SAP IBP Expert in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used SAP IBP
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
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
Andre S.
Last position:
Product Owner at Thinking Networks
- Owned Qvantum, a cloud-based planning platform for personnel, cost center and sales planning
- Managed roadmap, prioritization and stakeholder communication
- Worked closely with development teams and business stakeholders
- Improved usability and supported data-driven decision making
- Led product development initiatives from discovery through delivery
Michael L.
Last position:
IT Project Manager at Self-employed
- Tendering, IT architecture and implementation
- Project and budget planning, resource management
- Stakeholder management and risk management
- The project was delivered “on time and within budget”
- Implementation of SAP IBP Cloud S&OP Demand & Supply
- Building materials group with revenue of €1.3 billion and 30 plants
Jörn B.
Last position:
Process Optimization Consultant at Tandler GmbH
- Improving processes in the purchasing area
- Digitizing purchasing processes
- Optimizing end-to-end manufacturing processes
Andrea C.
Last position:
Founder at SCM Forward
- Consulting project. Member of Program Management Office leading the turnaround of a EUR 5 bil engineering Group, responsible for Indirect Spend reduction and targeting EUR 60 mil savings across 10+ spend categories
Adnan K.
Last position:
Chief Information Officer at ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
- Executed post-carve-out stabilization, system consolidation and cybersecurity uplift. Re-assessed system landscape and assets and designed new IT strategy for future. Implemented new IT operating model focusing on product-centric organization and re-internalization of critical resources.
- Successfully designed new IT operating model of the company, based on massive reduction of external dependencies, insourcing of key positions and upskilling of employees.
- Massive reduction of IT cost in the first three years (-40m$), bringing IT spend level below Gartner industry benchmark (1.27%).
- Introduced new product-centric organization based on fusion teams between business and IT across the company.
- Administered implementation of corporate-wide IT/OT cybersecurity program with more than 60 projects.
- Continuous improvement of enterprise IT/OT cybersecurity maturity level with significant increase in the first two years (CMMI >3.5, C2M2 >2.5).
- Governed successful implementation of the business transformation program within IT area by overachieving the savings target by $8m.
- Initiated and created new cloud-based data management platform based on best-in-class technology.
- Implemented first company-wide Microsoft Copilot AI program based on various business cases, leveraging GenAI and AgenticAI.
Orhan Y.
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
Marco R.
Last position:
Senior Consultant at Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
- Review of planning and production processes
- Identification of process improvements
- Design and implementation on SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP
- Design review
- Conceptual design for future planning and production processes
- Definition of SOP process and decoupling points to reduce stocks and lead time
- Approach and conceptual design for automated statistical forecasting including ABC/XYZ
- Implementation and test SAP S/4HANA PP/DS, DDMRP, PP IBP SOP Demand
Ulrike B.
Last position:
Transformation lead at Hansestadt Lübeck · Lübeck Port Authority (LPA) – municipal port administration (infrastructure management, port railway, port
Situation and Challenge:
- LPA has so far been part of the city's core budget – no financial autonomy (no relevant data, processes or powers)
- MACH ERP system unsuitable for in-house operation; MACH replacement in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck by December 2028; competition for staff resources
- Port location is underperforming (Deloitte); competition for investment within the core budget is leading to a gradual and steady deterioration of port infrastructure, resulting in customers cancelling orders -> losses in cargo handling.
- Staff shortages in the Customer Management & Internal Services department are significantly increasing the pressure on projects · The LPA organisation is stuck in silos
Objectives and tasks:
- Preparation for the spin-off of LPA into EHL, a commercially operated municipal enterprise, with effect from 1 January 2027; support until the takeover by the internal PL. Drafting of a business plan for the City Council's approval of EHL
- Shortlisting of suitable ERP systems to serve as the digital backbone of the future EHL, taking into account the timetables of the relevant committees.
- Mapping of core processes to be defined within the ERP system and development of a suitable organisational structure for the target state.
- To prepare for and bring about committee decisions at project and policy level
Measures and Procedure:
- Brief analysis of the current situation: stocktaking, assessment of the status quo, evaluation of the results with departmental management
- Organising the current business into four new core processes to be introduced: Financial Accounting, Project Management, P2P, OtC. · LPA scoping: stakeholder consultation
- Selection of a technical service provider, preparation of the tender documentation and awarding of the contract in accordance with the local authority's procurement procedures
- Process and business area definitions, divisions · FIT/GAP analysis · Process mapping (actual vs. target), used to derive the change map
- System design and configuration: Basic configuration (chart of accounts in accordance with GemHVO_SH), master data structures, workflows tailored to requirements
- Data migrations: organising customers, suppliers, items and assets · MACH data exports
Results and Successes:
- Restructuring of established administrative processes into four optimised core processes · Market analysis · Selection of an ERP solution · Management of the decision-making process
- Executive Committee resolution, February 2026: Introduction of SAP Business One as the digital ERP backbone: financial accounting, project management, procurement (P2P) and sales (OtC) in 2026
- Approval from the Digital Gov. Board obtained in the HL · Data protection assessment for cloud solutions with DOS completed
- Sub-project: Business plan submitted on time and for consideration by the City Council
- Process mapping completed: Financial Accounting, Project Management, Purchasing, Sales · Scenarios documented · All integration applications (Orca AVA, Zedas, E-Plas, building inspections in Excel) clarified in SAP BusinessObjects and data import structurally prepared
- Key user basic training courses 1 and 2 successfully completed (April 2026) · Handed over to internal project manager in May 2026 with an overall project status of GREEN
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Statistics of experts using SAP IBP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
29 years
Position duration
1.8 years
Positions per freelancer
18
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Logistics
Top industries
Manufacturing, Automotive, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Germany 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 Germany using SAP IBP
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 IBP experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Manufacturing (90%)
- Automotive (70%)
- Professional Services (70%)
- Information Technology (60%)
- Agriculture (50%)
- Food and Beverage (50%)
- Aerospace and Defense (40%)
- Chemical (40%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SAP IBP does
SAP Integrated Business Planning, commonly called SAP IBP, is a cloud-based planning solution for connecting demand, supply, inventory and sales planning. It gives teams a shared view of forecasts, constraints and planned responses. Companies use it to replace disconnected spreadsheets and align decisions across the supply chain.
Core planning areas
SAP IBP supports different planning needs through connected applications and planning models:
- Demand planning with statistical forecasting and demand sensing
- Supply planning, response planning and capacity visibility
- Inventory planning and target-stock analysis
- Sales and operations planning with scenario comparison
- Executive reviews based on aligned planning data
Ecosystem and skills
Strong SAP IBP professionals understand the wider SAP landscape, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Technology Platform. They work with integration services, master data, key figures, planning levels, time profiles, supply chain operators and Excel-based planning interfaces. Knowledge of SAP Integrated Business Planning configuration is usually combined with supply chain process expertise.
When companies need support
Companies often bring in freelance specialists during an IBP rollout, a planning transformation or a move from SAP APO and spreadsheet-based processes. They may also need help when forecasts are unreliable, planners use inconsistent data or business units follow different planning rules. In Germany, specialists may need to coordinate with manufacturing, retail, automotive or life sciences teams across German-speaking sites.
Typical project deliverables
A SAP IBP engagement can cover discovery, solution design, configuration, testing, training and go-live support. Common deliverables include:
- A planning process design mapped to business roles and decision cycles
- Configured demand, supply, inventory or S&OP planning areas
- Integrated master data and transactional data flows
- Key figure logic, alerts, dashboards and scenario workflows
- Test scripts, user guidance and adoption support
What distinguishes strong experts
Experienced SAP IBP professionals connect configuration choices to measurable planning decisions rather than treating the system as a collection of screens. They clarify ownership of master data, explain trade-offs between statistical and collaborative planning, and test exceptions against realistic supply constraints. They can work remotely with distributed teams or on site when workshops, process mapping and training require close collaboration. Clear communication in English and, where needed, German helps projects move from design to adoption.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about SAP IBP — answered in short.
Companies use SAP IBP to coordinate demand, supply, inventory and sales and operations planning. It helps planners compare scenarios, identify constraints and align decisions across functions. A specialist can adapt the solution to the company’s planning processes and data structure.
SAP IBP is the cloud-based successor commonly considered for organizations moving beyond SAP APO. It supports connected planning and integrates with current SAP landscapes, while APO is an established on-premise suite with a different architecture and lifecycle. The right choice depends on the target roadmap, existing processes and integration requirements.
A strong SAP Integrated Business Planning specialist often brings knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business Technology Platform. Useful adjacent skills include supply chain design, demand forecasting, inventory policy, master data governance, integration and change management.
The required background depends on the scope, data quality and number of planning processes involved. A focused configuration task may need a specialist with targeted module knowledge, while a full transformation calls for experience across design, integration, testing and adoption. Ask for evidence from comparable SAP IBP work rather than relying on a generic résumé.
Yes, much of SAP IBP configuration, documentation, testing and data analysis can be completed remotely. Workshops, process discovery and training may benefit from on-site collaboration with German teams. Agree early on working language, workshop availability, time zones and access to SAP systems.
Ask the specialist to explain how they would model planning levels, key figures, master data and exception handling for your scenario. A capable SAP IBP professional connects system design to planner decisions and can describe testing with real constraints. References, sample deliverables and a structured discovery approach are useful quality signals.
SAP IBP is a planning solution, not a replacement for ERP or execution systems. It uses data from systems such as SAP S/4HANA and can send approved planning results into operational processes. Specialists should define clear boundaries between planning, order management, production and logistics execution.
Freelancers working with SAP IBP should expect close cooperation between business planners, data owners, integration specialists and SAP program teams. Clear documentation matters because planning models, key figures and process ownership affect later maintenance. Familiarity with SAP Activate practices and collaborative workshops is valuable on Germany-based engagements.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SAP IBP in their recent projects is 141 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,125 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SAP IBP in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SAP IBP in their recent projects have 29 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP IBP in their recent projects are German (100%), English (90%), and French (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP IBP in their recent projects are Manufacturing (90%), Automotive (70%), and Professional Services (70%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP IBP in their recent projects are Project Management (100%), Information Technology (80%), and Logistics (80%).
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