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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used SAP Ariba
Benjamin W.
Last position:
Senior IT-Procurement Consultant at Kolbenschmidt Pistons Germany
- IT Sourcing & Carve-out: RFP management for IT client hardware and services as part of the Rheinmetall carve-out.
- Contract Management: Drafting of MSAs and SOWs taking into account AVB, BVB and LSA as well as Service Delivery Contracts.
- Vendor Transition: Strategic transition management to replace legacy contracts and establish new supplier relationships.
- SaaS Procurement: Negotiation of SaaS license agreements based on TCO and cost-effectiveness analyses.
- KPI: On-time transition of all 12 global group contracts, achieving 18 % cost savings on the IT hardware basket and 20 % cost avoidance for SaaS licenses – measured against the critical carve-out project plan and achieved through structured transition management.
Tasneem W.
Last position:
Chief People Officer & COO Advisor at Ecocatalytic Recycling & Unimax Refinery / Safarica GmbH
Two high-growth environmental circular-economy businesses specialising in sustainable recycling and refinery of e-waste, catalytic converters, and non-ferrous precious metals / Platinum Group Metals (PGMs: platinum, palladium, rhodium)
Strategy execution, growth & scalability: execute organisational strategy focused on sustainable growth and preparing scalable business models across countries and multiple business units
Executive advisory & leadership support: strategic advisor to executive team through insights, data-driven analysis and scenario planning to guide high-impact decisions and long-term direction
Acquisitions & strategic partnerships: supported expansion initiatives, including the acquisitions of Blackpool and Atlas Group, and strengthening of supplier partnerships with Mairec (Germany) and Petra Recycling Europe (Spain)
Project management & operations support: advised on systems implementation, workflow optimisation, process improvements, and development of performance metrics
Strategic Partner to C-Suite supporting the business strategy, acquisitions, partnerships, scale and sustainable growth, and leadership enablement. Environmental circular-economy businesses in sustainable recycling and Platinum Group Metals. AI Startup building a Travel Planning platform.
- Delivered Ecocatalytic strategy for scalable growth across the SADC region.
- Executive advisory on Safarica Product Development & GTM strategy in SADC markets.
- Developed Target Operating Model (TOM) for future growth across key markets in Africa and Europe.
- Leadership Development and Performance Metrics
Aleksej R.
Last position:
Interim Senior Project Manager Global Supply Chain at Confidential
Company description: Toy manufacturer
Employees: 700
Revenue: 0,7 billion
Global project management of Customization Hubs with 12 working groups and several production sites
Design, planning, and professional support for establishing regional Customization Hub and Decoupling Point structures within an international supply chain
Analysis of existing supply chain, logistics, and product availability processes
Design and structuring of the project organization, including work packages, milestones, role models, and project dependencies
Professional support during the pilot, ramp-up, and go-live preparation phases
Documentation of project results, decisions, and implementation recommendations
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
Ayhan I.
Last position:
Interim Procurement Manager at Exyte Deutschland GmbH
Cleanroom construction for semiconductor production
Malte L.
Last position:
Product Owner, Change Management Coach and Organizational Consultant & Founder and Product Architect at Freelance + Resilience Bakery
The combined experience from recent project years shows that I have two passions: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitalization strategy or business development – as well as the closely related expertise in change and transformation processes as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this purpose, I established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings. On the other hand, my heart and mind are driven to find my own products, evaluate markets and potential, and test ideas. I am currently working independently and part-time alongside ongoing projects on a product idea related to mental health and have founded Therapymate.
Krisztina T.
Last position:
Head of Finance and Accounting at Segula Technology Services GmbH
- Led a 16-person finance and accounting organization during a restructuring phase; strengthened closing discipline, financial control, cash transparency and accountability.
- Supported cost programs with approximately €2 Mio. in annual savings; established regular KPI reviews for P&L, working capital, POC and cash topics.
- Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual closing under HGB/IFRS, management/group reporting, audit, tax and GoBD compliance.
- Finance automation with clear business benefits: 13-week liquidity planning, cash flow reporting, P&L versus plan, variance analysis and bank reconciliation; reduced manual work by 40–60 %.
- Improved accounts payable processes through OCR-supported invoice processing and three-way matching with exception handling.
- Sparring partner to management on restructuring, liquidity, working capital, risks and process simplification.
Michael K.
Last position:
Managing Director – Interim Management at CME CompuMess Elektronik GmbH
- Supporting the shareholders in the sale of the company – buy & build strategy
- Distribution specialist and solutions provider for all topics relating to power supplies, measurement technology, test systems and OEM in various industries such as automotive, medical technology, defense and aerospace
- In-depth manufacturer-independent technical consulting from design through prototype development across the entire development process
Oliver H.
Last position:
Self-employed Consultant, Interim Manager and Subject Matter Lecturer at Self-employed Consultant, Interim Manager and Subject Matter Lecturer
- Senior consultant and interim manager for industry and trade (focus on international strategic procurement and supply chain management)
- Substitute professor (part-time) for materials management, logistics & production at Hochschule Mainz in the winter semester 2021/2022
- Lecturer (Hochschule Mainz) since summer semester 2017
- Subject matter lecturer for procurement, logistics, foreign trade, industrial management and supply chain management
- Trainer (IHK), Master Professional IHK, Bachelor Professional IHK, specialists and business administrators IHK, commercial employees IHK
Ha-Jo K.
Last position:
Freelance Product Owner / Product Manager at Alleherzen
- Oversee high-impact innovation and discovery projects for German energy providers, focusing on identifying and developing forward-looking product concepts.
- Improved user experience, increased operational efficiency, and simplified sales processes in the dynamic energy market by conceptualizing a digital platform.
- Explored new product ideas while positioning the company for growth and competitiveness in the rapidly evolving energy sector.
Willie S.
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Carve-out Project Manager at Angloamerican
- Created project management plans and mobilized resources
- Coordinated third-party and offshore stakeholders for carve-out of two companies in Supply Chain and Finance/Treasury streams
Sebastian S.
Last position:
Freelance Consultant External Workforce Procurement at Carl Zeiss AG
- Sourcing of contractors, temp labour and direct-search suppliers
- Advisor to procurement & HR in change project
Mohammed Iliyas B.
Last position:
Consultant Procure to Pay (SAP MM) at Self-employed - Freelancer
- Implementation of production plants in China on S/4 HANA
- Involved in merger of M Chemicals business in Korea on S/4 HANA
- Involved in the setup of a new production plant in Sheboygan US on ECC 6.0
- DA ERP transformation of Life science and Electronics business on two different systems
- Involvement in setting up the template on S/4 HANA RISE
- Support data migration
- Preparation of test scripts, support testing and assessment of the solution
- Handling cutover and hyper care activities
- Setting up of a new plant in Hamburg in Life Sciences SAP 4.6C
- Implementation of new interface for purchase order processing for Portugal between SAP and TEVAMAP application
- Enhancement of new interface for order confirmation and purchase order delivery schedule between SAP and LIPO applications
- Involved in the Ariba rollout for European countries Nordics, Austria and Switzerland
- Integration with Ariba applications - enhancement of the interfaces related to master data like supplier master data, GL accounts, cost center data, user data
- Analysis, validation and assessment of end to end solution from extraction of master data to creation of purchase order in SAP
- Involved in the PO automation process in case of indirect procurement across different systems and different countries
Michael V.
Last position:
IT Project Lead at Dürr AG
Global Coupa Program
- Governance and steering of global rollout
- Integration SAP – Middleware – Coupa
- Management of Design, Build, SIT, UAT and Cutover readiness, hyper care and operations transformation
- Vendor & stakeholder alignment
Melanie G.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager & Cutover Lead (Freelance) at Omikron GmbH
- Responsible for cutover planning and go-live management of several parallel IT releases in the e-commerce environment
- Creation and maintenance of cutover plans, runbooks and rollback scenarios as well as audit-proof documentation of all cutover activities
- Definition and management of Go/No-Go decisions, escalation paths and resource availability during the cutover window
- Coordination of technical and business workstreams, management of external service providers and ensuring data consistency
- Management and evaluation of dress rehearsals, structured handover to the hypercare phase
- Cutover reporting and communication before, during and after go-live at decision-maker and C-level level
- Result: All releases completed as planned, cutover structures sustainably established and handed over
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Statistics of experts using SAP Ariba
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
2.9 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Procurement
Top industries
Professional Services, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
79%
Master's degree or higher
51%
Doctorate
10%
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.
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 SAP Ariba
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.
SAP Ariba experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Professional Services (80%)
- Manufacturing (69%)
- Information Technology (65%)
- Energy (57%)
- Retail (43%)
- Banking and Finance (39%)
- Automotive (35%)
- Aerospace and Defense (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SAP Ariba does
SAP Ariba is a cloud-based procurement suite for managing supplier relationships, sourcing events, purchasing and invoicing. It connects buying organizations with suppliers through digital workflows and the SAP Business Network, supporting both direct and indirect procurement.
Core procurement processes
Companies use SAP Ariba to standardize purchasing from supplier discovery through payment. Typical work includes:
- Designing sourcing events, bids and auctions
- Configuring catalogs, approval flows and purchase orders
- Managing supplier onboarding and qualification
- Supporting contracts, invoices and spend visibility
Ecosystem and integrations
SAP Ariba projects often involve SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP and SAP Business Network. Strong specialists understand cXML, APIs, middleware and master data flows, including supplier, material, tax and accounting data. Integration with identity, finance and analytics systems is also common.
When companies bring in specialists
Freelance expertise helps when a company is implementing SAP Ariba, migrating from legacy procurement tools or redesigning a fragmented purchasing process. Specialists are also brought in for supplier enablement, rollout support, troubleshooting and improvements after go-live.
Common signals include:
- Low supplier adoption or incomplete supplier records
- Manual approvals and off-contract buying
- Failed ERP or invoice integrations
- A need for consistent procurement controls across regions
Skills that distinguish strong professionals
The strongest SAP Ariba professionals combine functional procurement knowledge with practical configuration and integration experience. They can translate policy into usable workflows, define clear requirements and coordinate procurement, finance, IT and suppliers. Experience with testing, data migration, change management and release planning is equally important.
Deliverables to expect
A capable specialist can produce a solution design, configuration workbook, integration mapping and test plan. They may also prepare supplier communication, training materials, cutover plans and support procedures. Quality is visible in clean master data, traceable approvals, reliable invoice handling and documented decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about SAP Ariba? Start with the answers below.
SAP Ariba is used to manage sourcing, purchasing, supplier relationships, contracts and invoicing in a connected cloud environment. It helps companies control procurement workflows while giving suppliers a structured way to exchange information and documents.
SAP Ariba focuses strongly on cloud-based sourcing, supplier collaboration and external procurement networks. SAP S/4HANA provides core enterprise and purchasing processes, so many companies connect both rather than treating them as direct substitutes.
A strong SAP Ariba specialist often brings knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP, SAP Business Network, cXML, APIs and integration middleware. Procurement process design, supplier onboarding, master data, testing and change management are also valuable.
The right level depends on the scope, integrations and number of procurement processes involved. A smaller configuration task may need focused module expertise, while a rollout or migration requires a professional who can lead design, data, testing, suppliers and cutover.
SAP Ariba supports supplier collaboration through the SAP Business Network and related procurement workflows. A specialist should be able to define onboarding routes, supplier communication, document exchange and handling for suppliers with different technical capabilities.
SAP Ariba projects can often be delivered remotely because configuration, workshops, documentation and testing use shared digital environments. On-site sessions may still help with process discovery, stakeholder alignment, training or complex cutover planning.
Ask for examples of completed sourcing, procurement or supplier-network work and clarify the person’s role in configuration, integration and testing. For SAP Ariba, quality also means understanding business controls, data ownership, supplier adoption and support after go-live.
A sound SAP Ariba plan should cover process design, scope, roles, master data, integrations, security, supplier enablement, testing and deployment. It should also define decisions, dependencies, acceptance criteria and post-launch support.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used SAP Ariba in their recent projects is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 944 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used SAP Ariba in their recent projects, 79% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 51% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used SAP Ariba in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used SAP Ariba in their recent projects are German (98%), English (98%), and French (24%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used SAP Ariba in their recent projects are Professional Services (80%), Manufacturing (69%), and Information Technology (65%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used SAP Ariba in their recent projects are Project Management (82%), Information Technology (78%), and Procurement (73%).
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