SAP PP Experts in Germany
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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Jozsef Ferincz
Last position:
IT project management, introduction of AI-supported software development
- Industry: software manufacturer
- Tasks: project management; tracking and coordination of projects; stakeholder management; change management; prioritization of requirements; alignment of architecture; supplier management (internal and external); release management; monitoring defect resolution with the teams; AI-supported software development, software testing and code analysis; AI prompting, prompt engineering
- Software: Jira, Confluence, MS Project, MS Teams
- Environment: IT, software development, agile, artificial intelligence (AI)
Dominik Piecuch
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
Andreas Fischer
Last position:
Project Manager & Portfolio Owner for Infrastructure (Automotive) at MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
- Overall coordination of service providers for all infrastructure topics at a production site being set up in Baden-WĂĽrttemberg
- Design and finding solutions for internet connectivity, building office communication networks, setting up WLAN in production and administration buildings, IP address management, password policies, time tracking, access control systems, backup strategies, emergency power planning, operating concepts, cost planning, event management, workplace setup including laptop/mobile phones/telephony, remote support, print servers
- Selecting suitable external service providers and planning to meet needs for spare parts, repairs, on-site service, network and workplace support including on-site system replacement by providers
- Choosing suitable external service providers for facility management and building technology (fiber optic connections, data center infrastructure, cable ducts etc.)
- Coordination with clients and service providers
- Escalation management, schedule control
- On-site presence for service meetings and managing service providers
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Statistics of experts using SAP PP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
27 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
92%
Master's degree or higher
51%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates of experts in Germany using SAP PP
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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
Production planning
SAP PP supports production planning and shop-floor control in SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA. Companies use it to plan demand, manage BOMs and routings, and turn sales or forecast needs into executable production orders. It fits discrete manufacturing and process-oriented environments where plan accuracy matters.
Core tasks
- Master data setup for materials, work centers, BOMs, and routings
- MRP runs, order proposals, and capacity evaluation
- Production order release, confirmation, and goods movements
- Planning for make-to-stock, make-to-order, and engineer-to-order flows
Ecosystem fit
Strong SAP PP specialists understand how production planning connects with MM for materials, SD for demand, and CO for cost tracking. In SAP S/4HANA, they also know which changes affect order handling, planning tables, and data models. That mix is important when a company needs stable processes across plants, not just a local fix.
When to bring in help
Companies usually call in freelance SAP PP expertise during rollouts, template harmonization, master data cleanup, or cutover support. It also helps when planning runs are unstable, order execution is inconsistent, or users need process changes translated into system settings. In Germany, this is common in manufacturing-heavy teams that need experienced specialists for project work or temporary coverage.
What good experts do
- Translate production rules into clean SAP configuration
- Test end-to-end scenarios across planning and execution
- Spot master data issues before they disrupt supply or output
- Work clearly with business users, IT, and adjacent SAP teams
Signs of real experience
A strong SAP PP professional can explain the full flow from demand planning to order confirmation without guessing. Look for people who have handled business process design, go-live support, and troubleshooting in live plants. They should also be comfortable with SAP terminology such as MRP, capacity planning, production versions, and S/4HANA impacts.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to SAP PP.
SAP PP is used for production planning and shop-floor control. It helps a company turn demand into planned orders, production orders, and confirmations, while keeping materials and capacities in view. It is a core fit for manufacturing processes that need disciplined planning and execution.
Yes. SAP PP is the common abbreviation for SAP Production Planning. Searchers also use terms like SAP ERP PP or SAP S/4HANA PP, depending on the system landscape and release. In practice, the work still centers on planning, order execution, and master data.
SAP PP handles operational production planning inside SAP ERP or S/4HANA. SAP APO and SAP IBP are used more for advanced planning, forecasting, and supply chain scenarios. Many projects need someone who can connect these tools instead of treating them as separate worlds.
A strong SAP PP expert usually also knows MM, SD, and CO, because planning depends on materials, demand, and cost flow. Knowledge of BOMs, routings, work centers, and shop-floor execution is essential. In S/4HANA projects, understanding migration impact and master data quality matters too.
You usually need a SAP PP freelancer when you are rolling out a template, changing production processes, fixing unstable planning runs, or preparing a go-live. Senior help is also useful when the business has complex manufacturing rules or several plants with different needs. The more integration points, the more important proven process experience becomes.
Yes, much of SAP PP work can be done remotely, especially blueprinting, testing, and support. On-site time is still useful for workshops, plant visits, and cutover phases when production processes must be observed directly. In Germany, many companies use a hybrid setup for that reason.
A good SAP PP specialist can explain not just configuration, but the business reason behind it. Look for evidence of end-to-end process ownership, clean issue handling, and practical knowledge of master data and integration. References from manufacturing projects are often more useful than a long tool list.
Before joining a SAP PP project, freelancers should understand the plant setup, manufacturing strategy, and which modules are in scope. They should also ask about data quality, test environments, and whether the work is support, rollout, or redesign. Clear access to business users and process owners makes the work much faster.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects is 116 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 930 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 51% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects have 27 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are German (99%), English (97%), and French (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are Manufacturing (84%), Professional Services (70%), and Information Technology (68%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are Project Management (89%), Information Technology (83%), and Supply Chain Management (72%).
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