SAP BW Experts in Hamburg
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Hamburg, who have recently used SAP BW
Manfred P.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager EfA / OZG Online Services at Senatskanzlei ITD Hamburg, Dataport, Police Hamburg
The online service "Special Use of Streets and No-Parking Zone" was in a partially completed state. The following tasks had to be carried out to reach final completion:
- Preparation of an expert report on the status of the online service, and recommendations for action
- Ensuring that all LEIKAS to be used are available (service catalog / service descriptions of the authorities)
- Creating and aligning concepts for complex IT projects (business/IT concepts, architecture, interfaces, roadmaps)
- Requirements management
- Multi-project management with 3 stakeholders (Police, Dataport, development company)
- Determining resource needs
- Coordination to identify technical requirements through the IT architects
- Creating use cases and test cases
- Creating action items
- Managing external IT service providers
- Coordination and management of all activities
- Conflict resolution / business mediation
- User Acceptance Test (UAT) and acceptance by Hamburg Police (Traffic Directorate, Policy Department, Central Road Traffic Authority)
Technical environment: .NET, EfA minimum requirements, Leikas, Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), HWG (Hamburg Roads Act), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office
Thomas R.
Last position:
SAP Datasphere Senior Consultant at multivac / Insire GmbH
Technical environment: BDC
- Design of BDC project: role design, space design, authorization concept, naming convention
- Template development of database artifacts for master and transactional data
Shahram D.
Last position:
IT Project Manager & Consultant (Design and Implementation of EU Regulations) at Witt Group / Otto Group
- Planning, management and monitoring of the Corporate Responsibility Tech Enablement project for IT
- Design and implementation of the EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)
- Design and implementation of the Eco-Design Regulation
- Continuation of projects as part of the Corporate Responsibility strategy
- Definition and review of requirements (e.g. governance, success metrics) and, where necessary, analysis and resolution of problems
- Overall management, marketing, communication and quality assurance of the projects
- Creation of the project plan including timeline/roadmap, budget and resources
- Ensuring compliance with budget and deadlines
- Defining project management guidelines, methods and priorities
- Planning and tracking resources & efforts, also in cooperation with other IT departments
- Evaluation of projects and preparation of results (reporting to management)
- Identification and reduction of risks
- Regular communication with stakeholders
- Management of internal and external stakeholders and service providers (Jira, Confluence, backlog management, task tracking, Sharepoint, MS 365 Platform etc.)
- Development of standards and automation of processes
- Technical design and documentation of the Digital Product Passport
- Selection and evaluation of potential software providers
- Training and workshops on Osapiens
Label: Azure Cloud, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, SAP BW, AWS, Miro, Bee360, Draw.io, Sharepoint, MS 365 Platform, Trello, Osapiens, Naravero etc.
Timo W.
Last position:
Project Manager, Requirements Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect at Service Provider for Heat Quantity Measurement
Supporting integration testing
Writing and creating the cut-over script
Conducting workshops to clarify requirements
Gathering business requirements
Business process modeling
IT design
Project planning
Supporting migration tests
Executing a greenfield S/4HANA conversion. A DATEV application and an AS400 are to be replaced by an S/4HANA system in a public cloud. The DATEV system runs the general ledger and accounts payable. The AS400 handles accounts receivable and business partners. The payables and receivables will be migrated to S/4HANA and the DATEV solution decommissioned.
Alain B.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations at Freelancer
- Hands-on product and portfolio analyses with actionable recommendations
- Skilled in consulting, concept development, and agile project management
- Technical leadership & team empowerment – for smooth agile delivery with foresight and guardrails
Dominik P.
Last position:
Head of IT at Aarsleff Spezialtiefbau GmbH
- Disciplinary and professional leadership of the IT and service team
- Definition and documentation of the Current Mode of Operation (CMO) in Confluence: application landscape, infrastructure, networks, backup & storage
- Development of the Future Mode of Operation (FMO) including process analysis & stakeholder interviews with all departments using BPMN and flowcharts
- Optimization of license management: reduction of ongoing software costs by approx. 17% p.a.
- Introduction and establishment of Jira as the central tool for project and service management
- Introduction and rollout of the HR software MindKey to digitize HR processes
- Introduction of a VoIP solution with Microsoft Teams incl. PSTN connection to replace classic telephony
- Introduction of the production and planning software OptiControl to digitize operational processes
- Rollout of Intune as a Mobile Device Management solution for Windows, iOS and Android
- Build-up of Power BI dashboards for machine park monitoring and financial reporting
- Planning and execution of the IT consolidation of two locations for 170 users
- Introduction of automated penetration testing with Pentera
- Coaching and mentoring the team in agile methods & project management
- Operational support in day-to-day business: administration, incident & change management
- Management of external service providers and assurance of the quality of outsourced IT services
- Responsibility for the IT budget incl. planning and controlling
- Direct reporting line to management with regular management reports on IT KPIs, budget and project status
Walid H.
Last position:
Senior Tester within the IT & Digital Roadmap at VTG-Aktiengesellschaft
- Consulting, planning, and adapting (extension and rebuild) of the existing test framework to cover necessary test cases as part of quality assurance for initiative implementations
- Executing cross-team manual test cases during regular sprint cycles
- Setting up test automation
- Advising front-end and back-end development on quality assurance aspects
- Building a framework for end-to-end test cases
- Performing software quality assurance across various projects within a program
- Supporting the creation of test cases
- Coordinating within the team with all relevant stakeholders
Finn H.
Last position:
Data Architecture at NTT Global Ltd.
Design and implementation of a big data energy reporting infrastructure for operational data from data centers in EMEA for aggregated client reporting and the energy efficiency register (EnEfG)
Integration of data from over 50 systems, including GridVis, Robotron, Niagara, ShowIT, and Salesforce
Sebastian E.
Last position:
Interim Project Manager (Introduction of new cash register systems in Turkey) at Tchibo GmbH
- Project management (integration of new cash register software in Turkey under time pressure)
- Professional leadership of 5 employees
- Support of the support team – process revision / adjustment (ServiceNow)
- Integration of new agile processes (ticket process in JIRA, documentation requirement in Confluence)
Dirk H.
Last position:
Controlling Consulting at JobRad GmbH
- Design of C-level reports
- Identification of key figures and creation of dashboards
Folke M.
Last position:
Program Management and PMO for Core System Replacement at Vereinigte Hagel VVaG
Julius K.
Last position:
Management-Reporting Consultant at FinCrafts GmbH
- Budgeting, planning and forecasting/predictive analytics
- BU, project, sales, production and plant controlling
- Management reporting
- Conducting stakeholder analyses
- Determining provisions for year-end closing
- Conducting internal SAP, SAP BW and Office trainings
- Setting up accounts payable reporting
- ICP management for international subsidiaries
- Site restructuring and closure
- Supporting monthly and annual closing under HGB and IFRS
- Setting up new income statement structures
- Redesigning cost center structure including supporting the required adjustments and trainings
- Documenting and digitizing VAT advance return
- Calculating cash runway and burn rate
- Preparing and processing cash forecasting
- Controlling costs and investments via valued goods receipt and purchase liabilities
- Contributing to the implementation of SAP R/3
- Introducing SAP EC-PCA
- Redesigning an inventor compensation process
- Preparing the implementation of Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Setting up cost object accounting in MS Navision
- Maintaining and cleaning master data in various ERP systems including preparing for export/import
- Supporting due diligence in the context of capital increase
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Statistics of experts using SAP BW
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years (Germany: 24 years)
Position duration
1.7 years (Germany: 3.5 years)
Positions per freelancer
15 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Project Management, Business Intelligence, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
57% (Germany: 58%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, Persian
Speak two or more languages
92% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Hamburg 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 in Hamburg using SAP BW
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP BW 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 (92%)
- Banking and Finance (67%)
- Professional Services (58%)
- Retail (58%)
- Advertising (42%)
- Energy (33%)
- Food and Beverage (33%)
- Insurance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
SAP BW foundations
SAP BW, originally known as SAP Business Warehouse, is SAP’s platform for consolidating, transforming and analyzing business data. It connects operational sources such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP and external systems with governed reporting models, dashboards and planning processes. Companies use it to create a consistent view of finance, sales, purchasing, supply chain and controlling data.
Data warehouse design
Strong SAP BW work starts with a clear data model and dependable data flows. Specialists define source systems, staging layers, InfoObjects, DataStore objects, CompositeProviders and queries that support both operational reporting and long-term analysis. With BW/4HANA, they also shape modern, HANA-optimized architectures that reduce unnecessary data movement and simplify maintenance.
- Model reusable structures for finance, logistics and sales reporting
- Build and monitor extraction, transformation and loading processes
- Convert legacy objects into maintainable BW/4HANA models
- Set authorizations, scheduling and data-quality controls
Ecosystem and tooling
SAP BW projects often involve SAP HANA, ABAP, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP Datasphere. Depending on the landscape, professionals work with Open ODS views, process chains, transformations, SQLScript and operational data provisioning. They also understand how master data, hierarchies and semantic definitions affect the reports used by business teams.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance SAP BW specialists during migrations, reporting redesigns, system consolidations and performance improvements. External support is also valuable when internal teams face a backlog of data flows, urgent audit requirements or a need to connect non-SAP sources. In Hamburg, collaboration may involve local finance, logistics or industrial teams alongside remote stakeholders across Germany.
- Replace fragile legacy reporting structures
- Prepare a move to BW/4HANA or a connected SAP data landscape
- Investigate slow queries, failed process chains and inconsistent figures
- Document models so internal teams can operate them confidently
What strong specialists deliver
The best professionals combine SAP BW configuration with sound data-warehouse thinking. They trace a reported figure back to its source, explain trade-offs clearly and test the full flow from extraction to dashboard. They protect performance and data quality without making the model harder for business users to understand.
Choosing project support
Define the source systems, reporting outcomes, existing BW release and target architecture before engaging a specialist. Ask for examples of comparable migrations, HANA optimization, authorization concepts and production support. Remote delivery can work well when documentation, access and decision paths are clear; on-site workshops in Hamburg can help when processes and stakeholders need close alignment.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about SAP BW, in one place.
SAP BW is used to collect, harmonize and analyze data from SAP and non-SAP systems. Companies rely on it for governed reporting, management dashboards, financial consolidation support, supply chain analysis and planning-related data processes.
SAP BW is a mature data-warehouse environment with structured modeling, strong SAP integration and established governance. SAP Datasphere supports a broader cloud data architecture and federation approach, so the right choice depends on the existing landscape, migration plans and reporting requirements.
A strong SAP BW specialist often works with SAP HANA, ABAP, SQLScript, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud. Knowledge of SAP BusinessObjects, data authorizations, process chains and business processes such as finance or logistics is also valuable.
A complex SAP BW project needs a professional who has handled the relevant source systems, data volumes, release and target architecture before. Migration work, performance issues and poorly documented models call for someone who can diagnose the full data flow rather than only configure individual objects.
Much SAP BW work can be delivered remotely through secure system access, structured workshops and clear documentation. On-site sessions in Hamburg can still be useful for discovery, process mapping and alignment with finance, logistics or production stakeholders.
Ask how the specialist validates figures from source to report, handles failed process chains and documents dependencies. For SAP BW, quality also means stable performance, understandable models, controlled authorizations and testing that reflects real business processes.
BW/4HANA can be a strong fit when a company wants a cleaner, HANA-optimized warehouse model and a path away from older objects. The decision should consider migration effort, existing custom code, reporting dependencies and whether the wider SAP data strategy supports the change.
Professionals working with SAP BW in Hamburg may support industrial, logistics, retail, finance or public-sector environments, often with distributed teams. German-language communication can matter for workshops and business documentation, while technical delivery may involve English-speaking stakeholders and remote collaboration.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects is 115 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 920 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 57% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are German (100%), English (92%), and Persian (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Professional Services (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are Project Management (92%), Business Intelligence (83%), and Information Technology (83%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used SAP BW
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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