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Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- AI product development: Design of an AI-supported GRC platform to automate compliance processes.
- AI expertise: Strategic deepening in Agentic AI and GenAI as a core asset for modern IT governance
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Peter Sachs-Witzel
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
Swetha Banuvaram
Last position:
Project Management at the sandblasters GmbH
- Planning and concept development for building a new business model, including structuring and implementing business processes.
- Coordination and management of external service providers as well as interface management.
- Introduction and implementation of new digital tools and processes to optimize operational workflows.
Abhishek Sharma
Last position:
Business Process Manager / SAP FICO Owner at Dynapac GmbH
- Defined S/4HANA finance solution architecture and led full project lifecycle — Blueprint through Hypercare — for global rollout.
- Designed global finance templates and COPA characteristics, harmonizing financial reporting across business units.
- Implemented role-based authorizations, SOD controls, and master data governance; managed provisioning and training for 200+ users.
- Coordinated cross-module integrations (MM, SD, PP) and third-party systems (Salesforce, SAP DRC, E-Invoicing), reducing month-end close from 5 days to 2 days.
- Prepared functional specifications, supported ABAP development, and drove problem management practices that reduced recurring incidents.
Egon Maier
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Integration Consultant – MES / Siemens Opcenter Integration at Metso Corporation
- Supported an integration project between SAP S/4HANA and a MES / Siemens Opcenter system via Azure Middleware.
- Responsible for SAP-side analysis, mapping and provisioning of relevant data objects such as material master data, production orders and process orders using SAP standard APIs and OData services.
- SAP-side mapping for Material Master, Production Orders and Process Orders
- Usage of API_PRODUCT, API_PRODUCTION_ORDER_2_SRV and API_PROCESS_ORDER_2_SRV
- Consideration of SAP S/4HANA Advanced Available-to-Promise for order confirmation, production availability and downstream MES execution
- Support for SAP Gateway and OData service topics
- Interface coordination between SAP S/4HANA, Azure Middleware and MES / Siemens Opcenter
- Support for testing, monitoring and error analysis
- Worked with BTC Cockpit and Deloitte ASADEV Tool
Farid Alam
Last position:
SAP Data Migration & Data Management Consultant for SAP GEMINI at Montblanc
The consultant's responsibilities/actions are:
- Consulting on the migration of material master & PP Master data
- Prepare Article List template for Cutover Phase
- Implementation of data cleansing measures using individual and bulk changes
- SAP all mandatory fields data extraction regarding Business needed
- SAP migration, Cutover, Testing, BAT, UAT
- Align with the multiple Stakeholders regarding Data from Legacy and SAP System
- Deployed SAP MM best practice (guided configurations, active methodologies and road map for project initiation)
SAP ERP | SAP GEMINI | SAP Fields Coordination | Documentation | SAP IDoc | SAP Integration | SAP End-to-End Process | SAP MM (Material Management) | SAP Functional Consultant | SAP Gap analysis | SAP MDM (Master Data Management) | Data Migration & Management
Philip Scott
Last position:
Interim Management - OPEX, BPM, LEAN CI, Quality at SCOTTSPOT
Andrew Steinhauer
Last position:
CSO/COO Interim at Testa Motari GmbH
- Interim leadership responsibility for realigning the entire leadership organization – away from classic target setting and solution specification toward a teal-oriented organization with clear responsibility for each individual employee.
- Stabilization of production processes and reduction of the backlog in all customer projects.
- Building up the necessary material inventory (agreed with end customers by contract) – eliminated backlogs and special runs, achieved 2 weeks of material inventory.
- From the start of the assignment, also took over overall technical responsibility for Research & Development (R&D).
- In addition to the CSO/COO role, took over responsibility for controlling and finance in the last 9 months.
Siva Krishnamurthy
Last position:
SAP S/4 HANA Workstream Lead (PP/ QM/ePPDS) at SIKA AG
- Functional responsibility for the SAP PP stream within an S/4HANA Global Template rollout in PP/QM/ePPDS
- Leading fit-gap workshops with Production, Supply Chain, and Quality Management
- Master data migration in PP & QM (routing, bills of material, work centers, production versions, capacities, inspection plans)
- Work center - shift group integration in capacity planning
- PP- EWM, MES(BDE) & IBP integration
- Responsibility for solution design, customizing, testing, cutover, and go-live in PP
- Replacement of LMPC with ePPDS
Christian Kämmerer
Last position:
Consultant “S/4HANA Implementation in the MM Module” at ABISCON GmbH
- Support of the SAP modules “Sourcing & Procurement” as part of the “S/4HANA Brownfield” project rollout for the entire company
- Analysis, design, and organization of IT-supported business processes
- Further development of SAP MM from ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA, from requirements/process analysis through design to implementation (customizing, programming)
- Optimization and documentation of business processes and applications
- Responsible for implementing the S/4HANA rollout as an external consultant
- Independent analysis and resolution of issues
- Definition of change requests and their implementation/testing in collaboration with internal key users and process owners
- Support for SAP key users in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
- Training and supporting end users as part of the rollout
Harald Kilian
Last position:
SAP MM, PP Consultant at FRT Metrology Camtek
Creation of Power BI management reports
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Power BI
Bilal Javed
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Consultant at perinco GmbH
Initial Situation: Targeted professional development in the SAP S/4HANA environment with a focus on expanding the SAP PP core competency toward SAP MM, supply chain processes and SAP Fiori.
Responsibilities & Approach:
- Deepening of integrated end-to-end processes between SAP PP and SAP MM
- Expansion of knowledge in SAP Fiori, SAP Best Practices and process design
- Further training in the areas of data migration, SAP table structures and solution architecture
- Deepening of SAP S/4HANA ePP/DS and Demand Planning
- Expansion of methodological skills in the area of workshop facilitation and requirements analysis
Results:
- Expansion of SAP PP expertise to include SAP MM and supply chain processes
- In-depth knowledge of SAP Fiori and SAP S/4HANA Best Practices
- Expansion of consulting expertise for end-to-end processes in the manufacturing environment
Venkatakrishna Gurram
Last position:
Senior SAP S/4HANA FI/CO Consultant at Scandinavian Tobacco Group - Freelancer
- Lead SAP Controlling, Product Costing and Material Ledger activities across multiple legal entities, improving standard-costing consistency, inventory valuation and month-end financial reporting.
- Contributed to a 30% reduction in the overall financial closing cycle by coordinating SAP Finance, Controlling, Material Ledger and plant-closing activities against a structured month-end calendar.
- Maintain 99.5% SLA adherence while resolving complex Level 2 and Level 3 incidents across Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Material Ledger, Actual Costing, WIP, variance calculation and production-order settlement.
- Execute and validate individual and mass standard-cost estimates using CK11N and CK40N, ensuring accurate costing based on current BOMs, routings, activity prices, purchasing conditions and overhead structures.
- Improved product-costing accuracy by identifying and correcting inconsistencies across material-master costing views, activity types, work centres, BOMs, routings and purchasing data.
- Reduced month-end delays by resolving missing cost estimates, incomplete settlement rules, incorrect activity allocations, variance-calculation errors and production-order settlement failures.
- Reconcile production-order costs, inventory values, purchase-price differences, work in process, production variances and settlement postings across SAP Controlling, Material Ledger and General Ledger.
- Execute Material Ledger and Actual Costing close activities, including price determination, purchase-price-difference allocation and periodic unit-price validation.
- Analyse manufacturing-cost variances across raw materials, labour, machine activity, subcontracting, production usage and overhead costs, enabling business controllers to identify root causes and cost-reduction opportunities.
- Configure and support costing variants, valuation variants, quantity structures, cost-component structures, overhead-costing sheets and automatic account-determination settings.
- Coordinate annual standard-cost planning, costing runs and standard-price releases with Finance, Procurement, Production and plant-controlling teams.
- Improved indirect-cost visibility through cost-center planning, activity-price calculations, assessments, distributions and cost-allocation cycles.
- Support profitability reporting through Account-Based CO-PA, enabling analysis by product, customer, market, company code and profit center.
- Developed reconciliation controls, standard operating procedures and costing reports that improved financial governance, closing accuracy and audit readiness.
- Facilitate workshops and knowledge-transfer sessions covering standard costing, Material Ledger, WIP, production variances and production-order settlement.
Joseph Aligbe
Last position:
Senior SAP In-House Consultant, Plant-2-Stock at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
- Engaged business stakeholder to define levels 1, 2 3 & 4 processes.
- Engaged stakeholders to model the As-IS & To-Be business processes in Seeds Processing, Quality Management onto SAP Signavio.
- Identified and highlighted integration points between plant-to-Stock processes and other process areas such as finance and controlling.
- Documented business requirements as user Stories in Jira and categorized each user story as either Gap or Fit.
- Configured and demonstrated Variant Configuration in SAP PP to process owners and stakeholders as proposed solution to satisfy business requirements.
- Proposed workarounds or enhancements to meet requirements that are categorized as gaps.
- Planned the Sprints for Plan-to-Stock, assign and monitor the progress being made in completing user Stories for the active Sprint.
- Created the following PP Variant Configuration master data: Class of Class type 300, Configurable material of material type KMAT, Material variants of material type FERT & assigned the KMAT material to each FERT Material Variant, Super BOM & linked the Super BOM of the configurable material to FERT material variants, Routing and Production version for KMAT material.
- Reviewed list of custom reports currently in use in ECC and identified S4Hana standard analytical reports that satisfies these custom reporting requirements.
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
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Statistics of experts using SAP PP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
19
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management
Top industries
Manufacturing, Professional Services, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
90%
Master's degree or higher
52%
Doctorate
13%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 6 Sep 2026.
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Average rates of experts using SAP PP
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About the technology
Production planning
SAP PP is the production planning part of SAP ERP. It supports demand planning, capacity checks, production orders, and the daily control of manufacturing work. Companies use it to keep materials, machines, and schedules aligned.
Core processes
- Convert demand into planned orders and production orders
- Maintain bill of materials, routings, and work centers
- Check capacity and sequence work for shop floor execution
- Track confirmations, goods issues, and goods receipts
These processes are central in discrete manufacturing and many mixed SAP landscapes.
Ecosystem fit
SAP PP works closely with SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP QM, and SAP CO. Strong professionals understand how production planning affects inventory, purchasing, costing, and quality steps. They also know the difference between classic SAP ERP and S/4HANA process design.
When freelancers help
Companies bring in freelance SAP PP specialists for rollouts, template harmonization, master data cleanup, and issue resolution after go-live. They are also useful when production rules change, a plant is added, or planning logic needs better control. In Germany, these projects often need clear documentation and close cooperation with local business users.
What strong experts do
A strong SAP PP specialist translates production needs into stable SAP settings and usable processes. They can challenge weak master data, spot broken dependencies between materials and routings, and keep planning behavior understandable for the business. They work well with process owners and technical teams alike.
Common deliverables
- PP configuration and process design
- Master data model review and cleanup
- Test support, defect analysis, and training material
- Support for plant start-ups, template updates, and migrations
These deliverables make SAP PP reliable in day-to-day manufacturing and easier to change later.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about SAP PP? Start with the answers below.
SAP PP is used to plan and control production in SAP. It helps companies turn demand into production orders, manage capacity, and keep materials and shop floor execution aligned. It is a core fit for manufacturing environments that need structured planning and traceable execution.
Yes. SAP PP is the common short name for SAP Production Planning. People may also refer to it as the PP module in SAP ERP or S/4HANA, but the function stays the same: planning and controlling manufacturing work.
SAP PP handles production planning, while SAP MM focuses on materials and procurement, and SAP SD on sales and delivery. In real projects, they work together because production depends on stock, purchasing, and customer demand. A good specialist understands those handoffs, not just the PP settings.
A strong SAP PP specialist usually knows master data, integration points, testing, and process analysis. Useful adjacent skills include SAP MM, basic SAP QM, capacity planning, and working with production master data like routings and bills of materials. In S/4HANA projects, knowing the changed process flow matters too.
A SAP PP project needs more than basic system knowledge when the scope includes plant rollout, template design, or production issue fixing. For a small support task, a focused specialist may be enough. For cross-module changes, you want someone who has handled real manufacturing processes end to end.
Much SAP PP work can be done remotely, especially configuration, testing, documentation, and issue analysis. On-site time helps when the project needs shop floor observation, workshop facilitation, or close work with production teams. Many companies use a mixed setup.
Look for a SAP PP specialist who can explain process impacts in plain language and tie settings back to production outcomes. Good signs are clean master data thinking, solid integration knowledge, and practical test cases. You want someone who prevents recurring issues, not just someone who changes configuration.
The most common SAP PP projects are rollouts, plant harmonization, master data improvements, support after go-live, and migration work toward S/4HANA. Companies also bring in specialists for production order issues, capacity planning changes, and better coordination with planning and purchasing.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used SAP PP in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 933 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used SAP PP in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 52% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used SAP PP in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are German (99%), English (96%), and French (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are Manufacturing (85%), Professional Services (70%), and Information Technology (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are Project Management (89%), Information Technology (83%), and Supply Chain Management (74%).
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