IFS Experts in Germany
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Daniel Bacon
Last position:
Interim Manager / Project Manager at Trench Group
Outcome: Implementation of an APS solution (Eyelit) across multiple international production sites, including definition of target planning processes, integration architecture (SAP – APS via middleware), and alignment of complex manufacturing requirements (e.g. autoclave planning, alternative routings). Establishment of governance structures, steering formats and decision frameworks to manage scope, cost and timeline across multiple stakeholders. Successful handover of project leadership to internal successor, ensuring continuity and sustained project delivery.
Role in Project: Project Lead / Program Manager
Main Tasks in Project:
- Led APS implementation across multiple plants (Germany, Canada, France, US) with focus on end-to-end planning & scheduling processes and system integration
- Acted as central interface between business stakeholders (plants, operations), IT (SAP/middleware) and vendor (Eyelit)
- Drove requirements engineering, including consolidation of plant-specific requirements and steering of sign-off process
- Managed vendor (Eyelit) performance, including scope clarification, effort discussions and commercial alignment
- Identified and challenged gaps between standard APS functionality and complex manufacturing requirements (e.g. autoclave planning, batch optimization, alternative routings)
- Defined and implemented project governance structures, including Steering Committees, risk reporting and decision frameworks
- Led escalation management on cost overruns, scope deviations and delivery transparency
- Coordinated integration strategy (decision for custom middleware vs. standard connector) and alignment with SAP landscape
- Improved project transparency and way of working, including definition of reporting structures, tracking logic and communication cadence
- Facilitated alignment between global and local stakeholders to ensure feasible timelines, resource planning and plant readiness
- Prepared and delivered SteerCo updates and executive decision documents
- Managed structured project handover to internal project lead, including knowledge transfer, documentation alignment and stakeholder transition.
Mario Klügel
Last position:
Interim Manager, Consultant and Employee
- ERP and process consulting/implementation (Navision / Business Central)
- Ongoing accounting, controlling, turnaround and consolidation
- Support in preparing all kinds of financial statements
- Process optimization for a furniture store chain during Navision implementation
- Involvement in investments and acquisitions including due diligence and subsequent ERP integrations (centralizations and decentralizations)
Cavit Sarioglu
Last position:
Renovation of own properties at Private building project
- Independent planning and execution of renovation projects on several residential properties, including coordination of trades, budget and schedule control, site supervision, material procurement and quality control
- Experience in interior finishing, building services, exterior areas, as well as compliance with construction and energy efficiency standards
Norman Richter
Last position:
Occupational Safety Specialist at Baltic Distillery GmbH
- Further development of the quality management system
- Conducting internal audits
- Preparing and following up on audits
- Conducting hygiene audits
- Planning external audits
- Creating and tracking deviations
- Document maintenance and creation
- Training employees (food hygiene, product protection)
- Revising supplier management with the purchasing department
- Digitizing the lab and part of the production with new equipment and electronic document management software
- Close cooperation with purchasing, sales, HR, and production management
- Preparing the management review together with senior management
- Acting as measuring equipment coordinator
Axel Kurz
Last position:
Project Manager
- ERP selection project at an automotive supplier in Regensburg to choose a successor system for a custom-built legacy solution
- Conducting interviews with specialist departments
- Creating a criteria catalog
- Organizing and running workshops
Orhan Yazar
Last position:
SAP Senior Consultant OTC/P2P/EWM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce) at High-Technologie
- SAP S/4HANA, OTC, 2nd & 3rd level support, project implementation of S/4HANA Cloud Private Sales & Services
- SAP SCM/OTC/P2P/LE/CS/PS, S/4HANA Private Cloud (Sales, Services), CPI, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), EDI, IDoc, ABAP, user exits, SAP Activate, ITIL, SAP Cloud ALM
- Support and consulting for integration of SAP ECC into new business areas in SAP S/4HANA
- Decommissioning legacy systems and implementation of the new harmonized SAP S/4HANA landscape
- Process optimization in SAP S/4HANA and support for daily requests from business users and key users
- Project implementation of S/4HANA Private Cloud Sales & Services
- Responsibility for the SCM stream within the global template
- Process design with Signavio and creation of Business Process Documents (BPD)
- Creation of functional design specifications (FS, TS) including interface design and WRICEF objects
- Ensuring integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM through SAP customizing
- Migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud to replace legacy systems and implement a harmonized system landscape
- SAP BTP & CPI: extension of Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM, optimization of cloud-based services
- Analysis and evaluation of existing SCM processes in the SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud environment
- Design of integrated solutions in OTC, P2P, EWM, LE and PP including forecasting and capacity planning
- Extension of transportation processes in SAP TM and SAP LE-TRA to support multimodal transports focusing on rail freight and integration of external rail logistics providers via EDI (VDA, EDIFACT)
- Consulting on further migration to SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain
- Functional consulting on developed supply chain processes
- Management of SAP CCS processes for contract types and bonus agreements
- Execution and maintenance of distributions and settlement keys
- Support for integration of transfer rules into the CCS model
- Documentation of CCS process changes for traceability and compliance
- Customizing and optimization in OTC: condition maintenance for pricing, materials, freight, customers, price & material groups; extension of sales document types, item categories, credit memos, down payments and prepayments with pricing procedure, condition types, access sequences, condition tables, condition records, billing types, invoice types, item categories, sales document types, reconciliation accounts, tax accounts; integration with FI/CO for accounting and financial closing; bonus settlements; delivery process optimization; configuration of delivery schedule types with account determination; creation of schedule line categories for delivery schedules; maintenance of schedule lines for delivery schedule types; schedule line determination settings such as order date, delivery date, availability check rules, returns etc.
- Customizing and optimization in P2P: purchase requisitions, purchase orders, document types (reason codes for ordering, rejection and blocking), scheduling agreements and stock transfer schedules; maintenance of material master and vendor master; payment terms; Incoterms; purchasing groups; purchase prices; quota agreements; contracts; purchasing info records; release procedures (characteristics, classes and release strategies); message control; maintenance of vendor master data; assignment of purchasing info records to materials and vendors; configuration of vendor evaluation with weightings; execution and adjustment of material requirements planning processes; creation of detailed functional specifications for P2P processes such as goods receipt (MIGO), goods issue, purchase requisitions and orders; ensuring data quality and master data maintenance in tables such as MARA, LFA1 and LFB1 etc.
- SAP Fiori: extension and customizing of Fiori apps to improve usability and efficiency; implementation of analytical Fiori apps to monitor KPIs and processes; workflow optimization and UI adaptations for enhanced user experience in SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
- Process modeling in Signavio; optimization and documentation of business processes; workshops and training on process modeling
- 2nd & 3rd level support in OTC, P2P, CS, PS modules (SCM): incident and change tickets; processing, resolution and documentation of SAP user requests; feasibility analysis for change requests; process optimization; service management with SAP CS; Cloud for Customer (C4C) for modern customer service processes; migration of SAP CS to S/4HANA Field Service Management (FSM); use of embedded analytics for service processes
- Customizing, testing, documentation, training; ensuring integration and collaboration between O2C, P2P and FI/CO modules for supply chain optimization; feasibility analysis; effort estimation; debugging; programming; IDoc and EDI monitoring etc.
- 2nd & 3rd level support in C4C Sales and Services: opportunities, surveys, user creation and authorizations; extension of Business Technology Platform; enhancement of CPI interface; customization of customer and material master data; orders; quotations; equipment; service notifications; surveys; tasks; PS orders; integration of PTP with FI/CO, O2C and EWM; ensuring integration and maintenance of MRP processes etc.
- Responsibility for process analysis and design in export processing, Intrastat and customs management in compliance with international trade regulations (e.g. export control, preference agreements, dual-use)
- Integration and optimization of Intrastat reporting in SAP SD including maintenance of statistical commodity codes, country of origin, tariff codes etc.
- Customizing in SAP SD foreign trade (SD-FT/FTT) for customs-relevant fields and processes
- Coordination and preparation for integration with SAP GTS, including ATLAS reporting, embargo checks, export control and tariff determination
- Collaboration with customs authorities and logistics providers on export declarations and approval processes
- Creation of test cases for customs processes, export documents, commercial invoices, export declarations etc.
- MDG (Master Data Governance): data quality and maintenance of master data in relevant tables (e.g. MARA, LFA1, LFB1); change requests for master data maintenance in O2C/P2P
- SAP S/4HANA migration: support for migration from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4HANA, including data migration, process optimization and system harmonization; support for global rollouts for subsidiaries in multiple countries; experience in developing SAP templates for global implementations
- ABAP: development and optimization of programs to extend functionalities in O2C and P2P modules; debugging and troubleshooting; customization and enhancement of user exits for customer-specific requirements; IDoc and EDI monitoring
Isaac Udoh
Last position:
Global Head of Quality, Safety and Regulatory Affairs at RKW SE
Development and implementation of global quality, safety and regulatory affairs strategies.
Transformations in quality, safety, and regulatory affairs.
Lead RKW to deliver the quality promised to the customers and grow the business.
Lead RKW to successfully achieve the zero-safety incident journey.
Lead RKW to successfully achieve regulatory affairs compliance journey.
Envisioned, designed, and implemented a global quality, safety and regulatory affairs strategy for the RKW global business.
Successfully involved all 14 RKW sites in global quality and safety plan as lead site and/or roll out site.
Introduced safety, quality, master plan and safety A3 to all 14 RKW sites contributing to double digits €-Million EBITDA Y2024.
Included quality and safety into the company bonus system.
Led global workshops to build Root Cause Problem Solving capability across entire company (209 persons trained) and Job Safety Analysis capability (100 persons trained).
Introduced globally the top 3 quality defects/losses elimination using RCPS tool contributing to double digits €-Million EBITDA Y2024.
Regained confidence of top customers (Procter & Gamble, Essity, Ontex) via solid implementation of global quality strategy.
Reduced cost of claims by 35% (Y2024 vs Y2023).
Established a solid safety foundation and standards enabling continuous improvements in incident rate globally.
Kathrin Mönnich
Last position:
Deputy Plant Manager (interim) at Interim Engagement
- Restructuring and optimizing technical equipment and machinery to secure and develop the site
- Restructuring and optimizing building management for site development
- Planning and implementing long-term investments in technical equipment
- Implementing digital processes, ESG topics, sustainability and energy management
- Process optimization in production and supply chain to increase performance, stability and continuity
- Introducing preventive maintenance and repair processes as well as spare parts management
- Optimizing production planning and the value chain (inventory, packaging materials, storage)
- Introducing sustainable packaging materials after technical testing and approval
- Leadership development towards Positive Leadership
Malte Krause
Last position:
IT Project and Process Manager at Thyssenkrupp Bilstein
- As Product Owner and project manager involved in the global implementation of SAP SuccessFactors, responsible for the integration stream to connect HR software across multiple countries.
- Led the introduction of new time and attendance management software, from requirements gathering through selection and procurement to successful go-live.
- Served as demand and requirements manager, preparing and communicating incoming requirements for board decisions and developing and launching a demand management app for process optimization.
- Analyzed and optimized the IT procurement process through service requests, significantly reducing lead times and error rates.
Monika Weber
Last position:
Quality Specialist at Nexans GmbH
- Implementation of a quality management system including creating all required process descriptions and work instructions for ISO 9001:2015 certification, as well as final planning and conducting audits
- Creating action catalogs for measures needed to comply with ISO 9001 and achieve the targeted certification
- Preparing documentation related to ISO 9001
- Developing training materials for employees and managers based on the QMH and the created documentation
- Recording results of external audits of departments (incoming goods, production, warehouse logistics, procurement and supplier management, outgoing goods, shipping) according to ISO 9001
- Preparing for and participating in certification audits
Olaf Wilde
Last position:
Business Processes Principal Consultant, Value Prototyping Team at SAP AG
- Managed proof of concept and prototype projects for SAP Rapid Prototyping across multiple industries
- Conducted As-Is reverse engineering and To-Be business process, requirements and pain-points workshops
- Designed streamlined, pragmatic end-to-end business solutions integrating SAP ERP, PI, APO and legacy systems
- Developed structured project proposals and online repositories for sprint planning, tasks, requirements and documentation
- Encouraged continuous improvement with lean/agile, user-centered project management style
- Executed rapid prototyping to support key design decisions in running systems
- Provided production support and training for midsize and global companies
- Delivered jump-start implementations, upgrade strategies, feasibility studies and risk assessments
Alois Gruber
Last position:
Bank DZ Privatbank S.A.
- Various programming tasks as specified
- Work carried out from home office, meetings/tasks via email, phone and Microsoft Teams
- Version control via GIT
- Implementation with RDI, FreeSQL SQL
- Extension of automatic test environment creation as specified - adding automatic transfer of existing iSeries users and preparation as well as anonymization of test data
- Creation of trigger and service programs in SQLRPGLE, FreeRPG, ILE RPG and CLLE
- Development and implementation of the CallKredite project including additional extensions for other departments
- Conversion of RPG to Free-RPG and SQL as well as extension of existing modules as specified
- Migration to a new banking release
- Support for specialist segment / OIV
Piyal Fernando
Last position:
Programme Manager – UK Distribution Centre at Brooks Running
- End to end implementation of a Distribution Centre in the UK for Brooks Running
- Set project objectives, scope, plans and risk management
- Establish cross functional and cross organizational project team, including third party supplier team
- Development and integration of ERP and WMS systems to meet business operations of Brooks
- Project governance and risk management processes
- Day to day project management and progress against plan
- Set transition strategy and plan
- Objectives delivery to plan, scope and quality
- Hand-over to BAU and project close
Michael Lasslop
Last position:
IT Project Manager at Self-employed
- Tendering, IT architecture, and implementation
- Project and budget planning, resource management
- Stakeholder and risk management
- The project was delivered on time and within budget
- Implementation of SAP IBP Cloud S&OP Demand & Supply
- Building materials group with €1.3 billion in revenue and 30 plants
Daniel Denker
Last position:
Interim Senior Operation Manager at Hello Fresh
- Took on temporary leadership roles to manage critical phases such as scaling logistics processes
- Analyzed and improved workflows across the entire value chain, from procurement to delivery (Lean Six Sigma)
- Empowered leaders and teams to foster a data-driven culture and agile decision-making
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Statistics of experts using IFS
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
28 years
Position duration
2.6 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Project Management, Operations, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
33%
Doctorate
4%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using IFS
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
IFS in practice
IFS is enterprise software for companies that need one system for core operations. It is used for ERP, enterprise asset management, field service, supply chain and finance. Many teams still search for IFS Applications, IFS Cloud or the old IFS ERP name when they need help.
What experts deliver
- Implement and extend IFS Cloud or IFS Applications
- Configure finance, supply chain, maintenance and service flows
- Build reports, integrations and data migrations
- Support upgrades, testing and go-live work
Where it fits
IFS is common in manufacturing, utilities, energy, aerospace, construction and service-heavy businesses. It suits companies that manage assets, work orders, warehouses and customer service in the same environment. In Germany, these projects often need clear documentation and close coordination with local business teams.
Skills that matter
Strong IFS professionals know the product model, business processes and integration points. They can work with APIs, SQL, reporting tools and surrounding systems such as HR, CRM or MES. Good specialists also understand how IFS fits into process design, not just screen setup.
When to bring in help
Bring in freelance expertise when a rollout is blocked, an upgrade is due or a process must be adapted quickly. It also helps when internal teams need extra capacity for testing, master data cleanup or interface work. Short-term specialists are useful when your permanent team lacks deep IFS experience.
How strong work looks
A reliable specialist asks about the operating model before changing configuration. They document decisions, protect master data, and keep customizations controlled. They also know when to use standard IFS functions instead of building unnecessary changes, which keeps the system easier to support.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about IFS? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
IFS is used to run core business processes in one system, especially ERP, asset management, field service, finance and supply chain work. It is a common choice for companies that need strong process control across operations, service and maintenance. Teams often look for it when standard office tools are no longer enough.
IFS is the product family name people usually mean when they say IFS Cloud or the older IFS Applications. Searchers may also use the legacy term IFS ERP. The names point to the same vendor ecosystem, but the exact version matters for upgrades, extensions and support.
A strong IFS specialist should understand business processes, data structures and the parts of the system that the project will touch. Useful adjacent skills include SQL, interface work, reporting and testing discipline. For many projects, knowledge of finance, maintenance or supply chain processes is just as important as product knowledge.
IFS projects need different levels of depth depending on the scope. A simple support task may need someone who knows configuration and reporting, while a rollout, migration or upgrade needs a specialist who has handled change, data and interfaces before. The safest choice is someone who has worked on the same type of project, not just the same software.
IFS is often chosen when companies want a system that combines ERP with asset and service management in a practical way. SAP is usually seen in larger, broader enterprise landscapes, while Microsoft Dynamics is often used in simpler business setups. The right choice depends on process depth, industry needs and how much custom work the company wants to avoid.
IFS is especially common in manufacturing, energy, utilities, aerospace, construction and other asset-heavy sectors. These businesses need strong support for maintenance, service planning, supply chain flow and finance. It is a good fit when physical assets and customer service are both central to the operation.
IFS specialists often work remotely for German companies, especially for configuration, reporting, integration and testing tasks. On-site work still helps during workshops, go-live periods and process design sessions where local language and close coordination matter. Many projects use a mix of both, depending on the phase and internal setup.
A good IFS expert can explain not only what they changed, but why the change fits the process. Ask for examples of upgrades, integrations, data migration and support work, and check whether they can talk clearly about trade-offs. Strong specialists keep customizations minimal, protect data quality and leave documentation that others can actually use.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used IFS in their recent projects is 115 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 924 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used IFS in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 33% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used IFS in their recent projects have 28 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used IFS in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (36%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used IFS in their recent projects are Manufacturing (79%), Food and Beverage (57%), and Professional Services (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used IFS in their recent projects are Project Management (89%), Operations (68%), and Quality Assurance (68%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used IFS
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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