last position:
ERP Process Modeling at Richter Pharma AG
Migration preparation for the upcoming ERP system change: recording all ERP-related business processes, analyzing pain points, and consolidating them into process views. Ensuring that every process can be transferred to the target system or that an alternative exists. Result: a solid working basis for system integrators and a company ready for migration.
BPMN · Camunda
Christina D.
Last position:
Community Manager Social Intranet at Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK)
- Support for the introduction of new digital exchange and communication structures as part of an organization-wide transformation project
- Conception, setup, and operational management of Viva Engage communities within the intranet as part of the rollout of new digital exchange and communication formats
- Planning and support of the pilot phase and the initial operational phase, including feedback and optimization loops
- Onboarding and enablement of employees and leaders in the use of new digital exchange formats
- Development of change management and activation measures to drive participation and adoption
- Moderation of discussions and creation of guidelines, FAQs, and netiquette
- Editorial and content strategy, including leadership communication
- Adaptation and implementation of central concepts and communication guidelines to organization-specific requirements
- Monitoring, reporting, and derivation of optimization measures
- Coordination with IT, data protection, communications, and business units
Stefan D.
Last position:
BI Consultant in Controlling at Reutter GmbH
- Extraction, transformation, and cleansing of data from Microsoft Dynamics AX
- Creation of sales reports in Power BI
- Training employees in business intelligence
- Technologies: Power BI, SQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Daniel S.
Last position:
AI Automation in E-Commerce at Looops
- AI automation roadmap for a D2C/B2B e-commerce company.
- Customer service bot with RAG over support tickets and product data, OCR pipeline for incoming invoices with writeback to Business Central, lead gen and posting automation.
- Deterministic n8n workflows with EU-hosted models.
- n8n, RAG / Mistral, Qwen/BGE embeddings / Business Central API, HubSpot, Shopify / Scaleway, S3 / Claude Code, OpenCode.
Stephan J.
Last position:
Interim Project Management Office Advisor at Noske-Kaeser Equans
Project management and process harmonization between the French parent company (Equans Group, Axima Marine) and the German production company (Noske Kaeser) for maritime cooling and air conditioning systems.
Gabriele B.
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at PaiperOne GmbH
- Main tasks and responsibilities: development, acquisition, sales, consulting, and controlling
- Area of work or industry: Software as a Service in AI compliance and consulting
Selection of client projects:
- Creation and operation of an AI governance platform, including training content on the use of AI in companies
- Design, setup, and operation of the ISO 42001 management system at PaiperOne with certification by TÜV
- Auditor according to ISO 17024 at Austrian Standards for the "AI Manager"
- AI training for staff of two Austrian publishing groups
- AI training for the management level at the State of Lower Austria
- AI strategy workshop for a municipality in Styria and a municipality in Salzburg
- AI workshops for the House of Digitalization in Tulln
- AI training for municipalities at KDZ
- Delivery of training on "Certified AI Compliance Officer" at the Academy for Internal Audit
- Organizational consulting on AI governance at ÖGK
- Project support for the "homepage chatbot" at öbv
- Certification exams at Austrian Standards
Nikolaus J.
Last position:
Solution Architect at HIT Baumärkte
- Leading high-impact retail digital transformation focused on data integration, app integration, and next-generation customer engagement strategies.
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
Franz P.
Last position:
Business & IT Consulting at fpcon Franz Plakolm Consulting
- Business consulting finance & supply chain for Infor ERP LN Cloudsuite projects
- Lead consultant ERP LN Cloudsuite finance & cost accounting
- Implementation projects in Germany for a manufacturer of precision castings and a producer of stainless steel kegs
- Optimization project at a steel service center
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Statistics of experts using Enterprise Resource Planning
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3.6 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using Enterprise Resource Planning
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Enterprise Resource Planning 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 (76%)
- Manufacturing (61%)
- Professional Services (58%)
- Banking and Finance (41%)
- Retail (38%)
- Healthcare (35%)
- Automotive (32%)
- Energy (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What ERP covers
Enterprise Resource Planning, commonly called ERP, connects core business processes in one shared system. Companies use it to manage finance, purchasing, sales, inventory, supply chains, production and workforce data. A well-designed ERP setup replaces isolated spreadsheets and gives teams consistent information for daily decisions.
Systems and ecosystem
ERP work spans platforms, integration tools and operational processes. Common ecosystems include SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite and industry-focused systems. Specialists may also work with APIs, middleware, data warehouses, business intelligence tools, SQL databases and cloud infrastructure.
- Configure finance, purchasing and inventory workflows
- Connect CRM, ecommerce, logistics and payment systems
- Build reports, dashboards and approval processes
- Plan data migration, testing and release management
Typical project work
Companies bring in ERP professionals for new implementations, system replacements and major upgrades. They map existing processes, define requirements, configure modules, adapt workflows and coordinate testing. Deliverables can include a solution design, migration plan, integrations, user documentation and training materials.
When specialists help
External expertise is useful when an internal team lacks capacity or when a project affects several departments at once. It can also reduce risk during a merger, expansion into new markets, production change or move from on-premises software to the cloud. In Austria, ERP projects often need close cooperation with finance, manufacturing, retail or logistics teams and local business stakeholders.
- Processes remain dependent on manual exports or duplicate data
- Reporting does not match operational or financial records
- A legacy ERP system blocks integrations or expansion
- Users need a controlled transition to a new platform
Skills that matter
Strong ERP professionals understand both system configuration and the business process behind it. They can translate requirements between finance, operations and technical teams, manage permissions, validate master data and document decisions. Experience with change management, integration patterns, testing and data quality is often as important as knowledge of a specific vendor.
Choosing the right expert
Start with the business process, affected modules and required integrations rather than the platform name alone. Ask for comparable implementation, migration or optimisation work and clarify which tasks the professional handled personally. For remote collaboration, clear documentation, structured workshops and reliable access controls are essential; on-site work may help when processes depend on warehouses, production floors or complex stakeholder coordination.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Enterprise Resource Planning, in one place.
Enterprise Resource Planning is used to coordinate finance, procurement, inventory, sales, production, logistics and related business processes. An ERP system creates shared records and workflows so departments can work from consistent data instead of disconnected tools.
ERP usually manages the internal processes that run a business, including accounting, purchasing, inventory and operations. CRM focuses mainly on customer relationships and sales, while separate applications may cover only one function. ERP can connect these areas, but it may require integrations and careful process design.
A strong Enterprise Resource Planning specialist may also understand data migration, SQL, APIs, middleware, reporting and identity management. Process analysis, testing, documentation and change management are equally valuable because ERP work affects people and workflows as well as software.
The right level depends on the scope, modules, data quality and number of integrations involved. A focused configuration task may need a specialist familiar with one platform, while a company-wide implementation calls for proven experience across process design, migration, testing and adoption.
ERP projects can often be delivered remotely through workshops, shared documentation, controlled system access and online testing. On-site sessions may still be useful for warehouse, production or finance process discovery. In Austria, language expectations should be agreed early when users and stakeholders work primarily in German.
Enterprise Resource Planning platforms are often weighed against SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite and industry-specific systems. The best choice depends on process complexity, integration needs, hosting preferences, reporting requirements and the organisation’s ability to maintain the system.
Ask the ERP professional to explain a comparable project, the decisions they owned and how they handled data, testing and user adoption. Strong answers connect configuration choices to business outcomes and identify risks early. References, clear documentation and a practical delivery plan are useful quality signals.
A freelancer working with Enterprise Resource Planning should clarify the platform version, modules, project phase, access model, data responsibilities and decision-makers. They should also confirm whether the assignment covers analysis, configuration, integration, migration, testing or training, since these require different deliverables and collaboration patterns.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Enterprise Resource Planning in their recent projects is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 942 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Enterprise Resource Planning in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Enterprise Resource Planning in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Enterprise Resource Planning in their recent projects are German (98%), English (98%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Enterprise Resource Planning in their recent projects are Information Technology (76%), Manufacturing (61%), and Professional Services (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Enterprise Resource Planning in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Project Management (76%), and Operations (62%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Enterprise Resource Planning
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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