SAP HANA Experts in Switzerland
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Stefan Ullerich
Last position:
Workstream Lead Solution Delivery / IT Operations Manager SAP S4/HANA Private Cloud Edition - RISE at Munich Re
- Lead Solution Delivery workstream
- Serve as IT Operations Manager ad interim
- Define, implement, and continuously optimize the Target Operating Model
- Design and implement incident and problem management processes
- Develop, maintain, and execute business continuity and disaster recovery plans, including DR testing
- Ensure system availability, performance, scalability, and compliance with SLAs
- Liaise between business stakeholders, SAP Basis teams, managed service providers, and cloud vendors
- Oversee incident, change, and problem management processes per ITIL best practices
- Lead service reviews and vendor performance evaluations
- Coordinate patching, upgrades, and enhancement cycles with SAP AG and application operations teams
- Monitor system health, performance, and security using SAP for Me
- Collaborate with IT security, infrastructure, and network teams to ensure system integrity
- Create, track, and manage project-related firewall requests
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver cutover activities for targeted system lines
Alexander Scholl
Last position:
Senior ABAP-OO Developer at Die Schweizerische Post AG
"ZLF – Future Billing Solution"
Cross-module S/4HANA
- Technical consulting and development in the area of S/4 Master Data Governance (MDG-BP)
- Various developments in HR-BP integration, order-to-cash, SAP CAR analytics data modeling, interfaces from and to third-party systems. (native HANA, CDS, RAP, Fiori Elements, OData)
Falk Schlüsener
Last position:
Freelancer at SOL4ERP SAP Consulting Schlüsener
Self-employed Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
- Support services for SAP transformations
- Support services for SAP FI projects (based on ECC and S/4)
Michael Rödle
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound "Project Metrics on the Internet" at Global-KPI
- Project management, hustler (identifying the full financial picture including sales, pitching, financial analysis, & business models) and hound (identifying real customer needs including research & analysis) to build a project metrics system on the Internet.
- The system allows users to make informed decisions to keep projects on track according to key data or to realign them when they deviate negatively from the plan.
- Providing a forecast alongside the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of metrics based on user-entered project key data.
- Skills: project management, project metrics.
- Problem space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), corporate innovation team setup, team profile / team canvas, design thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, market exploration, defining the problem.
- Solution space: narrowing the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, business model canvas, value proposition canvas, prototyping, refining the prototype and business model canvas, final pitch.
Vitaly Podkopaev
Last position:
IT Project Manager UCC at Office for Informatics, Canton of Zurich
- Collaboration with and deputizing for the service manager for UCC (product owner)
- Interface management for UCC with other functionalities as part of the digital workplace
- Control of infrastructure tests and rollout, monitoring dependencies with other sub-projects
Philipp Siegenthaler
Last position:
Equity Portfolio Manager - Digital Wealth Management at Interactive Brokers LLC
- Solely responsible for two portfolios totaling USD 1 million with an average monthly performance of 2%
- Responsible for the investment strategy, specializing in US equities and ETFs (exchanges: NASDAQ and NYSE)
- Market, trend, data, and technical chart analysis
- Risk management – diversification, daily/weekly risk mitigation measures (rebalancing) to ensure optimal portfolio profitability
Daniela Hengl
Last position:
Data-Based Transformation & Strategic Business Capability Mapping at CSS Versicherung
- Architected and implemented a Data Value Framework as a decision-making basis for strategic prioritization and determining data-driven value contributions along the corporate value chain, connecting data value with business objectives.
- Designed standardized use cases to assess the maturity levels for quantifying business value and data value.
- Integrated the framework within SAFe structures in Lean Portfolio Management and ARTs to guide strategic investment decisions.
- Developed metrics and evaluation procedures for prioritizing business areas based on quantitative data.
- Redesigned data governance, including the introduction of the data owner role with clearly defined responsibilities and differentiation from the data steward role.
- Derived MVP priorities using gap analyses across key areas and value stream analysis.
Frank Gassan
Last position:
Project Lead at Flamingo Med Solutions
- Led the founding of a startup for AI-based consulting products for dental practices.
- Developed and launched PraxisScore, a data-driven consulting product for economic analysis and corporate consulting of dental practices.
- Held full responsibility for technical implementation, AI integration, and structured startup setup from product idea to public launch at IDS 2025 in under three months.
Patrick Niederhauser
Last position:
SAP Real Estate Expert at RKW SE
- Compliance with IFRS 16 for all group companies
- Achieve efficiency gains through a centralized and standardized process and save time thanks to a single source of information
- Automatic calculation and posting of IFRS 16 and other relevant journals
- Simulations / planning of positions regarding rent/leasing (vehicles, equipment, real estate, etc.)
- Coordination of service fees, benchmarking, scheduling, etc.
Paul Van Haastert
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at Galeria
- Responsible project lead for the new implementation of SAP eWM/MFS
- Budget responsibility of 10 million
- Leading external SAP consultants/service providers
- Building a change management organization
- Building a process organization
David Barreto Schmidt
Last position:
External Project Manager in the Supply Chain Network at DEUTZ AG
- Project management (SAP BN (Ariba) onboarding, support for SAP ECC and SAP TM for supplier topics)
- Standardization of global value creation processes
- Basic training as well as central contact person for suppliers and support for planners
Ferdinand Wouada Ngahan
Last position:
SAP EWM MFS Consultant & Power Key User at Rotenberger Group
- Module support SAP EWM MM/SD PP (advanced production based) S/4 HANA
- Design of S/4 HANA requirements in warehousing and logistics environment during the explore phase
- Support of S/4 requirements in the build phase
- Execution of S/4 customizing: EWM (50%), SD (15%), MM (20%), PP (15%)
- Support in the implementation and continuous optimization of SAP
- Analysis and resolution of issues and findings in SAP EWM
- Handling of change requests
- Creation of test cases and test data
- Execution of functional and integration testing
- Support in creating training documents for S/4 HANA
- SAP support 1st & 2nd level
- IDOC message queues monitoring
- Troubleshooting system errors (using the ABAP debugger)
- Resolving inventory differences between ERP and EWM
- POSc & LOSC process for outbound & inbound
- Rules-based Implementation
- Packspec
- Consolidation group for handling units
- EWM-MFS configuration: WH/PLC interface type, Telegram type, Telegram structure, Warehouse task/warehouse order, Resource (Scanner, Sensor, Drives), PLC/CPU, Signal, Telegram, Communication channel customizing, Interleaving activation, Sequence number, Routing LOSC, Initiation point, Rearranging HUs in multi-depth storage bins, MFS putaway strategy
Greg Manley
Last position:
Solenis Chemicals
- Migration from ECC to S/4 Hana Public Cloud
- Migration of FI/MM/PS/LO/EWM from ECC SP7 to S/4 Hana On-Prem via Migration Cockpit and ADM Syniti
- Conducted data cleansing and business partner restructuring workshops
- Aligned activities with cutover and transport management
- Data- and process-related incident triage and resolution in Solution ManagerFB
- Execution of regression testing via Tricentis TOSCA
- Financial reconciliation activities
Marco Casagli
Last position:
Global Process Owner Business Intelligence at Interroll SA
- Cover the role of Global Process Owner of the Business Intelligence area and contribute to designing the Data Strategy
- Responsible for the global BI platform based on SAP BW4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Datasphere, Analysis for Office and Power BI
- Collaborate with the FICO team due to acquired skills in this area
- Work closely with the business worldwide to build dashboards, data models and reports to provide useful insights
- Coordinate international analytics teams as project manager and report project progress to the Board
- Participated in the two-year S/4 implementation project with SAP Switzerland, coordinating the SAP implementation team in Portugal and ensuring go-live with all dashboards and reports working and data matched S/4
- Managed BI projects in Sales, Finance, Global KPIs, Manufacturing and Purchasing as project manager; developed and coded when necessary
- Led the migration of reports from BusinessObjects and Lumira to Analysis for Office and BW4/HANA
- Developed Spend Analytics data models and dashboards to analyze purchasing across 30+ entities, achieving 8% savings on purchasing volume and increased group profitability
- Defined data strategy for the group
- Created the global Business Intelligence site on Viva Engage, published stories and built the BI website containing links to training, BI directive list of reports and dashboards
- Created success stories as business use cases, published on Viva Engage
- Led the Business Intelligence function globally, coordinating BI development teams in Switzerland and abroad
- Personally developed data models, reports and dashboards
- Involved in privacy and security topics to guarantee correct compliance of data management
- Coded using different programming languages
- Managed more than 15 BI projects over 5 years using agile methodology, delivered on time, on budget and on quality
- Wrote the BI directive on correct usage of BI tools in the company
Peter Behrmann
Last position:
Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash at Schaeffler AG
- Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash for Deloitte Consulting in the discovery phase for the “Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions” business unit in the S/4 HANA transformation program S4us
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Statistics of experts using SAP HANA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
1.6 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
77%
Master's degree or higher
55%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using SAP HANA
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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
SAP HANA in practice
SAP HANA is SAP’s in-memory data platform for fast transactions and analytics in the same system. Companies use it for real-time reporting, operational dashboards, planning, and core ERP processes that need quick access to live data.
Where it fits
It often sits behind S/4HANA landscapes, BW/4HANA, custom applications, and embedded analytics. In Switzerland, it is common in finance, manufacturing, pharma, logistics, and shared-service environments that need reliable data models and strong controls.
What specialists deliver
- HANA data models and calculation views
- Performance tuning for SQL, joins, and indexes
- Migration support from older SAP landscapes
- Live reporting and planning layers
- Transport-safe changes across environments
Tooling and ecosystem
Strong professionals work across ABAP, CDS views, SQLScript, Eclipse-based tooling, and SAP application layers that consume HANA data. They also understand security, authorizations, data replication, and how HANA behaves inside larger SAP system landscapes.
When to bring in help
Companies bring in freelance expertise when performance drops, data models become hard to maintain, or a migration needs focused delivery. They also need support when internal teams are busy with releases, testing, or stabilizing a new HANA setup.
What good work looks like
A solid specialist explains trade-offs clearly and keeps models simple enough to support. They know how to trace bottlenecks, document changes, and work with business and technical teams, whether the project is remote or partly on-site in Switzerland.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to SAP HANA.
SAP HANA is used for high-speed data processing, operational reporting, and applications that need live access to current business data. It is also a common base for S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, and custom analytics layers.
A traditional database often focuses first on storage and transaction handling, while SAP HANA is designed to process data in memory for both transactions and analytics. That changes how teams design models, reports, and performance-sensitive logic.
Projects often include migration from older SAP systems, model redesign, performance tuning, and analytics work. SAP HANA specialists are also useful when a team needs help with calculation views, SQLScript, or data replication.
A strong SAP HANA specialist usually knows SQLScript, CDS views, data modeling, and SAP landscape basics. Knowledge of ABAP, authorizations, transport handling, and debugging is often important too.
It depends on the task, but SAP HANA work usually needs someone who has already handled similar system landscapes and performance issues. Simple reporting changes may be straightforward, while migrations and core model redesigns call for deeper practical experience.
Yes, many SAP HANA tasks can be handled remotely, especially modeling, analysis, and testing support. On-site time can still help during workshops, cutovers, or when teams want close coordination in Switzerland.
Look for clear explanations, clean model design, and a practical approach to performance. A strong SAP HANA specialist can describe why a solution fits the system, not just how to build it.
Companies often compare SAP HANA with older SAP database setups, other relational databases, or different data platforms for analytics. The right choice depends on SAP integration needs, performance goals, and how closely the system must support business processes.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP HANA in their recent projects is 125 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,000 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP HANA in their recent projects, 77% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 55% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP HANA in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP HANA in their recent projects are English (100%), German (97%), and French (41%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP HANA in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Professional Services (79%), and Manufacturing (69%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP HANA in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (86%), and Operations (69%).
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