
RISE with SAP Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used RISE with SAP
Christel Kristin R.
Last position:
SAP Senior / Lead Consultant / Team Lead / Trainer at Mercator Leasing GmbH
- Merging several systems, consulting for SAP Finance / Controlling overall, FI/CO, DRC, F2R, R2R, incoming and outgoing invoice mapping and target postings of contracts and BP from source systems. CAMt53, creation of the technical concept for the migration of various business areas, creation of migration templates and FMD Files, support with data migration, consolidations and data entry, test management for the SAP part, test support, training of end users in all FI and CO areas, FI-AA
Kristina S.
Last position:
Agile Transformation Coach – SAP Program (Freelance) at Sherpa X Digital Transformation SAP at Siemens
- Agile Transformation Coach within an SAP-driven End-to-End Lead-to-Cash program, supporting leadership and management teams in implementing and evolving the Sherpa Way of Working, strengthening Agile practices, role definitions and responsibility clarity (RACI), and delivery effectiveness
- Member of the leadership core team for the Way of Working, shaping and evolving agile operating models, challenging existing practices, and driving pragmatic, system-level improvements
- Conceptualized a Polarion-based Scrum Master dashboard as a single, role-based entry point for sprint status, dependencies, risks, and governance artefacts, reducing reporting overhead and improving transparency
- Provided targeted 1:1 coaching to the Master Scrum Master and Scrum Masters, strengthening leadership capability, role effectiveness, and support for team-specific challenges, including the redesign of Scrum Master syncs and collaboration formats
- Worked with teams and leadership on End-to-End Lead-to-Cash process analysis and documentation in SAP Signavio, supporting alignment, transparency, and a shared understanding of process expectations across teams
Norman S.
Last position:
Interim Project Manager Integration Layer & Customer Engagement Center at Neo.X Solutions
Taking over a project in serious difficulty Project restart and expansion to include CEC Project implementation Manager of the escalation and approval of the restart planning by the German management and global management
Tobias R.
Last position:
M&A IT Project Manager / Cross-functional Technical and Integration Manager at Sandoz AG
- Worked for several M&A projects (Eire, Sunshine C, Coral) in the role of IT project manager and cross-functional technical manager / integration manager.
- Preparation and maintenance of project charters, project change requests and project plans.
- Weekly project status report.
- Preparation of decision papers and steering committee slidedecks.
- Risk & issue management.
- Tracking and managing activities, dependencies and deliverables across all functional IT domains.
- Data migration (planning and execution).
Willie S.
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Carve-out Project Manager at Angloamerican
- Created project management plans and mobilized resources
- Coordinated third-party and offshore stakeholders for carve-out of two companies in Supply Chain and Finance/Treasury streams
Luca P.
Last position:
ERP Program Manager at Fiserv
The customer is undergoing a comprehensive transformation. All SAP ECC landscapes worldwide are being migrated to SAP S/4HANA, with the goal of introducing a standard template worldwide.
The program also includes the “RISE with SAP” migration and modernization program, which may involve migrating the landscapes of selected country installations to the SAP Private Cloud.
On the stakeholder side, the program reporting line extends to the company’s executive board and that of the implementation partner.
Fiserv Germany’s ERP landscape currently includes several non-standard SAP tools and applications that extend the functionality of the ECC environment and can often be integrated into downstream systems. As part of the transition to SAP S/4HANA, it is essential to assess the core functionality, integration points and future viability of these applications in order to determine their alignment with the target architecture.
The focus of the work is on providing expert advice and assessment to define the scope, strategy and roadmap for transitioning Fiserv Germany’s SAP ECC system to SAP S/4HANA.
The recommended best practices from SAP are followed and a structured approach is used to ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption while maximizing business value.
This assessment forms the basis for a successful SAP S/4HANA transformation and ensures alignment with industry best practices, regulatory compliance and future scalability.
Migration Strategy Definition – assessment of available transition approaches based on business objectives, technical feasibility and SAP Best Practices.
Technical Readiness Assessment – conducting a system analysis to assess compatibility, custom code impact, data volume management, integration points and infrastructure readiness for SAP S/4HANA.
Business Process Impact Analysis – reviewing the latest business process documentation to define the scope and effort required to implement the necessary functions in SAP S/4HANA and to identify opportunities for process optimization.
Roadmap for Non-SAP Systems and Applications – assessment of third-party and legacy applications regarding their integration with SAP S/4HANA and recommendation of consolidation, migration or replacement strategies.
Deployment & Implementation Planning – defining a phased approach for implementation, including project schedules, risk mitigation strategies and key milestones aligned with business priorities.
This transformation takes place in phases: the Discovery phase leads to the Explore phase, which is followed by the Design phase and finally implementation.
Program management
Change management
Requirements management
Transition management
Stakeholder management
Risk management
Comprehensive coordination
Björn S.
Last position:
External IT Director SAP / IT Transformation Manager at Finanzministerium Berlin
IT infrastructure / SAP Grantor / SAP-BTP transformation project in the public sector for the digitalization of government funding programs. The goal was a clean-core-oriented SAP-BTP solution architecture with CAP/RAP services, APIs, integrations and operational readiness for Run, AMO and AMS structures.
- Industry: Public
- Budget 2026 5 Mio EUR
- Budget planned for 2027 8,7 Mio EUR
- Team size 45 FTE
Benjamin W.
Last position:
SAP Basis at IT Baden-Württemberg (BITBW)
- SAP Basis operations for complex SAP system landscapes (ABAP and Java stacks)
- Administration, monitoring, and optimization of SAP systems with regard to availability, performance, and stability
- Planning and execution of data center moves as well as migrations of SAP systems and databases
- Handling of incidents, changes, and problems according to ITIL processes, including root cause analyses
- Creation of technical concepts, operations documentation, and implementation plans
Technologies: SAP NetWeaver, ITIL processes, technical migrations
Thomas W.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at Siemens / Innomotics
- Carve-out of HR, SuccessFactors, PeopleHub, Concur, RLP and interface systems to an external international service provider
Tobias H.
Last position:
SAP Technology Expert / SAP BO Basis Administrator at Talanx AG/ HDI Versicherung
- Incident Management
- User management: creating, maintaining, and deactivating users as well as maintaining roles
- Updates and upgrades: planning and executing updates and upgrades
- Operations: performance analysis, daily monitoring, and applying SNotes
- Job management: creating, maintaining, and monitoring jobs
- Training of employees
- Development and extension of reports
- Development and extension of universes
- Technologies: SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO 4.3), Oracle SQL Developer, SAP Information Design Tool, Octane
- Methods: Scrum
Jürgen W.
Last position:
IT Project Manager at Daimler Financial Services
- Implementation of a financing and leasing system for Market NL (Miles / Miles MMP) from supplier Sofico
Djalil M.
Last position:
SAP Basis Consultant at TÜV Köln
- Configuration and integration of SAP LS and SAP Concur with Calm
- Set up monitoring and alerting
- CALP API to Cloud Analytics and generating Dashboards
Matthias L.
Last position:
Head of IT System Architecture at Internal IT service provider
- Industry: metal processing industry
- Revenue: 740 million EUR
- Employees: 4,400
- Budget: 7 million EUR, 15 staff
- Designing and operating technical services
- Ensuring IT security
- Managing the central support organization (first, second, and third level)
- Digital transformation: strategic support / project management for OT platform and OT security
- Developing and introducing ITIL processes (incident management, problem management, service request fulfillment, change management, access management, service level management)
- Supporting and coordinating external service providers (provider management)
- Project management: planning and delivering IT services for a new main plant
- Promoting IT-OT convergence / OT asset management / OT security
- Organization: mediating and supporting reorganization
Achievements:
- Improving IT operations maturity (introducing and stabilizing processes, KPIs, ensuring transition)
- Replacing the ticket system with ServiceNow
- Stabilizing and developing IT security / ensuring resilience
- Successfully introducing OT segmentation (architecture, remote access control, micro-segmentation, OT asset management)
- Supporting introduction of manufacturing execution system (technical services / SaaS provider management)
- Integrating foreign sites (rollout of central IT services)
- Migrating on-premises server environment to MS Azure
- Rolling out Windows 11
- Supporting migration of on-premises SAP environment to SAP RISE
- Creating planning basis for IT network infrastructure of the new main plant
- Planning web shop
- Organizational development "From Operating to Designing" (target SIAM organization)
- Supporting BCM
Joscha G.
Last position:
Executive Management at Kite Runner GmbH
- Software development from Afghanistan
- Backend & Frontend web development / JS / PHP / Angular / Laravel / Certified SAP ABAP and BTP development / .NET / data analysis / machine learning / Python
Johann B.
Last position:
SAP Basis Administrator at Service Provider
- Support and assistance in projects
- Implementation and optimization of the SAP Basis infrastructure
- Administration of the SAP system landscape
- Installation, configuration and upgrades
- Defined task packages in the consulting area
- Cloud access (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Monitoring and optimization of system performance
- Analysis of missing authorizations and troubleshooting
- User creation and subsequent transport of changed roles
- Implementation of security policies and security patches
- Maintenance of technical operating manuals
- Collaboration with other IT teams
Technologies used:
- SAP Application Server/NetWeaver
- SAP S/4HANA
- Cloud Connection, SAP Rise systems
- HV systems
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Print systems
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Statistics of experts using RISE with SAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years

Position duration
1.6 years

Positions per freelancer
19

Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
8%

Certifications per freelancer
5

Most common languages
German, English, Spanish

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 RISE with SAP
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.
RISE with SAP 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 (100%)
- Manufacturing (87%)
- Professional Services (80%)
- Automotive (67%)
- Banking and Finance (67%)
- Retail (60%)
- Pharmaceutical (53%)
- Energy (47%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What RISE with SAP covers
RISE with SAP is a managed business transformation offering built around SAP S/4HANA Cloud. It combines cloud ERP, infrastructure, application operations, and transformation services in one commercial framework. Companies use it to modernize core processes while moving away from heavily customized legacy SAP landscapes.
Business processes
RISE with SAP supports integrated processes across finance, procurement, sales, manufacturing, supply chain, asset management, and human resources integrations. The work can include a new implementation, a system conversion, or a selective transition that preserves selected business data and processes.
- Design a clean digital core for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
- Redesign finance and supply chain workflows
- Connect subsidiaries, suppliers, and customer systems
- Prepare data, testing, training, and cutover
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists understand SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Fiori. They may also work with SAP Cloud ALM, identity services, APIs, event-driven integration, and extensions that keep custom logic outside the core. Knowledge of SAP Activate and clean-core principles is central to sustainable delivery.
When companies need specialists
Companies often bring in freelance expertise when internal teams are balancing an ECC migration, a global template, or a demanding cloud rollout. Germany-based organizations may need on-site workshops alongside remote delivery, with German and English communication across business and technical teams.
- Assess an existing SAP ERP landscape and migration path
- Define scope, governance, roles, and release planning
- Resolve integration, authorization, and data-quality risks
- Support testing, training, go-live, and stabilization
What strong professionals deliver
Experienced professionals connect business outcomes with SAP configuration and delivery control. They clarify standard functionality before proposing extensions, document decisions, and manage dependencies across finance, logistics, security, data, and integration. They also make risks visible early and leave teams with usable processes, not just a technical migration.
RISE compared with alternatives
RISE with SAP is often weighed against a self-managed SAP S/4HANA Cloud deployment, a traditional on-premise conversion, or a move to another ERP suite. The right choice depends on control requirements, operating capabilities, customization, integration complexity, and the pace of transformation. A capable specialist can compare these paths using the company’s processes, data, and target operating model rather than a generic cloud checklist.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about RISE with SAP — answered in short.
RISE with SAP is used to move core business operations to SAP S/4HANA Cloud while combining ERP, cloud infrastructure, application operations, and transformation support. Companies commonly use it for finance, procurement, manufacturing, sales, supply chain, and enterprise-wide process standardization.
RISE with SAP packages SAP S/4HANA Cloud with infrastructure and managed services under a broader transformation agreement. A regular SAP S/4HANA Cloud project may leave infrastructure, operations, and some commercial responsibilities with the customer or separate providers.
A strong RISE with SAP specialist often understands SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud, security, data migration, testing, and change management. Experience with SAP Activate and clean-core design is especially useful for avoiding unnecessary custom code.
The required depth depends on the scope. A process assessment may need focused knowledge of one business area, while a global migration calls for professionals who have handled governance, integrations, data, testing, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization across a complex SAP landscape.
Yes. RISE with SAP work can usually combine remote configuration and documentation with on-site discovery workshops, process testing, or training. German and English communication may both matter when business teams, implementation specialists, and international subsidiaries are involved.
Ask which SAP S/4HANA Cloud editions, migration paths, and business processes the professional has delivered. Request clear examples of decisions around standard functionality, extensions, integrations, data reconciliation, testing, and cutover rather than accepting a broad product description.
For many organizations, RISE with SAP can support a transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, but it is not an automatic technical upgrade. The company must assess custom code, data quality, interfaces, process changes, compliance needs, and the target operating model before choosing a conversion or another transition path.
Quality is visible in a stable core, controlled integrations, reconciled data, tested business processes, and documentation that users can follow. Strong professionals also explain trade-offs clearly, keep extensions maintainable, track risks openly, and measure readiness for go-live against agreed business outcomes.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used RISE with SAP in their recent projects is 121 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 967 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used RISE with SAP in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used RISE with SAP in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used RISE with SAP in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used RISE with SAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Manufacturing (87%), and Professional Services (80%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used RISE with SAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (93%), and Operations (80%).
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