SAP PP Experts in Munich
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Yulia V.
Last position:
Independent Advisor - Strategy, Transformation & AI at JV Advisory
Independent advisory practice for strategy, organisational transformation, M&A / investor work and AI/data-enabled change.
- Short-term diagnostic and problem-solving mandates: rapid strategic and organisational assessments for leadership teams and Boards, translated into recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
- Organisational redesign and AI governance for an international group of approximately 1,500 employees: structure, mandates, decision rights and interfaces; AI-readiness and data-maturity assessment; vendor evaluation and selection; capability building.
- Design of a centralised Strategy Execution / Results Delivery Office for an industrial client: mandate, governance, portfolio steering, KPI logic, decision forums and implementation roadmap.
- Selected part-time mandate with SPARS GmbH (as a Business Development and Investments Director): developed M&A pipelines, assessed targets for strategic fit and synergy potential, led commercial due-diligence workstreams and investor / partner engagement.
Venkatakrishna G.
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.
Christian M.
Last position:
Self-employed business consultant at CuriousMinds Unternehmensberatung
- Strategic consulting, technical consulting, interim management, and training
- Management consulting and development of application solutions through interdisciplinary solution approaches
- Employee and team development as well as innovation and communication management
Werner B.
Last position:
Product Visionary Sales & Operations Planning at BASF Digital Solutions GmbH
- Support of BASF units in change management for the introduction of a Sales & Operations Planning process based on OMP SOP
Florian S.
Last position:
ABAP/4 and ABAP Objects Developer at Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
- WRICEF objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow) in the FI and CO modules of S/4HANA ECC with ABAP OO
- Use of SAP HANA Studio, AIF, SAP Solution Manager, Confluence and Jira
- Environment: SAP S/4HANA on Premise 2020
Oliver G.
Last position:
Bid Management Advisor for SAP S/4HANA Transformation Tender Healthcare
Jürgen J.
Last position:
Founder at INT Consult GmbH
- Focus on complex, mostly international projects where industry experience and detailed knowledge are required.
- Delivery of more than 50 projects for internationally active mid-sized companies or global corporations with specialized subsidiaries.
- Top rating / success rate in all projects (96%).
Michael R.
Last position:
Scrum Master, Project Manager and SAP BI Consultant at Self-employed / maconvis Dienstleistungen GmbH
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Statistics of experts using SAP PP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
30 years (Germany: 26 years)
Position duration
3.9 years (Germany: 2.9 years)
Positions per freelancer
12 (Germany: 19)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
33% (Germany: 54%)
Doctorate
17% (Germany: 12%)
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 16 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Munich 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 Munich using SAP PP
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 16 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP PP 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 (88%)
- Manufacturing (88%)
- Professional Services (63%)
- Chemical (50%)
- Aerospace and Defense (38%)
- Food and Beverage (38%)
- Healthcare (38%)
- Metals and Mining (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Production planning scope
SAP PP, also called SAP Production Planning, supports the planning and control of manufacturing operations. It connects demand, material requirements, bills of material, work centers and production orders so companies can move from sales plans to executable shop-floor work.
Core processes
SAP PP specialists configure planning logic and production master data across make-to-stock, make-to-order and repetitive manufacturing. Typical deliverables include:
- Material requirements planning and planning runs
- Bills of material, routings and work centers
- Production orders, confirmations and goods movements
- Capacity planning and exception handling
Ecosystem and tooling
The module works with SAP MM for procurement, SAP SD for demand, SAP CO for costing and SAP QM for quality processes. In SAP S/4HANA, professionals also work with embedded analytics, MRP Live, production versions and manufacturing execution integrations. Knowledge of SAP Fiori and relevant interfaces supports usable, connected processes.
When companies need support
Companies bring in freelance expertise during SAP rollouts, S/4HANA transformations, plant deployments and production process redesigns. Specialists can also resolve planning inconsistencies, improve master-data governance or prepare testing and cutover activities. In Munich, this is relevant to industrial businesses coordinating central teams with local plants and suppliers.
Delivery and collaboration
Strong SAP PP professionals translate production requirements into maintainable configuration and clear process documentation. They align planners, shop-floor teams, procurement and finance instead of treating production planning as an isolated module. Remote delivery works well for configuration, workshops and testing, while plant visits can help with process observation, training and go-live support.
Signs of strong expertise
Look for professionals who can explain the impact of each setting on planning, inventory and capacity. Useful evidence includes:
- Structured SAP PP or SAP Production Planning configuration decisions
- Experience with master-data quality and migration validation
- Practical integration with MM, SD, CO, QM or manufacturing execution
- Clear test cases, issue analysis and user training materials
- Confident communication in the languages required by the Munich project team
Frequently asked questions
Key details about SAP PP, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
SAP PP is used to plan and control manufacturing, from demand and material requirements through production orders, confirmations and goods movements. It helps connect planning data with procurement, capacity and shop-floor execution.
SAP Production Planning is closely integrated with SAP materials management, sales, costing and quality processes. Dedicated APS or MES tools may offer deeper scheduling or execution capabilities, while SAP PP provides a broad transactional backbone that can be extended through integrations.
A strong SAP ERP PP professional usually understands bills of material, routings, work centers, MRP, capacity planning and production orders. Experience with SAP MM, SD, CO, QM, master-data migration, SAP Fiori or MES integration is also valuable.
The right SAP PP professional depends on the scope, plant complexity and project phase. A focused configuration task may need a specialist in one process, while a rollout or S/4HANA transformation calls for broader integration, testing, data and change-management experience.
SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing work can often be delivered remotely through workshops, configuration sessions, testing and documentation. On-site collaboration may still be useful for observing plant processes, validating shop-floor requirements and supporting training or go-live activities in Munich.
Ask an SAP PP specialist to explain how a proposed configuration affects planning results, capacity, inventory and production execution. Review concrete deliverables such as process maps, test scenarios, migration checks and issue analyses rather than relying only on module labels.
In SAP Production Planning, material masters, bills of material, routings, work centers, production versions and planning parameters are central. Poor data can create misleading requirements, capacity problems and order errors even when the configuration is sound.
SAP ERP PP is common in discrete and process-oriented manufacturing, including automotive, industrial equipment, chemicals, consumer products and life sciences. The required expertise varies with production type, traceability needs, batch handling, subcontracting and the company’s plant model.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects is 124 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 991 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 33% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects have 30 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (38%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Manufacturing (88%), and Professional Services (63%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SAP PP in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (88%), and Operations (75%).
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