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Markus M.
Last position:
Project Manager: Engineering Excellence at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg
- Evaluation and further development of Engineering Excellence initiatives as part of the “Digital First” program
- Validation of efficiency, productivity, and cost-saving potential in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Organization-wide analysis of the use of Generative AI in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Evaluation of optimization measures in the areas of product management, delivery, developer experience, metrics, and quality assurance
- Alignment of the “Next Level Architecture (NLA)” target vision with regard to organizational design, governance model, and scalability
- Identification of structural bottlenecks in the delivery organization and development of alternative optimization approaches
- Preparation of decision-making and management documents for department management and the Executive Board to evaluate efficiency potential and transformation measures
Skillset: Engineering Excellence, Operating Model Design, Generative AI, AI in SDLC, SAFe, DevOps, Software Delivery Metrics, Value Streams, Team Topologies, Domain Driven Design, Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Management Reporting, Business Case Assessment
Martin S.
Last position:
QA/QC support for accelerator facility assembly at FAIR GmbH
Background Construction of the Super-FRS, a research facility over 200 meters long for the separation of atomic nuclei. Quality tasks had largely been delegated to work package owners, work package leaders, assembly leads and production planning; the required quality expertise and coordinated implementation needed further development.
Responsibility Responsible for Quality Control from incoming goods through NCR and problem-solving management to quality handover for Commissioning. Further developed the quality skills of operational leads; coordinated closely with GSI quality colleagues for development and Supply Chain Management.
Actions Defined quality milestones, inspection requirements and inspection procedures with the responsible functions and supported their implementation. Managed deviations at component and assembly interfaces that only became apparent during installation through NCR and problem-solving management; coordinated and followed up on technical clarification, corrective actions and verifiable quality records.
Result Strengthened quality expertise and independent quality practices within operational functions; established clear inspection requirements and NCR procedures. Ensured quality-assured assembly within the project scope and helped shape the quality culture. Assignment expected to end early in October/November 2026 as part of project-wide budget consolidation.
Christel Kristin R.
Last position:
SAP Senior / Lead Consultant / Team Lead / Trainer at Mercator Leasing GmbH
- Merging several systems, consulting for SAP Finance / Controlling overall, FI/CO, DRC, F2R, R2R, incoming and outgoing invoice mapping and target postings of contracts and BP from source systems. CAMt53, creation of the technical concept for the migration of various business areas, creation of migration templates and FMD Files, support with data migration, consolidations and data entry, test management for the SAP part, test support, training of end users in all FI and CO areas, FI-AA
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
Tobias S W.
Last position:
CEO & Fouder at Wittbix
Olaf S.
Last position:
Trainer & Facilitator for Digital Sovereignty at ITSM-COLOGNE
Project: Digital Sovereignty – Toll Collect
Workshop: Digital Sovereignty Recognize dependencies, reduce risks, remain capable of acting
Format
- One-day practical seminar
Target group
- Executive management
- IT managers
- Data protection officers
- Compliance functions
Content and objectives
- Systematic analysis of digital dependencies
- Assessment of legal and operational risks
- Development of a concrete plan to increase digital sovereignty
- Mapping of the entire IT infrastructure by participants
- Identification of critical dependencies on non-European providers
- Creation of a prioritized risk matrix based on:
- GDPR
- NIS2
- EU AI Act
- Joint development of options for action – from a hybrid model to complete migration to European solutions
- Development of an individual sovereignty roadmap with:
- Responsibilities
- Milestones
- Budget framework
Agenda
- Preliminary self-assessment (current infrastructure)
- Digital sovereignty? Nothing but an illusion
- Digital sovereignty 2026 – Germany’s dangerous dependency in focus
- Digital sovereignty & open source
- What is digital sovereignty?
- Three questions raised by digital sovereignty
- Reflection: Digital sovereignty in your own life
- Why is digital sovereignty existential now?
- Practical examples of digital sovereignty
- Schleswig-Holstein initiative
- Benefits of digital sovereignty for your company
- Assessing strategy options (cost-benefit matrix)
- Sovereign provider? 10 questions
- What does digital sovereignty specifically mean for your company?
- How do you shape digital sovereignty?
- Digital sovereignty and psychological safety
- Psychological safety: The key to high-performing teams
- Why psychological safety in your company?
- Benefits of psychological safety
- Invitation to group work: PsySafety Check (PS-C)
- The “Braintrust” experiment
- Creating a risk matrix
- Creating a roadmap & project plan
- European alternatives to US Big Tech
- 10-point plans:
- NIS2
- EU AI Act
- GDPR
- ISO 27001
Matthias S.
Last position:
Project Coordinator, Transport and Handover of Deployable Data Centers at BWI GmbH
- Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) verified
- Reported to the GMN Serie1 TP subprogram management
- Ensured the handover of around 300 deployable data center containers to the Bw customer in accordance with contractually defined military requirements
- Ensured transport and acceptance by Bw
- Ensured staff training
- Prepared decision papers (e.g., project plans, governance models, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
- Analyzed existing processes, identified areas for improvement, and designed solutions to increase their efficiency and effectiveness
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the subprogram using Jira, PM Pulse, KeyPIA (MicroStrategy)
- Developed the project methodology using agile methods
- Handled customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
- Prepared for and supported contract negotiations for “System Maintenance 2027+” (7-year term, 500+ Mio budget)
Sabine L.
Last position:
Communications Consultant for Crisis Communications/Issue Management at AQIM – Association for Quality in Interim Management
Planning, delivery & facilitation of crisis communications and reputation management
AQIM is a non-profit organization based in Austria. It is an association of interim managers from Germany and Austria. Founded in December 2024. Multi-part training with workshops and consulting on preventive crisis communications, in collaboration with the founding members and communications leads. To assess crisis potential for the market entry strategy and ahead of a digital campaign.
Project highlights:
Consulting and training for:
- Assessing crisis potential as a new market participant and for its internet-based communications activities
- Planning and developing crisis communications with targeted measures
- Developing a crisis plan to minimize reputational risks in the event of a crisis
- Delivering training and information sessions
Results:
- The one-off consulting event initially planned to prepare for an information campaign became a multi-part workshop on preventive crisis communications. It gave the organization the skills and confidence to handle an acute challenge, and also helped the participating interim managers build skills they could use in their day-to-day client assignments
- The workshop enabled those responsible to launch the information campaign, which was being prepared at the time and planned to run for six months, on social media as scheduled at the end of January 2026
- Carefully prepared scheduling and clear guidelines for responding to critical voices, including terminology, tone of voice, and compliance rules, ensured a smooth launch and delivery of a 3-month information campaign
Peter V.
Last position:
IT Administrator at SEAT Deutschland
- Creating concepts and architecture for domain integration (SEAT into the VW structure)
- Domain trusts and administration
- Operation and administration of Windows 2022/ 2025 servers and domains
- Domain restructuring
- GPO and SG editing and migration
- DNS restructuring and migration
Technologies: Windows 2022, Active Directory, ADFS, AD Azure Connect, DHCP, DNS, GPO, VMWare vSphere, Hyper-V, Powershell, Jira, MS Office 365,), SCCM, VSAN Fileservices, Approximately 800 servers, 400 users
Sven L.
Last position:
Project Controller at Iqony
- Acting as project controller for the STEAM sub-project within Iqony's long-term modernisation programme for an industrial water demineralisation plant at the BP refinery site in Gelsenkirchen-Scholven alongside the parallel WATER sub-project
- Managing cost control, SAP PS data integrity and project tracking in a challenging data environment
Peter F.
Last position:
Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation at Automotive Industry
Integrated highly regulated countries such as China and South Korea into a company-wide M365 tenant.
Technical point of contact for integrating specific requirements for the board and German subsidiaries subject to BaFin compliance requirements.
Subproject management.
Coordinated requirements as part of the overall architecture.
Designed the use of DLP features from Microsoft Purview.
Designed special access restrictions using Entra Id Conditional Access.
Supported the design of provisioning Teams teams and SharePoint sites with enhanced compliance requirements.
Provided technical support for implementing information classification with Sensitivity Labels for SharePoint Online and Teams.
Provided technical support to the subproject for introducing CoPilot for M365.
Skills: M365, Purview, DLP, Entra Id, Sensitivity Labels, CoPilot, Teams, SharePoint Online.
Michael S.
Last position:
IT & Test Consultant at Testing Experts GmbH
AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an e-book on the use of AI in software testing
- Designed and created an e-book on the sensible and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
- Used generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and creating variations, with all content finally reviewed and approved using my own expertise.
- Developed practical insights into the opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of “tester vs. AI”.
- Title: “11 starke Gründe: Dream-Team statt Rivalen - Tester und KI sind gemeinsam unschlagbar”
- Subtitle: “Wie Mensch und Maschine im Softwaretest das perfekte Team bilden – und warum reines KI-Testing riskant ist.”
- Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, customer meetings or internal training.
- Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of hands-on professional testing experience, common sense.
Carl-Friedrich L.
Last position:
Rollout Project Manager / Multi-project Management / Project Lead / Program Manager at GlasfaserPlus
Project content / Description of services:
Management and coordination of all new-build areas in the assigned region to ensure completion on time
Responsibility for network planning, budget calculation, and budget approval for optimal resource planning in the construction process
Cross-project management of service providers for the efficient implementation of joint construction or connection of new-build areas
Preparation, tendering, and awarding of contracts within budget limits
Ensuring material supply for smooth joint construction
Management of fiber-optic expansion and provision of data lines; densification
Stakeholder management
Introduction and setup of Kanban board, including maintenance
End-to-end rollout management
Escalation management
Service provider management
Construction monitoring and management of construction schedules
Preparation and tracking of project plans and Gantt charts
Risk management
Claim management and project recalculations
Problem and incident management
Change management
Capex and Opex control and monitoring
Contract management and change order management
Conclusion of lease, purchase, or rental agreements for the development of required properties or lines
Technical collaboration with construction managers and service providers within the construction projects to ensure the timely completion of new-build areas
Definition of requirements, categorization, and prioritization, including monitoring and follow-up in accordance with the project plan
Preparation and delivery of presentations for various management levels
Preparation and creation of decision papers
Forecast
Establishment of project “back to green” post-installation and densification
Environment: MS Office, MS Teams, SAP; SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, Bizagi. GBGS, PowerBI, TKI, Flash Kanban
Timo H.
Last position:
Software Developer at Smiths Detection
- Extension of a Swing-based UI for recording Security Restricted Articles during baggage screening.
- Introduction of a new workflow for recording Deboarding Events.
- Extension of the reporting system for Security Restricted Articles and Deboarding Events.
- Implementation using JBoss Wildfly, PostgreSQL, spring-boot 3.x, Java 8/21, Swing, JSF, JAX-RS/Resteasy, Docker, Maven, Kiro.
Franz B.
Last position:
Product Development (AI) at Self-initiated
AI phone assistant platform
Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Python, LLM / Voice-AI, PostgreSQL
- Designed and hands-on developed an AI-powered phone assistant platform (Voice-AI / LLM)—from idea and architecture through to MVP/product.
- Built agentic workflows and end-to-end automations with Claude Code and Google AI Studio.
- Also supported AI-powered delivery in client engagements: using Claude Code for governance documentation, requirements drafts, and automations.
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Office
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.2 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
85%
Master's degree or higher
54%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 5 Nov 2026.
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Average rates of experts using Microsoft Office
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 5 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Microsoft Office 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 (60%)
- Professional Services (55%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Automotive (40%)
- Banking and Finance (34%)
- Retail (27%)
- Energy (27%)
- Healthcare (26%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Microsoft Office covers
Microsoft Office is a suite of business productivity applications used to create documents, analyze data, prepare presentations, manage email, and organize collaboration. Its core tools include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and OneNote. In cloud environments, Microsoft 365 extends these applications with services such as SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive.
Common business applications
Companies use Microsoft Office for daily operations and structured information work across departments.
- Build Excel models, dashboards, forecasts, and reporting templates
- Create Word documents, forms, proposals, and controlled templates
- Develop PowerPoint presentations and reusable brand layouts
- Organize Outlook mailboxes, calendars, and workflow rules
- Connect files, approvals, and team work through Microsoft 365
Ecosystem and automation
Strong specialists understand how the desktop suite connects with cloud services and business systems. Their work may include Excel Power Query, Power Pivot, VBA, Office Scripts, Power Automate, SharePoint lists, Teams, and Microsoft Graph. They also manage permissions, data flows, reusable components, and document standards so that solutions remain maintainable.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful when spreadsheet work has become difficult to govern, reporting relies on manual copying, or teams use inconsistent document processes. Companies also bring in specialists during Microsoft 365 migrations, acquisition integrations, reporting redesigns, and the rollout of new collaboration standards. A focused professional can improve an existing setup without disrupting business operations.
Deliverables and project fit
Typical assignments range from a targeted Excel automation to a broader Office process redesign. Deliverables can include a financial model, management dashboard, mail-merge workflow, document template library, SharePoint workspace, or training material. The right scope depends on data complexity, security requirements, user adoption, and the systems that must exchange information with Microsoft Office.
What strong professionals bring
The best professionals combine application knowledge with sound business judgment. They clarify requirements, protect sensitive data, test formulas and automations, document decisions, and make solutions usable for non-specialists. They also know when VBA is appropriate, when Office Scripts or Power Automate is a better fit, and when a process should move beyond a spreadsheet entirely.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Microsoft Office, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Microsoft Office supports document creation, spreadsheet analysis, presentations, email, scheduling, note-taking, and database work. Companies also use its Microsoft 365 services for file sharing, team collaboration, workflow automation, and controlled access to business information.
Microsoft Office is often preferred when a company depends on advanced Excel models, desktop functionality, detailed formatting, or integration with established Microsoft environments. Google Workspace can be a strong alternative for browser-first collaboration, while the better choice depends on data, security, offline access, and existing processes.
A strong Microsoft Office specialist may also work with Power Query, Power Pivot, VBA, Office Scripts, Power Automate, SharePoint, Teams, and Microsoft Graph. Knowledge of data modeling, document governance, identity permissions, and business process analysis is equally valuable.
The needed experience depends on the assignment. A clean template or formula improvement may need focused application knowledge, while a financial model, automation, or Microsoft 365 rollout calls for experience with data structures, testing, permissions, documentation, and user adoption.
Yes. Microsoft Office projects are often suitable for remote collaboration when files, requirements, access rights, and review processes are clearly organized. On-site work can still help with workshops, process discovery, sensitive environments, or training across teams.
Ask for examples that resemble the intended work, such as Excel reporting, Power Automate flows, document systems, or SharePoint structures. Discuss how the professional handles testing, version control, data protection, handover, and support after delivery.
Microsoft 365 is the broader subscription ecosystem that includes Office applications and cloud services. Office 365 was the earlier service name and is still used informally, while Microsoft Office can refer specifically to the applications installed on a computer or accessed through the web.
A quality Microsoft Office solution is accurate, understandable, secure, and resilient when inputs change. Review its formulas or automation logic, performance, permissions, documentation, error handling, and ease of handover before accepting the work.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Microsoft Office in their recent projects is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 821 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Microsoft Office in their recent projects, 85% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 54% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Microsoft Office in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Microsoft Office in their recent projects are German (99%), English (97%), and French (27%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Microsoft Office in their recent projects are Information Technology (60%), Professional Services (55%), and Manufacturing (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Microsoft Office in their recent projects are Project Management (75%), Information Technology (62%), and Operations (59%).
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