SAP BAdI Experts in Germany
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Markus Jarasch
Last position:
Senior SAP ABAP Developer at BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training
- Support for an SAP S/4HANA migration
- Adjustments and bug fixes in SAP CATS
- Technical stabilization of existing developments
- Code analysis and cleanup of custom ABAP developments
Prem Chander Arumugam
Last position:
Product owner for SAP PP, QM, APO, MM, MES and ABAP at Husqvarna Group (at HCLTech)
Development and Implementation
- Conceptualization and implementation of the various requirements.
- Experience and ability to collaborate with other delivery teams
- Lead a team of 15 people taking care of matters including monitoring operations, delegating tasks and managing budgets.
- Act as product owner and represent the product vision, strategy and priorities in the area of production operations.
- Work closely with the members of the area including developers, analysts and QA to ensure the successful delivery of logistics features and improvements.
- Lead the process design and lead the build team for the SAP implementation (EU countries) and post-merger integration in SAP PP, QM, MM, APO and SD modules.
- Implemented and optimized MRP Live (MD01N) for multiple plants, improving planning runtime
- Worked with business users to transition from classic MRP to MRP Live
- Implemented SAP QM module, including quality planning and inspection lot processing, resulting in a 20% improvement in product quality compliance.
- Developed and tested custom reports using SAP Query and ABAP for MES data analytics, improving visibility into yield rates and resource utilization.
- Translate production requirements into clear and actionable user stories, acceptance criteria and technical specifications.
- Skilled in discrete, and process/manufacturing (PP-PI) environments; deep understanding of master data, production & process orders, recipe management, batch management, capacity & scheduling, shop floor control, and integration with QM, MM, EWM, MES.
- Worked in Variant configuration (VC)
- Supported international rollouts and transformation projects for SAP PP, QM, PPDS, aATP, EWM, and Variant Configuration within a global strategy.
- Tested functionalities for various business scenarios include interface systems
- Involved in SIT and UAT and cutover activities
Technology: Project Management, SAP PP, QM, MM, APO, ABAP OO, HANA Modelling, FIORI, SAP UI5, AMDP, SAP SD, SAP FICO and S4 HANA Emedded analytics
Frank Leonhard
Last position:
SAP Consultant and Developer at Frank Leonhard Consulting
- Consulting and implementation of SAP projects as a freelancer
- Analysis, design, customizing, and programming
- Modules: PP, MM, WM, SD, QM, CS, IH, FI/CO, PLM, EH&S
- Development of forms (Smartforms, Adobe Forms)
- ABAP development (Enhancements, BADI, dialogs, reporting, IDocs)
- Project management, subproject management, and training
Joaquim Landa Miala
Last position:
Freelance ABAP Developer, Logistics at Cheplapharm
- Tested integration of TIBCO EBX with SAP S/4HANA via TIBCO BusinessWorks – proof of concept
- Implemented use case: communication between TIBCO EBX and SAP S/4HANA via IDocs to exchange material master data and business partner data
- Customized, configured, and implemented inbound and outbound processing in the SAP S/4HANA environment for communication with the TIBCO EBX software interface
- Distributed classes, characteristics, and values between TIBCO BusinessWorks and SAP S/4HANA and customized the inbound processing
- Documented the technical components
Bhavin Shah
Last position:
Team Lead SAP EWM Engineering at Swisslog GmbH
- Over 19 years of experience in solution design, development, integration, and optimization within the SAP ecosystem
- Direct line management of 8 engineers, responsible for yearly target settings and reviews, yearly compensation reviews, training and skill development, onboarding, and conducting interviews for new positions
- Implemented agile based product management practices such as product roadmap, setup of Kanban boards in Microsoft Teams Planner, defining the product backlog and release cycles
- Designed and developed high-level architecture to create reusable Swisslog’s standard product based on SAP EWM MFS to integrate various automation subsystems like pallet conveyors/cranes, light goods conveyors/cranes, autostore, monorail, star robots using Swisslog standard protocol
- Experienced in end-to-end implementation of S4HANA Brownfield and Greenfield projects and in integrating third party subsystems like A-frames and KBS Pick by Light via TCP/TP or REST based APIs
- Setup the overall development process along with required quality gates following continuous integration and continuous improvement principles
- Served as technical team lead during customer implementation projects, running process workshops specific to MFS, preparing business blueprint, designing specifications, and executing integration tests between MFS and PLC subsystems
- Successfully integrated light goods crane with SAP EWM MFS with double deep storage capabilities and total storage capacity of 9600 boxes
- Expertise in a wide range of technologies, tools, and frameworks such as S4HANA EWM, EWM MFS, Embedded Analytics, API-based integration, SAP Cloud Platform, WebIDE, Fiori, SAP UI5, OOABAP, and Classical ABAP Development
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
Gerhard Legelli
Last position:
SAP S/4 HANA PS Consultant at Körber Chemicals/Mechanical Engineering
- SAP S/4 HANA PS consulting in engineering/manufacturing
- Customizing MM/PS with integration into SAP CO/MM/SD/PM
- Migration of master data and processes
Heiko Krain
Last position:
SAP development, Adobe form development at Arvato SE
- conversion of a function-group-based Adobe Interactive Forms framework to an object-oriented Adobe framework for documents in transport/logistics and dunning (FI)
- Adobe Lifecycle Designer 11.0.1 for SAP
- creating new and troubleshooting existing forms, function modules, programs, classes, and methods
- maintaining Smart Forms
- document printing, email sending, and file archiving
- message control for deliveries, orders, invoices, proforma invoices, and transports
- ticket system: Jira
- communication: Microsoft Teams
- migrating customers to a new SAP framework
- handling incident and change request tickets
- software: SAP ERP 6.0, SAP_ABA 7.5G, S4CORE 1.05
Mevin Darril Jacob Peter
Last position:
Solution Architect at Novo Nordisk A/S
Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with manufacturing sites in eight countries and subsidiaries or offices in five more. As part of setting up their largest automated production facility, SAP S/4HANA was implemented. The implementation of S/4HANA EWM plays a crucial role in enabling automation across all business processes.
Since this is a greenfield project with extensive automation, the goal is to achieve the highest possible level of automation in most business processes. Particularly in pharmaceutical processes, hygiene, accuracy, validation, and error-free execution are essential – all of which are supported by automation. My role as Solution Architect is to understand the business processes and provide efficient automated workflows for high-quality product manufacturing.
As Solution Architect, I conducted workshops in the warehouse areas to analyze and understand the pharmaceutical business processes and align them with the standard or template structure.
Identifying and highlighting process gaps and developing suitable solutions.
Coordinating with third-party vendors and other IT stakeholders to develop optimized automated processes.
Documenting and reviewing the business process design according to the agreed solution with the business unit.
Mapping inbound, internal, outbound, and production-integrated processes from the EWM perspective with automation considerations.
Guiding the team in fully setting up the solution in EWM and supporting the testing activities.
Member of the central architecture team to share best practices, develop guidelines, and support other implementation teams with solution architecture.
Robert Wunsch
Last position:
SAP Senior Consultant BI/BW at Insurance company
- Controlling reporting/planning application
- Supporting the department in defining change requests
- Testing and accepting developments
József Szikszai
Last position:
Interim ABAP-OO Developer at Interdiscount
- Interim ABAP-OO developer in S/4 HANA migration
- Automation of trade calculation (IS-Retail)
- RFC interface between cash register system and S/4 (SD)
- RFC interface between S/4 and R/3 for price comparison (SD)
- Automatic creation and assignment of pricing conditions (SD)
- Automation of setting the standard supplier in the info record (MM/SD)
Zlatko Petricevic
Last position:
SAP BW/4 Hana Project Lead, Program and Application Manager at DB
- Project Argo: SAP BW/4 Hana Project Lead, Program and Application Manager, SAP BW/4 Hana Consultant, Architect, and Developer.
- Migration of FI data models from SAP BW 7.x to BW/4 Hana.
- Revision and implementation of the user and authorization concept.
- SAP S/4 Hana, SAP Basis, SAP BW/4 Hana data modeling and use of the SAP BW Migration Workbench.
- Use of Business Content, BAPI, BW/4 Hana, Hana Studio, HANA Views, Analytical Views, virtual tables, and Hana Native SQL.
- Working with ADSO, Open ODS Views, Composite Provider, Hybrid Provider, SAP Solution Manager, Query Designer, Analysis for Office, Lumira, and Fiori.
- Use of SAP SAC (Stories, Data Models, Data Analyzer, CDS Views) as well as application management and monitoring of process chains and load jobs.
Harshal Likhar
Last position:
SAP EWM Developer at Körber Supply Chain GmbH
- Experience in SAP EWM processes and ABAP development
- Configured PPF for output management in EWM and YM, worked with BOPF in TM and YM, configured Fiori Launchpad with roles, spaces, and pages, and developed UI5 applications
- Developed a Fiori Elements app using the List Report, Object Page, Overview Page, and Analytical List Page frameworks with CDS views, AMDP on BAS, created a RAP app, and a report for data transfer to external Oracle systems
Bogdan Onofrei
Last position:
Senior SAP ABAP Consultant/Developer – Microsoft RPA/AI Engineer at Karl Dungs GmbH & Co. KG
- SAP integration technical consultant
- Internal consultant/developer for SAP ABAP developments (ECC) in MM/SD/PP/HCM/QM/FI modules
- SAP Fiori/UI5 new development and application management services
- Account administrator for all applications in SAP BTP
- New development, enhancement, and maintenance of SAP SapScript, Smart Forms, and Adobe Forms
- Responsible for the SAP HCM module
- Certified Microsoft Power Automate Developer
- Certified Microsoft Azure AI Engineer
Beserithan Malabakan
Last position:
SD Development and CRM Interaction Center Development at Sanner GmbH
- Part-time 2-3 days/week
- Developments in the SD module and CRM Interaction Center
- Consulting, customizing in SD module
- Adapting Fiori applications in the SD module
- Approval workflow for credit memos: design, concept, implementation, customizing
- Credit memo request: object type BUS 2094
- If the credit memo request value is below a certain threshold -> automatic release and removal of billing block
- If the credit memo request value is above a certain threshold -> automatic determination of the responsible employee
- The employee receives a work item in their integrated inbox or in My Inbox (Fiori) -> the employee can reject, approve, or edit the credit memo request
- UML modeling in technical documentation
- Creating a Z-table for customer sample line items
- Merging COA1 (delivery) + COA2 (CAQ) forms and adding to the spool request as a single PDF
- Correcting workflow title according to NACE, fixing message "ZBMA title is displayed incorrectly in SBWP (Workplace)"
- Receiving PLM documents from an external PLM system, creating an RFC function module, storing PLM documents in the material master as GOS objects
- On releasing a production order, reading PLM documents from MM and saving them in a shared folder for the MES system
- Displaying the number of inspection methods in a popup when creating an order -> VA01/VA02
- Automatic stock reconciliation LVS IDOC INVCON
- Performing AQUA tests
- IDOC archiving for old IDOCs
- NL_PM_drawings and storing print output, informing MES via ZPPORDER IDOC, writing technical documents
- Using SD user exits, BADIs for various requirements
- Extending screens for customer requests via screen exits
- Creating message types for sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices
- Extending CRM Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> Contract with customer-specific requirements
- New Fiori application departure control with data from Z-table and standard equipment tables, displaying a pie chart, calculating "vehicles in operation"
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for performance feedback, attachments from GOS objects
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for PM quality notifications, attachments from GOS objects
- Implementing BADIs in CRM
- File storage on SAP server/UNIX server
- Using BOL/GENIL architecture in CRM development
- Project language: German
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Statistics of experts using SAP BAdI
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
25
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Supply Chain Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Procurement
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
13%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
94%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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About the technology
What BAdI does
SAP BAdI, short for Business Add-In, is SAP’s enhancement method for changing standard behavior without modifying core objects. It lets companies add logic at defined enhancement points in ABAP-based systems, including classic SAP ERP and S/4HANA. That keeps custom work easier to track and maintain.
Common use cases
- Validate data during business transactions
- Adjust pricing, posting, or workflow steps
- Add industry-specific rules to standard SAP processes
- Control output, messages, or screen behavior
- Extend standard code in an upgrade-safe way
Ecosystem and tools
Strong specialists work in ABAP, SE18 and SE19, enhancement spots, and the ABAP Workbench. They often read SAP notes, trace call flows, and test behavior in related modules such as FI, MM, SD, and HR. In Germany, they are often brought into large SAP landscapes where clear documentation and stable transport handling matter.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful when a BAdI already exists but the logic is unclear, when a change must fit a tight release window, or when an enhancement breaks after an upgrade. Companies also bring in specialists for code reviews, design decisions, and migration work from user exits or implicit enhancements to BAdIs.
What strong specialists know
A good SAP BAdI specialist understands filter values, enhancement priorities, and the difference between classic and new enhancement techniques. They write logic that is small, testable, and easy to switch off if needed. They also know how to avoid side effects in business-critical processes.
Delivery focus
Typical deliverables include implementation design, code changes, test support, and technical documentation. The best professionals explain where the enhancement sits in the process, what data it depends on, and how it behaves after transports. That makes handover easier for internal teams and supports future SAP changes.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SAP BAdI? These answers cover the essentials.
SAP BAdI is used to add custom logic to standard SAP processes without changing the original code. Companies use it for checks, defaulting, output control, workflow rules, and other process-specific behavior. It is common in ABAP-based systems where upgrades and clean maintenance matter.
BAdI is a more structured enhancement approach than many older exits, because it works through defined interfaces and enhancement points. Compared with classic user exits, it is usually easier to find, test, and maintain. In SAP landscapes that still contain older custom logic, specialists often need to decide what should stay and what should move.
Yes. SAP BAdI remains relevant in S/4HANA because many business extensions still need to sit close to standard processes. A strong specialist knows which enhancements carry over, which need redesign, and where a different enhancement method is a better fit. That is especially important during migrations and cleanup work.
A strong Business Add-In specialist usually also knows ABAP, debugging, enhancement spots, and transport handling. Experience with SAP modules such as FI, MM, SD, or HR helps because the logic often depends on the business process, not just the technical hook. Good documentation and testing habits are also important.
For a simple change, a specialist with solid ABAP and enhancement experience is often enough. For complex process changes, upgrade-sensitive logic, or multiple dependent BAdIs, you want someone who has worked on larger SAP systems and can trace impact across modules. The key is proven delivery on similar enhancement work, not a title.
Yes, most SAP BAdI work can be done remotely if the specialist has proper system access and clear business context. On-site time helps when process owners are involved in workshops or when testing needs close coordination with an SAP team in Germany. Many projects use a mix of both.
Look for clean implementation design, clear comments, and a way to explain why that enhancement point was chosen. A strong SAP BAdI professional can show how they tested the logic, handled edge cases, and avoided breaking standard behavior. Ask for examples of upgrade-safe work and support across transports and testing.
Share the SAP process, the transaction or flow involved, and the exact business rule you want to change. The best Business Add-In work starts with a clear scope, access to the relevant system, and sample cases for testing. If you have existing custom code, include that too so the specialist can assess whether to extend or replace it.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SAP BAdI in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 847 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SAP BAdI in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SAP BAdI in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP BAdI in their recent projects are German (100%), English (89%), and French (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP BAdI in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Professional Services (80%), and Manufacturing (74%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP BAdI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (77%), and Supply Chain Management (77%).
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