Point of Sale Expert
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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used Point of Sale
Jörg K.
Last position:
Exec. Coach / Consultant / Agilist at HASOMED GmbH
Fixed a broken “ScrumBan” process, then established a pure Kanban system; increased output in the Kanban flow by 22 % in four weeks
Increased team autonomy and decision-making ability by implementing new decision-making strategies, resulting in up to 25 % better outcomes
Redesigned retrospectives (including through one-on-one coaching and workshops), leading to consistent implementation of the resulting action items
Intensive coaching of Product Owners (POs) to develop and promote “Empowered Teams,” alongside leadership development to provide a realistic perspective (“disillusionment”) on agile frameworks and methods
Supported change management processes to promote an agile company culture among management and teams, while improving internal communication to increase transparency and effectiveness in agile processes
Reinhold M.
Last position:
Business Requirements Engineer, Proxy Product Owner, Tester at AXA Konzern AG
Working Environment
- Insurance / Claims Management (Property, Liability, Automotive)
- REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter
Scope
- Further development of the internal REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter as the backend and various portals/front-end offices as clients, and with the following objectives: + increased AI-supported claims processing outside of Guidewire ClaimCenter + and support for all lines (property, liability, automotive).
- Further development of automated claims processing
Activities
- Interfacing IT & Business
- Design activities with documentation in Confluence, Jira: + Requirements engineering (functional and non-functional) + Design of REST endpoints and coordination with interface partners (esp. AI-colleagues) + Identification, design and evaluation of alternative solutions (moving away from a monolithic approach toward fine-grained endpoints, with code reuse across all lines if possible) + Creation / refinement of product backlog items in Jira, i.e. epics, user stories and tasks, incl. alignment with developers & POs during (pre-)refinement sessions + Using AXA Secure GPT when creating / refining user stories (description, acceptance criteria) and designing REST endpoints + Estimation and prioritization of user stories and tasks during Sprint Planning sessions + Coordination and support during the implementation of Product Backlog items + Driving decision making with preparation and presentation of decision-making documents
- Quality assurance: + Test management, including test case creation using Xray in Jira + Test execution using Bruno as REST client and in Guidewire ClaimCenter + Submission of test artifacts for PO approval + Analysis of production bugs
Methods Big Room Planning (aka PI-Planning in SAFe), Scrum, BPMN, EPK, UML, ERM, DDD
Tools / Tech Stack Teams, Confluence, Jira with Xray, OpenAPI/Swagger, REST, JSON, XML, MS Office, Bruno, GitHub repository (reading), Guidewire ClaimCenter, AXA Secure GPT (AXA's in-house GenAI solution based on Azure OpenAI)
Alexander F.
Last position:
Freelance Business Consultant and Interim Manager at A. Folch von Sydow INTERIM MANAGEMENT
Advising various companies in the areas of controlling, finance and planning, transformation, business partnering, management reporting and AI-driven forecasting systems
Jan F.
Last position:
Business Epic Owner – Central Master Data for Business Customers at Telco Group (B2B / Enterprise IT Services)
Overall business responsibility for a program-wide initiative to create a central, authoritative data foundation for business customer master data (contacts and locations) within an IT service management transformation program.
- Managed the Epic portfolio from exploration through launch; prioritization and quarterly planning in a SAFe environment
- Aligned business units, architecture, and IT delivery around a shared vision and clear rules for data ownership (Data Governance)
- Prepared and secured scope and key decisions with program leadership, including deliberate descoping
- Managed risks, dependencies, and escalations; reported to program leadership and the PMO
- Developed the 2027 roadmap as a basis for budget and portfolio planning
Result: a clear MVP scope, key decisions made, and a 2027 roadmap. The program continued after handover without any loss of knowledge.
Sabrina A.
Last position:
Consultant Commercial Excellence at Brand Trust
- Developed new business areas and service packages for international major clients
- Advised on expansion and market positioning
- Designed sales strategies in coordination with marketing
- Created sales scripts, training materials and go-to-market strategies
- Ran workshops and supported new team sales structures
Michael H.
Last position:
Senior Consultant Retail & POS (LS One) at Gebr. Heinemann SE & Co. KG
Analysis and structuring of business and technical requirements for the further development of the LS One checkout system. Designing solution proposals and translating them into precise implementation tasks for international development teams. Prioritizing and coordinating requirements from a functional perspective, taking business and legal requirements into account. Quality assurance through reviewing, testing and evaluating the implementation based on defined acceptance criteria. Functional support for international deployments and rollouts, as well as analysis of feedback from locations for release planning.
Additionally: Supporting the integration of Anybill to provide digital receipts, as well as coordinating business and technical requirements within the existing POS environment.
Matthias T.
Last position:
Enterprise Agile Coach / Scrum Coach at Intralogistics solutions provider/German manufacturer of industrial trucks Hamburg
Providing cross-functional support to new teams as they introduce Scrum
Coaching existing Scrum teams as needed and using various agile methods to establish an agile mindset and culture within teams and across the company
Analyzing existing Scrum implementations, identifying dysfunctions (lack of commitment, avoidance of responsibility, etc.), and developing measures to improve team performance and satisfaction
Introducing clear (product) goals focused on product value
Providing hands-on support to different teams at various stages and helping them adapt to the organization’s specific needs
Trialing weekly sprints to enable faster feedback and adjustments, and increase transparency and delivery capability
Supporting the shift toward greater self-organization and personal responsibility
Improving agile processes and structures within teams and streams
Successful scaling
Tobias M.
Last position:
Power BI Expert at MID-SIZED TRADING COMPANY FOR CLEANING TECHNOLOGY AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS
Reporting and controlling using Power BI for a production ERP system
- Analysis of ERP data and interfaces for use in Power BI dashboards
- Evaluation and migration of existing reports (e.g. Excel) to Power BI
- Development of an authorization concept for selective data access
- Documentation and training on the use and customization of Power BI dashboards
Label: Power BI, Excel, SelectLine ERP, Microsoft SQL, SQL Server Management Studio
Frank A.
Last position:
Business Analysis, Process Optimization, Requirements Engineering, Documentation, Training, Support at Private sector, small businesses, partnerships
- Restructuring of the network architecture/topology, followed by installation, setup and testing of the network at a small business.
- Resolution of server (permissions and roles) and connection problems (WAN, (V)LAN, WLAN).
- Infrastructure support and maintenance.
- Creation of documents such as manuals, architecture documents and design documents.
- Revision of manuals and technical documents, as well as creation of VBA macros.
- Use of AI and basic prompting, as well as formulation of AI requests.
- Adjustment of workflows due to legal requirements and optimization of existing workflows.
- Delivery of courses and training for adaptations, new features and changed workflows.
- Modeling basis: BPMN.
- System environment: MS Office 2019/365, Win10/11, Teams, Netgear (Switch), QNAP, Synology (NAS), Linux (Ubuntu).
Johannes H.
Last position:
Business Analyst for Riester subsidy management migration at Insurance company
- Analysis of the Riester subsidy GeVos for provider change 2.0 in the AZUR subsidy management system
- Representation of the GeVos in BPMN 2.0 with Draw.io and Adonis
- Analysis of the data sets exchanged with the life insurance policy administration system and migration to the msg data sets
- Design and mapping of the interfaces to the new msg.ZulagenVerwaltung for various Riester subsidy GeVos at data field level
Ralf R.
Last position:
Program & Campaign Management at PAYBACK GmbH
- Project management in the area of “Campaign, Offer and Performance Management Classic” for PAYBACK partners from the retail, FMCG and financial services sectors
- Campaign planning, development and implementation of offer-specific concepts and measures for the channels newsletter, digital advertising (web and app), stand-alone mailings and the print mailing “PAYBACK Punkteübersicht”
- Coordination with PAYBACK program partners (including American Express, Netto, EDEKA, Marktkauf & Trinkgut), PAYBACK departments and agencies
- Documentation of tasks and processes as well as onboarding of future job holders
Emre S.
Last position:
IT Project Manager | SAP E-Invoicing Outbound at Rohde & Schwarz
Project: Introduction of statutory-compliant electronic invoicing (outbound, Germany) in SAP for an international technology group.
- Project management: Planning, steering and reporting of the E-Invoicing outbound rollout across all affected business areas, including budget and resource coordination.
- UAT: Structured user acceptance test with key users per business area, test cases per invoice scenario, and consolidated test results for decision making.
- Defect management: Handover and tracking of defects in Jira, including validation of the generated invoices against the statutory schemas.
- Cutover, go-live and hypercare: Readiness checks and cutover planning aligned with the statutory deadlines, coordination of go-live and stabilization during hypercare.
- Stakeholder management and reporting: Alignment with Finance, Tax, business departments and IT, preparation of status reports and decision papers, and consistent follow-up of open items.
- Change management and documentation: Communicated process changes to the business departments, enabled key users, and created process and compliance documentation to ensure traceability and audit readiness.
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
Kai Z.
Last position:
Enterprise Program Manager / Program Lead at YouGov Consumer Panel Services
The program supports the comprehensive realignment of the German Consumer Panel Services business. It combines a significant panel boost with the reprocessing of historical data and the integration of new receipt data. By significantly expanding and stabilizing the panel with the involvement of external partners, the aim is to improve the validity of the data base and create a reliable foundation for methodology, weighting and customer reporting. At the same time, historically grown processes for data delivery, OCR, matching, item QC, methodology and reporting are being harmonized, further developed technologically and reorganized. The goal is a scalable end-to-end landscape with higher data quality, clear responsibilities, reliable governance and sustainably manageable operational processes.
- Overall management of the restatement program, including the integrated roadmap as well as milestones, dependencies, risks and management decisions.
- Coordination of the panel boost and alignment of the required data deliveries, quality requirements and prerequisites for methodology, weighting and reporting.
- Alignment of business, product, data science, technology, operations and external partners around a shared target picture, aligned priorities and an integrated approach.
- Design of the organizational change triggered by the fundamental realignment of the data base, methodology and management logic, which has a lasting impact on established decision-making and collaboration patterns.
- Establishment and further development of governance, reporting and escalation structures as well as program-wide monitoring and operational processes for reliable management and sustainable handover.
- Management of critical data, technology and provider dependencies, including reprocessing, OCR transition and the timely synchronization of delivery, testing, methodology and reporting.
- Orchestration of international collaboration with teams and stakeholders in Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Romania, as well as with external suppliers in Germany and Austria.
Impact Areas and Expertise: Program & Delivery Leadership, Business & Technology Alignment, Organization & Transformation, Governance & Sustainable Operations, Strategy & Target, Methodic Leadership, Transformation & Change Leadership, Executive Advisory
Sabine H.
Last position:
Interim Key Account Manager at Haleon / Glaxo Smith Kline
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Statistics of experts using Point of Sale
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
86%
Master's degree or higher
55%
Doctorate
7%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 5 Nov 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts using Point of Sale
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.
Point of Sale 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 (73%)
- Retail (58%)
- Professional Services (57%)
- Banking and Finance (41%)
- Manufacturing (34%)
- Automotive (33%)
- Media and Entertainment (32%)
- Healthcare (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Point of Sale covers
Point of Sale, often shortened to POS, is the combination of software, hardware and payment services used to complete transactions. It supports checkout, product selection, receipts, refunds, discounts, tax handling and cash management. Modern POS systems also connect store operations with inventory, customer data and reporting.
Where it runs
POS solutions support retail stores, restaurants, cafés, hotels, entertainment venues and mobile sales teams. They may run on countertop terminals, tablets, handheld devices or self-service kiosks. Cloud-based systems can coordinate activity across locations, while local components help maintain checkout operations during network interruptions.
Ecosystem and tooling
A Point of Sale project can involve payment gateways, card terminals, barcode scanners, receipt printers, cash drawers and fiscal hardware. Specialists also work with inventory, accounting, ecommerce and customer loyalty systems through APIs or packaged connectors. Common responsibilities include device setup, permissions, product catalogs, promotion rules and transaction data flows.
- Configure checkout workflows and product catalogs
- Connect payment, inventory and accounting systems
- Integrate stores with ecommerce and loyalty services
- Support offline sales and transaction synchronization
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance POS specialists during a new store rollout, system replacement, acquisition or omnichannel program. They may need help migrating product and customer data, integrating a payment provider or adapting workflows for different sites. External expertise is also useful when internal teams need focused support without slowing daily operations.
- Replace a legacy checkout system
- Roll out POS across multiple locations
- Resolve payment, device or synchronization issues
- Improve checkout speed and staff workflows
Skills that matter
Strong professionals understand both transaction flows and the operational reality of a sales counter. They can map requirements, configure roles and promotions, test refunds and edge cases, and document support procedures. Useful adjacent skills include REST APIs, SQL, cloud services, mobile applications, payment security, inventory control and ecommerce integration.
How quality is assessed
A reliable specialist explains how sales, payments, returns, taxes and stock movements behave from start to finish. Ask for examples of integrations, rollout planning, data migration and incident handling that match your environment. Quality also shows in clear test plans, careful access controls, useful documentation and a practical approach to store staff training.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Point of Sale? These answers cover the essentials.
Point of Sale systems process purchases and record the operational details around them. They can handle products, prices, discounts, payments, receipts, refunds, inventory updates and sales reporting. Many also support customer loyalty and connections to ecommerce systems.
POS is designed primarily for transactions in physical locations, while ecommerce checkout serves online orders. A company may use both and connect them so inventory, customer records, promotions and orders remain consistent. The right setup depends on store operations, online sales and integration requirements.
A strong Point of Sale specialist often works with payment gateways, card terminals, inventory systems, accounting tools and ecommerce APIs. Knowledge of databases, REST integrations, cloud services, mobile devices and payment security is also valuable. Retail or hospitality workflow knowledge helps turn technical configuration into a usable checkout process.
The right level depends on the scope, number of locations, integrations and hardware involved. A Point of Sale professional handling a simple configuration needs different experience from one leading migration, payment integration or a multi-site rollout. Assess experience against the actual workflows, risks and systems in your project.
Point of Sale work can often be handled remotely for requirements, configuration, integrations, testing, reporting and documentation. On-site support may still be useful for installing terminals, validating printers and scanners, observing staff workflows or resolving store connectivity issues. A blended approach works well when physical devices are part of the scope.
Before launch, test sales, refunds, exchanges, discounts, taxes, split payments, receipt output, stock updates and offline behavior. A POS professional should also verify permissions, device pairing, settlement records, integrations and recovery after an interrupted transaction. Tests should reflect real store scenarios rather than only ideal checkout paths.
Ask how the specialist would map workflows, protect transaction data, manage integrations and plan a rollout. An experienced Point of Sale professional will discuss edge cases, test evidence, monitoring, documentation and support handover. Clear communication about risks is as important as familiarity with a specific product.
Working with Point of Sale systems requires attention to transaction accuracy, device behavior and the needs of staff serving customers. Freelancers should be comfortable documenting configuration, coordinating with payment and hardware providers, and testing changes without disrupting live sales. Familiarity with retail, food service or hospitality operations can strengthen their work.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Point of Sale in their recent projects is 105 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 842 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Point of Sale in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 55% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Point of Sale in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Point of Sale in their recent projects are German (99%), English (98%), and French (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Point of Sale in their recent projects are Information Technology (73%), Retail (58%), and Professional Services (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Point of Sale in their recent projects are Project Management (77%), Product Development (76%), and Information Technology (73%).
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