SAP R/3 Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used SAP R/3
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.
Serkant Türemiş
Last position:
Interim Manager, License Controlling at Tonies GmbH
- Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
- Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
- Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
- Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
- Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.
Arne Zühlke
Last position:
Managing Director and Shareholder at ARNESS GmbH & Co. KG
- Founded the company as a full-service consulting firm focused on purchasing and supply chain
- Commercial management of the company
- Digitalization and automation of work steps to reduce process costs
- Project management for optimization projects
- Connecting German companies with manufacturers abroad to achieve shorter delivery times and lower procurement costs at the same time
- Organizing B2B meetings between international companies
- Research on procurement markets (BestCostCountry) for the production of complex welded assemblies
- Taking on interim management assignments
Alexander Philipp Herbst
Last position:
Software Project Leader for Brake Control Units at ZF Friedrichshafen / ZF Active Safety GmbH
- Project management for software projects in the brake control unit area with a focus on deadlines, costs, and quality.
- Planning, control, and reporting of project progress, risks, dependencies, and work packages.
- Planning and tracking of work packages using PTC Integrity.
- Organizing and moderating customer meetings as well as coordination with internal departments, external suppliers, and third parties.
- Creating and maintaining project documentation according to Automotive SPICE requirements as well as management reporting.
Martin Hermann
Last position:
Lead Product Owner at Energy
- Team leadership: Prioritization and coordination of four cross-functional teams.
- Platform strategy: Development and implementation of strategies to optimize existing IT platforms.
- Stakeholder management: Active management of expectations and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Program and innovation management: Prioritization and coordination of cross-department projects as well as innovation initiatives.
- Product Owner consulting: Advising Product Owners with a focus on product development and continuous product improvement.
- Organizational development: Improving communication and decision-making structures across all organizational levels.
- Change management: Implementing best-practice change management methods to ensure continuous optimization and innovation.
- Quality assurance: Ensuring high quality standards in processes, services, and deliverables.
Gerhard Kolar
Last position:
Senior Project Manager and Construction Manager at HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH
- Building the data center in Oberkochen (defense area)
- Planning the fiber optic ring, simulation of Wi-Fi coverage
- Cable routing plan for WAN and LAN cables for office and production (infrastructure)
- Adaptation of the SAP system (R3) for the Oberkochen site (software)
- IT transformation of the SAP system to SAP HANA
- Planning network infrastructure and server technologies in the SAP environment
- Pré-sales support and setting up change management
- Independent coordination of utilities according to time, budget and quality
- Mapping the project in MS Project and SERVICENow
- Development and design of hardware and software
- Demand management and portfolio management
- Building a risk register and migration plan
- Preparation of payment-supporting documents in coordination with the responsible finance and commercial functions
- Budget: 5 Mio. - 34 FTE
Robert Karash
Last position:
Interim Manager | Group Leader in the IT Operations & Digitalization Division "Databases, Operations & Support" (DOS) at Landwirtschaftliche RentenBank
- Technical leadership and further development of a team of 28 IT staff (internal & external) in the areas HelpDesk/HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basis operations
- Managing external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basis operations)
- Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
- Introducing and establishing regular communication formats (weekly status meetings, team and cross-department meetings)
- Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows/Linux with database and web/application servers)
- Supporting transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
- Setting up and implementing a digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
- Developing and managing the "IT Operations DOS" department based on corporate strategy
- Preparing management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
- Representing the department in the advisory boards of the Rentenbank and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, GDPR, BSI, MaRisk)
Christian Kleiner
Last position:
Self-employed Human Resources Interim Manager & Consultant at KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Support with establishing and setting up the new site and the new organizational structure
- Close coordination with the HR project manager at KNDS
- Advice on transferring former Alstom employees via a transfer company
- Preparation of the direct transfer of the training department
- Coordination with the transfer company
- Support for the new local management team
Thomas Meyer
Last position:
Executive Consultant, Coach to Management at International consulting firm
- Support to management on critical strategic topics with high investment volumes (e.g. large project > EUR 250 million).
- Support for the financing of large projects with a credit volume of EUR 100 million.
- Advice on difficult personnel issues and on filling leadership positions.
- Leadership and management in virtual project environments.
- Strategic consulting on digitalization as well as financing and equity topics.
- Impulse giver and advisor for stuck negotiations, contract design, and solution options.
Tymofii Sukhachov
Last position:
Senior Backend Developer at Medavis
- Developed backend features for Modern RIS, a web-based Radiology Information System integrated with the existing Classic RIS via WebView.
- Worked on a modular Spring Boot backend covering clinical workflows such as appointments, examinations, patients, orders, reporting, billing, and inventory.
- Contributed to event-driven architecture using domain events to decouple workflows across backend modules.
- Implemented REST/OpenAPI endpoints, service-layer business logic, DTO mapping, validation, and integration points for the React frontend.
- Worked with PostgreSQL-backed domain models, Liquibase database changes, read/write model separation, and legacy RIS database structures.
- Integrated authentication and authorization flows using Keycloak and OAuth2.
- Added and maintained unit/integration tests using JUnit, Rest Assured, Testcontainers, and project-specific test utilities.
- Supported CI/CD and local development workflows using Maven, Docker Compose, Jenkins, and generated OpenAPI clients.
Tech stack: Java 21, Spring Boot 3.5, Maven, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Keycloak, OAuth2, REST, OpenAPI/Springdoc, MapStruct, Lombok, Docker, Testcontainers, Jenkins.
Eyline Jakubowski
Last position:
External Financial Accountant at Trench Group GmbH
- Independent training in travel expense accounting (Egencia, Perk, AirPlus)
- Interface management between travel expense tools
- Onboarding and offboarding of employees and vendors
- Advising teams on posting incoming and outgoing invoices
- Documentation and process improvement
Ulrike Wolter
Last position:
Interim HR Business Partner at Industrial Company
Janko Böhm
Last position:
RTE, Agile Coach at Haufe Group SE
Transformation of the program organization from six subprojects into a scaled agile setup as RTE to stabilize the go-live date
Organizational development by building virtual, agile, cross-functional teams and establishing metrics and performance indicators
Coaching agile development and rollout principles for an SAP migration
Training internal staff for new roles and toughening up effort estimates towards the steering board
Switching to agile governance and reporting structures with a focus on end-to-end business processes
Establishing the product owner role and promoting agile principles in the SAP development team
Reduced delivery times through domain-based scoping and smaller cycle times
More reliable delivery forecasts and increased delivery rates
Earlier and more frequent feedback from business units, increased trust, and cost savings by eliminating duplicate structures
Kyu-Wang Lee
Last position:
Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen
The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.
In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.
Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location
Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)
Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data
Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure
Environment coordination and build management
Implementing external interfaces
Implementing business requirements
Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications
Designing and implementing microservice architecture
Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Deploying applications on OpenShift
Creating technical documentation and diagrams
Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users
Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)
Matthias Friedrich
Last position:
Senior HR Manager with a focus on Recruiting at TransnetBW GmbH
- Building up the workforce from 1,300 to 1,850 employees (white-collar positions) together with the team and an external colleague
- Advising the company across the entire recruiting process chain
- End-to-end recruiting
- Active sourcing
- Close collaboration and coordination with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. external HR service providers, hiring managers and works council)
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Statistics of experts using SAP R/3
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
27 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Manufacturing, Professional Services, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
81%
Master's degree or higher
46%
Doctorate
10%
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.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using SAP R/3
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What SAP R/3 Covers
SAP R/3 is the classic SAP ERP system many companies still run for finance, purchasing, sales, production, and warehouse work. It connects core business processes in one landscape and often sits beside later SAP ERP or S/4HANA programs. In Germany, it is common in manufacturing, industry, and regulated operations.
Typical Work
- FI and CO support for postings, closing tasks, and reporting
- MM, SD, and PP process changes in live systems
- ABAP adjustments, forms, and interfaces
- ALE, IDoc, and RFC integration work
- Upgrade, cleanup, and rollout support
Ecosystem Skills
Strong SAP R/3 specialists know the core modules, but also the objects around them: transport management, authorization concepts, spool and printing, batch jobs, and user exits. They work with ABAP, SAPscript, Smart Forms, RFC, IDoc, and common middleware paths that keep legacy ERP connected.
When to Bring Help
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a release is stuck, a rollout needs extra hands, or a key business process is too risky to change without deep system knowledge. A good specialist can read old custom code, trace dependencies, and fix issues without breaking month-end work. That matters when internal teams are busy or the original project knowledge is gone.
What Good Specialists Do
A strong SAP R/3 professional works carefully, documents changes well, and understands how a fix in one area affects another. They ask about business process, not just tables and transactions. They should be comfortable with production support, testing, cutover planning, and the small details that keep legacy ERP stable.
Germany Context
In Germany, SAP R/3 work often touches manufacturing, automotive supply chains, trade, and shared service centers. Many projects mix remote analysis with occasional on-site work for workshops, testing, or cutover. German language skills help, but many technical tasks and documentation flows can still be handled in English when the team is set up for it.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about SAP R/3 — answered in short.
SAP R/3 is used to run core business processes such as finance, purchasing, sales, production, and inventory. Many firms still rely on it for stable day-to-day ERP operations, even if other SAP landscapes now sit around it. It is especially common where custom processes and long-lived integrations matter.
SAP R/3 is the older, classic ERP generation that many people still mean when they say SAP R/3 or simply R/3. SAP ERP came later as the broader suite name, while S/4HANA is the newer platform with a different data model and technical approach. They solve similar business needs, but the migration and support work are very different.
A strong SAP R/3 freelancer should know the relevant module deeply, such as FI, CO, MM, SD, or PP, and understand ABAP-based changes around it. Useful adjacent skills include IDoc, RFC, forms, transport handling, authorizations, and testing support. They should also be able to read old custom code and trace process flows across modules.
A SAP R/3 project usually needs outside help when internal staff are overloaded, a key person has left, or a fix touches old custom code that no one wants to change blindly. Freelance specialists also help with rollouts, interface issues, audits, and end-user support during busy periods. They are useful when you need focused system knowledge without a long hiring cycle.
SAP R/3 is more dependent on classic ABAP customizations, transaction-based work, and older integration patterns than newer SAP systems. That can be an advantage when you need predictable support for an existing landscape, but it also means changes need care because many custom objects are intertwined. A good specialist understands both the legacy setup and the path to later SAP platforms.
Yes, much of SAP R/3 analysis, debugging, documentation, and testing can be done remotely from Germany or across borders. On-site time is still useful for workshops, user acceptance, cutover, or when business teams want close coordination. The best setup depends on how much access the freelancer needs and how sensitive the change is.
Look for a SAP R/3 specialist who can explain root cause clearly, describe the business impact, and show how they tested the change. Good signals are clean transport discipline, solid documentation, and practical examples of production support or module-specific work. They should talk in process terms, not only technical terms.
People still search for SAP R/3 because many live ERP landscapes, interfaces, and custom programs were built on it and are still in use. Teams need experts for support, stabilization, and gradual change, not only for new implementations. The search term also covers the older R/3 name that many professionals still use in practice.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SAP R/3 in their recent projects is 114 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 914 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SAP R/3 in their recent projects, 81% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 46% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SAP R/3 in their recent projects have 27 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP R/3 in their recent projects are German (100%), English (97%), and French (24%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP R/3 in their recent projects are Manufacturing (78%), Professional Services (66%), and Information Technology (60%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP R/3 in their recent projects are Project Management (82%), Information Technology (69%), and Operations (65%).
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