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Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- Founder of CheironX: AI-supported GRC management (ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, TISAX, DORA)
- Strategic focus on Agentic AI and GenAI for modern IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Katarzyna G.
Last position:
Interim Financial Accountant / Accounts Payable at Consulting for an alcoholic beverage manufacturer
- Supported monthly and annual closing activities
- Checked incoming invoices for formal and factual accuracy
- Posted incoming invoices
- Contact person for internal departments on accounting matters
- Created and maintained vendor master data
- Processed open items
- Took on additional accounting-related special tasks
- Managed the functional mailbox
- Performed payment runs
Training and knowledge transfer – Accounts Payable:
In addition to the tasks above, I was responsible for training and transferring knowledge to 8 employees of an external service provider in India who took over the accounts payable activities:
- Conducted structured training and practical guidance throughout the accounts payable process
- Trained employees in checking and posting incoming invoices, including formal and factual checks
- Taught vendor master data maintenance, open-item processing and payment runs
- Trained employees in using the functional mailbox and communicating effectively with internal departments
- Explained accounting procedures, controls and company-specific accounts payable requirements
- Conducted “Training on the Job” using practical posting cases and real business transactions
- Supported the team in independently carrying out accounts payable processes and resolving accounting questions
- Checked the quality and accuracy of work results and provided continuous feedback and coaching
- Supported the transfer of accounts payable processes to the external service provider and ensured structured knowledge transfer and an orderly handover
- Supported a smooth transition by documenting processes, clarifying responsibilities and ensuring consistent application of accounting requirements
Software: JDE, ELO, SAP Concur
Ralph S.
Last position:
Interim Head of Business Excellence at DEHN SE
Process architect and transformation driver for company-wide excellence initiatives (covering a vacancy) Establishment and management of a company-wide process and governance framework to strengthen structure, leadership and effectiveness in an internationally growing family-owned company. Responsibility for the global process house, end-to-end governance, process role architecture and further development of the integrated management system – including international implementation (Romania, USA).
Scope:
- Management of the Business Excellence department with 6 employees and functional leadership of 20+ Process Owners
- Establishment of a global process operating system (architecture, roles, governance, global-local logic)
- Development of a group-wide control and KPI system for processes (transparency, KPIs, maturity)
- Introduction of mechanisms to ensure effectiveness in day-to-day operations (role enablement, communities, feedback)
- Governance and role framework for new production sites in Romania and USA (mandates, roles, decision logic)
- Stabilization and further development of the integrated management system (IMS)
Sustainable Results:
- Global process operating system established - Structure, roles, governance and global-local rules defined as a binding framework and anchored in the management system — the basis for consistent management and scalability.
- End-to-end process ownership strengthened - Process Owner roles globally defined, qualified and anchored in Communities of Practice — clear ownership structures across all sites for the first time.
- KPI and process management logic established - Uniform KPI system, maturity model and reporting principles developed — the basis for fact-based decisions, prioritization and transparency throughout the company.
- Effectiveness in day-to-day operations increased - Enablement architecture, onboarding mechanisms, regular meeting formats and feedback loops introduced — the process system is applied in daily work and continuously improved.
- Governance framework for new site implemented - Mandates, roles, decision paths and escalation logic for the new production site in Romania developed — clear structure for setup, management and integration.
Wolfgang O.
Last position:
Project Manager at EnBW - Netze Südwest
- New development and further development of the existing MS Dynamics CRM
IT systems: Microsoft Dynamics Customer Service, SharePoint, DevOps, SAP IS-U
- CRM implementation / further development
- Taking over from the previous service provider
- Business process analysis
- Agile project organization
- Business analysis / requirements engineering with AI support
- Use of AI in development
- Analysis of master data processes
- CRM customer data management
- Requirements documentation
- Stakeholder management
- Workshop moderation
Peter S.
Last position:
Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA at ETENGO AG
- Creation of detailed concepts for all relevant GTS modules (compliance, pricing, customs clearance, Intrastat, preferences)
- Planning and conducting workshops, including scheduling and documentation
- Development and consulting of the organisational structure and its master data
- Setup and customisation of compliance functions: sanctions list review, embargo, legal control, US re-export
- Uploading and maintaining sanction and commodity lists
- Implementation and validation of integration tests
- Setup and customisation of the modules: pricing (including uploading of customs tariff numbers and STAWN data), customs clearance (including application for test operation with customs), Intrastat and preferences (including preference calculation and LLEs)
- Development and presentation of prototypes
- Derivation of insights for the final concept
Michael R.
Last position:
Project Manager at Payone GmbH (Worldline AG)
- Objective/Motivation: PAYONE urgently needs a 360° view of its customers. So far, PAYONE has had no company-wide master data strategy. It is not possible to identify customers across all relevant systems.
The organization is to be enabled to identify customers across all relevant systems. Establishing the basis for master data management at PAYONE
- Challenge: Due to company acquisitions, the system landscape is very heterogeneous. The company is highly dynamic and burdened with many system harmonization and integration projects, meaning that resource bottlenecks and changes in project priorities repeatedly create an almost impossible task.
Due to BaFin findings, the project has a central task and role. The first focus is the migration of all customers, including their AML/KYC data, from the master data backend systems to Salesforce. This is intended to resolve one of the largest findings and establish the corresponding ODD/EDD processes.
In addition, customer data must be harmonized in Salesforce. Previous migrations resulted in duplicate customer records in some cases. The aim is therefore to maintain only one customer in Salesforce and, using the relevant information from the backend systems, also be able to identify which products the customer uses and in which processing systems the customer obtains PAYONE services.
Project: ONE Customer
Budget: €1.5 million
Team: 10/30 employees (full-time/part-time); 4 vendors/providers
Integration: 8 (subsystems/interfaces)
Applications: Salesforce; SAP S4/HANA; in-house developments
Tools: MS Office; Jira, Confluence, SharePoint
Methods: Hands-on; Agile (SAFe); Prince2
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
Tobias S.
Last position:
Project Manager SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud at TIMETOACT Group
To achieve savings and optimize compliance, apps were restructured in line with the mappings in identity management, restrictions were defined and, above all, costs resulting from overuse were reduced. Communication with stakeholders, validation of authorizations with users and technical implementation in the SAP FI/CO and Sourcing & Procurement modules created significant added value for the group. This also included the corresponding documentation for the auditors.
Songül D.
Last position:
Freelance SAP BW Consultant at DKV Mobility Services
- Designed and implemented enhancements in SAP BW on HANA 7.5 in the context of CRM migration and S/4HANA and BW/4HANA transformation programs
- Migrated SAPI data sources to the ODP framework as part of the S/4HANA migration
- Delivered SAP ECC data to Snowflake using BW data models and Calculation Views for Power BI analytics
- Integrated SAP and non-SAP data sources (including MS Dynamics)
- Improved reporting transparency through consolidated data models
- Optimized data loading processes for FI-CO data sources, significantly improving load times and system performance
Martin H.
Last position:
SAP Consultant at Montblanc-Simplo GmbH
- Production master data: bill of material, work center, routing and production version, customizing, FIORI
- Optimization and organization of production
- gATP and aATP training
- Classical MRP, pMRP and MRP Live
- Various planning strategies in PP
- Workflow and MDM tables and fields
- Metadata in SAP, fields and their mapping
- Creation of metadata in Excel
- LSMW basics: data cleansing with Excel + deduplication
- LTOM or Migration Cockpit
- Training in APO, later as ePP/DS master data, heuristics and optimizer CIF integration models
- Production orders and capacity planning, reconciliation and evaluation
- Net requirements calculation, lot sizes and pegging, detailed planning board, product view in PP/DS
- KUT test or migration test
- Digitization of maintenance plans, orders, checklist documents
- Technical objects, equipment, bills of material and their customizing
- Measuring points and serial numbers customizing
- Work and maintenance planning, cycles and different dimensions
Rekha M.
Last position:
SAP SD Consultant at WBS Group
- Introduction of a new payment term including its description, as well as a new shipping condition
- Configuration of item category determination (Item Category Determination)
- Implementation of the minimum price calculation (Floor Price) in the pricing procedure
- Setup of the intercompany third-party transaction (direct delivery) and addition of the direct delivery indicator to the invoice
- Prevention of delivery splits (Delivery Split) in sales orders
- Masking of the expiration date and net weight fields
- Transfer of the sales group from the quotation to the sales order
- Analysis and resolution of a pop-up appearing when creating sales orders
- Analysis and resolution of order confirmations that were created and sent with €0.00 per item
Henning U.
Last position:
Senior Expert Data Governance, Master Data Quality and Data Migration at E.ON
- Planning and implementation of a migration strategy for master and transaction data for the continuous loading of a cloud-independent database
- Creation and pilot implementation of a company-wide Business Data Model for customers, suppliers, contracts, products, prices, consumption, invoices, and dunning
- Concept and consulting for a Data Governance Framework incl. definition of committees, roles, processes, and metadata model
- Operationalization of the Data Governance Framework with definition of data standards
- Sub-project management in two pilot projects (PoCs) for Data Governance systems (ErwinDIS and Atlan)
- Training and coaching the data team in migration, data quality, and data modeling
Alicja R.
Last position:
Senior Product Owner BFSG & UX – Web and App Booking Journey at AIDA Cruises
- Lead Product Owner role for the BFSG pilot journey “Search and Book” across web and app, focusing on digital accessibility, UX, conversion, and regulatory implementation.
- Created and prioritized the product backlog; derived user stories and acceptance criteria from legal standards (BFSG, WCAG 2.1)
- Developed a product vision that combines digital accessibility, user-centered UX, and conversion optimization for the booking journey
- Cross-stream release management and quality assurance across the entire web and app area, including go/no-go decisions, rollout, and user acceptance tests
- Coordinated and prioritized with Legal, Compliance, external BFSG consultants, UX, Development, Marketing, and Management
- Conducted user research as well as usability and accessibility tests (including screen readers and keyboard navigation) and prototyping with UX/UI
- Defined KPIs to measure accessibility, conversion, and user guidance
- BFSG pilot journey “Search and Book” successfully delivered: first accessible features rolled out and the foundation for a long-term BFSG-compliant booking journey established
- Established sustainable process integration through close collaboration with consulting partners and internal teams
Alexander Z.
Last position:
Senior Data Solutions Engineer at VMware Inc.
- Architected and deployed private cloud data platform on VMware vSphere, integrating Greenplum MPP, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and Apache Solr, and developed real-time ingestion pipelines with Kafka Connect and Schema Registry.
- Led Oracle Exadata to Greenplum migration, rearchitected data models, optimized storage, implemented RabbitMQ with Debezium for CDC, and deployed VectorDB for Generative AI.
- Designed and executed multi-cloud migration PoC across AWS, Azure, and GCP, defined KPIs for throughput, latency, and cost efficiency, executed bulk data transfers, validated analytics and streaming workloads, and delivered full-scale architecture recommendations.
- Assessed legacy on-premises infrastructure and designed modern cloud-native data platforms using Greenplum and containerized microservices, advising on scalability, disaster recovery, and high-availability.
Philipp G.
Last position:
Data Scientist & ML Engineer at Data-Science Factory GmbH
- Building, implementing and selling automated Data Science solutions such as Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
- Implementation of automated end-to-end cloud processes
- Development of LLM and NLP models
- Creation of interactive reports
- Support for national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies in implementing ML projects
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Statistics of experts using Master Data Management
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years

Position duration
2.2 years

Positions per freelancer
15

Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
6%

Certifications per freelancer
4

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
99%
Based on our profile pool as of 16 Oct 2026.
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Average rates of experts using Master Data Management
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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 16 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Master Data Management 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 (83%)
- Manufacturing (65%)
- Professional Services (63%)
- Retail (50%)
- Automotive (48%)
- Banking and Finance (37%)
- Healthcare (36%)
- Transportation (35%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What MDM Solves
Master Data Management, commonly called MDM, creates consistent records for core business entities such as customers, products, suppliers, employees and locations. It connects fragmented sources, removes duplicate records and establishes trusted data that teams can use across applications, reports and processes.
Core Capabilities
- Define ownership, standards and approval rules for master data
- Match, merge and enrich duplicate customer or product records
- Create golden records and publish them to connected systems
- Track data lineage, changes and stewardship decisions
Successful MDM programs combine data governance with practical workflows. They make responsibilities clear without slowing down daily operations.
Ecosystem and Tooling
MDM work often spans ERP, CRM, ecommerce, PIM, data warehouses and integration platforms. Specialists may work with Informatica MDM, SAP Master Data Governance, IBM Match 360, Microsoft Purview or custom services built around APIs and event streams. SQL, cloud storage, ETL tools and identity resolution techniques are common parts of the toolkit.
When Companies Need Help
- Mergers have created duplicate customer, supplier or product records
- An ERP or CRM rollout needs clean data before migration
- Different regions use conflicting definitions and coding schemes
- Reporting and compliance teams cannot agree on trusted figures
Freelance expertise is useful when the internal team understands the business but lacks capacity for profiling, model design, tool configuration or rollout planning.
Delivery and Collaboration
A strong engagement starts with source-system discovery, data profiling and a clear definition of the records that matter most. The professional then designs domains, hierarchies, validation rules, survivorship logic and stewardship workflows, followed by testing and controlled publication. Remote work is effective when access, ownership and decisions are documented; on-site sessions can help align business teams during governance design.
What Strong Specialists Bring
Look for evidence of measurable data improvements, not only product configuration. Strong specialists can explain why a matching rule is safe, how exceptions reach a steward and how changes are monitored after go-live. They understand business processes as well as schemas, APIs and integration dependencies, and they leave behind maintainable rules, documentation and operating guidance.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Master Data Management — answered in short.
Master Data Management is used to create reliable, consistent records for business-critical entities such as customers, products, suppliers and locations. It helps companies reconcile information from ERP, CRM, ecommerce and other systems so that operations and reporting use the same definitions.
MDM focuses on managing shared master records and distributing trusted versions to consuming systems. Data quality covers the accuracy, completeness and consistency of data, while data governance defines ownership, policies and decision rights; effective MDM brings these practices together.
A strong Master Data Management specialist usually combines data modeling, SQL, profiling, integration design and API knowledge with practical governance skills. Experience with ERP, CRM, PIM, ETL, cloud data services and identity resolution is valuable because master records cross system boundaries.
MDM projects may use Informatica MDM, SAP Master Data Governance, IBM Match 360 or Microsoft Purview, alongside integration and data-quality tools. The right choice depends on the company’s domains, source systems, workflow needs, deployment model and existing technology landscape.
The scope matters more than a fixed experience threshold. A focused domain cleanup may suit a specialist who has delivered similar workflows, while a multi-system rollout needs a Master Data Management professional who can lead modeling, matching, governance, migration and change management.
Master Data Management work is often well suited to remote collaboration because profiling, modeling, configuration and documentation can be performed online. Workshops with data owners may benefit from on-site sessions, especially when teams must agree on definitions, approval rules and ownership.
Ask how the MDM specialist handles duplicate detection, survivorship rules, exceptions, lineage and post-launch monitoring. Review relevant deliverables such as domain models, matching logic, governance workflows and test plans, and ask for a clear explanation of trade-offs rather than a tool-only presentation.
A Master Data Management freelancer should clarify the priority domains, source systems, target consumers, data owners, access constraints and definition of success. They should also confirm whether the work covers discovery, implementation, migration, governance rollout or ongoing stewardship, since each requires different deliverables.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 892 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects are German (99%), English (96%), and French (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Manufacturing (65%), and Professional Services (63%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (94%), Project Management (88%), and Product Development (63%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Master Data Management
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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