SAP S/4HANA Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used SAP S/4HANA
Nik Gantchev
Last position:
Executive Interim & Transformation Partner at Audoban & Co. GmbH
- Stepped into a senior interim mandate with hands-on accountability for a complex business model transformation, taking ownership of execution, operating decisions, and delivery within a highly regulated and complex regional environment.
- Led market access, launch, and go-to-market transformation work, aligning commercial, operational, and governance structures to support entry into new markets under time and regulatory pressure.
- Supported post-merger integration as well as divestiture shaping assignments, working hands-on with executive teams to align operating realities, decision rights, and accountability with transaction intent.
- Took interim ownership of critical transformation and integration programs, resetting priorities, sequencing, and leadership expectations where delivery risk or organizational friction had emerged.
- Acted as a trusted interim partner to CEOs and senior leaders during periods of structural change, providing clear judgement, hands-on leadership, and execution discipline.
Sebastiano Guzzanti
Last position:
Interim Manager & Strategic Advisor | Organization, People, Process & Digitalization at Sebastiano Guzzanti Solutions
- Strategic consulting: End-to-end optimization of SCM, processes, and structures based on 30 years of industry experience.
- Interim management: Leadership responsibility to bridge vacancies and stabilize teams during transformations.
- Transformation & Assets: Support for restructurings, asset utilization & brokerage (surplus assets), and digitalization (SAP S/4HANA).
Stefan Ullerich
Last position:
Workstream Lead Solution Delivery / IT Operations Manager SAP S4/HANA Private Cloud Edition - RISE at Munich Re
- Lead Solution Delivery workstream
- Serve as IT Operations Manager ad interim
- Define, implement, and continuously optimize the Target Operating Model
- Design and implement incident and problem management processes
- Develop, maintain, and execute business continuity and disaster recovery plans, including DR testing
- Ensure system availability, performance, scalability, and compliance with SLAs
- Liaise between business stakeholders, SAP Basis teams, managed service providers, and cloud vendors
- Oversee incident, change, and problem management processes per ITIL best practices
- Lead service reviews and vendor performance evaluations
- Coordinate patching, upgrades, and enhancement cycles with SAP AG and application operations teams
- Monitor system health, performance, and security using SAP for Me
- Collaborate with IT security, infrastructure, and network teams to ensure system integrity
- Create, track, and manage project-related firewall requests
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver cutover activities for targeted system lines
Alexander Scholl
Last position:
Senior ABAP-OO Developer at Die Schweizerische Post AG
"ZLF – Future Billing Solution"
Cross-module S/4HANA
- Technical consulting and development in the area of S/4 Master Data Governance (MDG-BP)
- Various developments in HR-BP integration, order-to-cash, SAP CAR analytics data modeling, interfaces from and to third-party systems. (native HANA, CDS, RAP, Fiori Elements, OData)
Falk SchlĂĽsener
Last position:
Freelancer at SOL4ERP SAP Consulting SchlĂĽsener
Self-employed Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
- Support services for SAP transformations
- Support services for SAP FI projects (based on ECC and S/4)
Thorsten Offermann
Last position:
Program / Project / IT Controller (ICT Controller) at Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Project Management Office: analysis and setup, master plan, standardized project planning (generic work breakdown structure according to HERMES), earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Finance management at portfolio, program and project level.
Resource management and single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Process management.
Implementation of a program management tool for unified program and project management.
Program controlling: finance management, earned value management, milestone trend analysis, consolidation of project budgets, actual costs and forecasts at the program level.
Variance analyses at program level.
Transition from total cost view to commitment credit view (federal administration terminology).
Calculation of available reserves (rolling), forecasts and scenarios.
Monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual reports, preparation of annual planning at program level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Project controlling: support for project managers in project planning, earned value management, milestone trend analysis.
Review of projects for budget compliance, adherence to phases and schedules, deliverables, resource planning and deployment.
Variance analyses at project level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.
Resource management: resource planning based on program and project plans, review of timesheets.
Supply chain (until April 2022): single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).
Change management: involvement in change management for cost-relevant changes (change requests), tracking of service contract price for contract-related changes, participation in change control boards / decision boards at management level.
Establishment of controlling structures in a new Swiss federal agency (becoming a federal office as of January 1, 2024) since April 2022.
Credit monitoring with validation of actual costs and commitment values.
Resource management: cross-project resource planning (HRP).
Earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis for key ICT projects of the federal government.
Participation in the introduction of the JIRA Tempo module.
Tools & methods: HERMES 5.1 / Agile HERMES, Sciforma 7, JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, Signavio, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Prof., Excel-VBA.
Klaus Schmitt
Last position:
Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up
- Establishment of a licensing model
- Preparation of investor documents (business plan, cash flow forecast, ROI, etc.)
- Marketing simulation of market development, market potential assessment, etc.
- Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market entry
- Setting up project planning, project controlling, and business processes
Michael Rödle
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound "Project Metrics on the Internet" at Global-KPI
- Project management, hustler (identifying the full financial picture including sales, pitching, financial analysis, & business models) and hound (identifying real customer needs including research & analysis) to build a project metrics system on the Internet.
- The system allows users to make informed decisions to keep projects on track according to key data or to realign them when they deviate negatively from the plan.
- Providing a forecast alongside the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of metrics based on user-entered project key data.
- Skills: project management, project metrics.
- Problem space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), corporate innovation team setup, team profile / team canvas, design thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, market exploration, defining the problem.
- Solution space: narrowing the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, business model canvas, value proposition canvas, prototyping, refining the prototype and business model canvas, final pitch.
Eugen Pilarski
Last position:
Project Manager / Program Management at SMART-INTERIM Management GmbH
- Development, industrialization and production of helicopter seats (military)
- Responsible for an innovative seating system: weight < 15 kg, 100% crash safety according to EASA, side-facing, from concept to SOP
- Complete recovery of a project two years overdue: concept approval and prototype testing in 4 weeks, certification testing in 8 weeks, 100% EASA certification
- Management of global BCC development resources (> 60% share) and optimization of development cycles including FEM
- Streamlining the supply chain, on-time EASA and series approval, compliance with the NRE budget, timely delivery including FAI
Vitaly Podkopaev
Last position:
IT Project Manager UCC at Office for Informatics, Canton of Zurich
- Collaboration with and deputizing for the service manager for UCC (product owner)
- Interface management for UCC with other functionalities as part of the digital workplace
- Control of infrastructure tests and rollout, monitoring dependencies with other sub-projects
Philipp Siegenthaler
Last position:
Equity Portfolio Manager - Digital Wealth Management at Interactive Brokers LLC
- Solely responsible for two portfolios totaling USD 1 million with an average monthly performance of 2%
- Responsible for the investment strategy, specializing in US equities and ETFs (exchanges: NASDAQ and NYSE)
- Market, trend, data, and technical chart analysis
- Risk management – diversification, daily/weekly risk mitigation measures (rebalancing) to ensure optimal portfolio profitability
Markus Fankhauser
Last position:
Logistics Expert/Coach at RAPID Technic AG
- Coaching, developing fundamentals and leading technical aspects in logistics transformation
- Extending SAP WM functionalities
- Efficiency measures in shuttle warehouse technology
- Setting up logistics operations reporting
- Comprehensive inventory planning and execution
- Preparing the technical and commercial foundations for cooperation with external logistics service providers
- Recommendations for the future process and organizational structure
Frank Gassan
Last position:
Project Lead at Flamingo Med Solutions
- Led the founding of a startup for AI-based consulting products for dental practices.
- Developed and launched PraxisScore, a data-driven consulting product for economic analysis and corporate consulting of dental practices.
- Held full responsibility for technical implementation, AI integration, and structured startup setup from product idea to public launch at IDS 2025 in under three months.
Patrick Niederhauser
Last position:
SAP Real Estate Expert at RKW SE
- Compliance with IFRS 16 for all group companies
- Achieve efficiency gains through a centralized and standardized process and save time thanks to a single source of information
- Automatic calculation and posting of IFRS 16 and other relevant journals
- Simulations / planning of positions regarding rent/leasing (vehicles, equipment, real estate, etc.)
- Coordination of service fees, benchmarking, scheduling, etc.
Olivia Darmuzey
Last position:
Founder – Pharmaceutical Quality and Compliance Consulting Services at Tulia Via GmbH
- Provide pharmaceutical quality and compliance consulting services to early-stage and growing biotech and pharmaceutical companies
- Support inspection and mock inspection readiness, licensing, and compliant global distribution
- Support setup and remediation of GMP and GDP compliant Quality Management Systems
- Provide transitional and fractional Responsible Person services (EU and FvP in CH) to ensure regulatory compliance and business continuity
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Statistics of experts using SAP S/4HANA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
1.9 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
74%
Master's degree or higher
52%
Doctorate
7%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using SAP S/4HANA
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 it is
SAP S/4HANA is SAP’s modern ERP suite for core business processes. Companies use it to run finance, procurement, manufacturing, sales, and supply chain work in one system. It is often discussed alongside SAP ECC, the older generation many teams are moving away from.
Where it fits
- Finance close and controlling
- Order-to-cash and procurement flows
- Inventory, production, and logistics
- Reporting on HANA-based data models
Strong specialists understand how these processes connect, not just how to configure one module. That matters when a change in one area affects master data, approvals, and downstream reporting.
Ecosystem and tooling
SAP S/4HANA work often touches Fiori apps, ABAP, CDS views, integration middleware, and SAP BTP services. Many projects also involve interface work with Ariba, SuccessFactors, BW, or third-party systems. The best professionals can work cleanly across custom code, standard settings, and integration points.
When companies bring help
Teams usually look for freelance expertise during migrations from ECC, rollouts into new regions, remediation after go-live, or process redesign. In Switzerland, this often comes up in regulated industries, discrete manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and shared-service finance. Remote work is common, but on-site sessions help with workshops, testing, and cutover planning.
What strong specialists do
They map business needs to standard SAP design first, then add custom work only where needed. They document decisions clearly, protect data quality, and spot risks early in integrations and master data. They also understand how to work with business users, project leads, and technical teams without losing the process view.
Signs you need one
If your team is planning a move to S/4HANA, cleaning up a messy landscape, or struggling with changed processes after deployment, bring in a specialist. The same is true when ECC customizations must be adapted or simplified. A strong freelancer can reduce rework and help you keep the scope under control.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SAP S/4HANA? These answers cover the essentials.
SAP S/4HANA is used to run core ERP work such as finance, procurement, sales, manufacturing, and inventory. Companies bring in specialists when they need process design, migration support, interface work, or help stabilizing a live system after go-live. It is the current SAP ERP suite many teams move to from SAP ECC.
S/4HANA is the newer SAP ERP generation built for the HANA data platform and a more streamlined data model. SAP ECC is the older system many organizations are replacing or consolidating. In practice, this changes reporting, custom code, process design, and the way teams handle integrations and master data.
A strong SAP S/4HANA specialist usually knows business process design, data migration, and integration work. Depending on the project, that can include ABAP, Fiori, CDS views, SAP BTP, testing, and cutover planning. Good communication matters just as much as system knowledge.
For a smaller support task, you may only need someone with focused SAP S/4HANA experience in one module or process area. For a migration or rollout, you usually want someone who has handled end-to-end design, testing, and go-live support before. The right depth depends on how much change the project introduces.
Much SAP S/4HANA work can be done remotely, especially configuration, analysis, documentation, and interface support. On-site time is still useful for workshops, stakeholder alignment, testing cycles, and cutover periods. In Switzerland, many teams use a mix of remote collaboration and selected on-site sessions.
A strong SAP S/4HANA freelancer explains trade-offs clearly and keeps the solution close to standard SAP where possible. Look for people who have delivered in similar process areas, can handle change requests without losing control, and produce clear documentation. They should also be able to work with both business users and technical teams.
The most common SAP S/4HANA projects are ECC migrations, new rollouts, carve-outs, process optimization, and post-go-live support. Many companies also need help with reporting redesign, interface cleanup, and custom code adaptation. Each of these needs a slightly different mix of functional and technical skills.
Ask for concrete examples from similar SAP S/4HANA projects, not just module names. A good candidate can describe the business problem, the solution approach, and the risks they managed. Clear thinking, solid documentation, and calm delivery under pressure are usually better signs than vague claims about broad experience.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects is 137 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,099 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects, 74% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 52% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are English (100%), German (97%), and French (44%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are Professional Services (74%), Information Technology (72%), and Manufacturing (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Project Management (87%), and Operations (74%).
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