SAP S/4HANA Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used SAP S/4HANA
Nik G.
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.
Inga S.
Last position:
Senior PMO + Change Management Lead at ICIG Business Services GmbH
- Support for a carve-in project involving 5 sites worldwide (3 in Germany, 3 in the US) as part of a global M&A project
- SAP S/4HANA
- Introduction of structures and best practices, as well as a consistent project management methodology for a global carve-in program
- Optimization of tracking, monitoring, and communication
- Development of a change and communication concept to engage the carve-in sites
- Implementation management, stakeholder management
- Coaching and support for the project team regarding project management and communication
- Establishment of a sustainable communication cascade and structures to support the transformation
- Advising and supporting the client project lead
Sebastiano G.
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).
Nadine B.
Last position:
Program Responsibility & Innovation at Industry
- Management of security and governance initiatives
- Development of SAP BTP as an innovation platform
- Trusted advisor to executive management
Stefan U.
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
Falk S.
Last position:
Freelancer at SOL4ERP SAP Consulting Schlüsener
Self-employed Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
- Support services for SAP transformations
- Support services for SAP FI projects (based on ECC and S/4)
Alexander S.
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)
Thorsten O.
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.
Michael R.
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.
Razvan-Mihail I.
Last position:
Senior SAP EWM Implementation Consultant at Hoffman Roche
- Processes re-engineering (Outbound for production, Inbound from production, Putaway in different temperature controlled areas)
- Re-implementation of the outbound process for Basel’s warehouse
- RF functionalities workshops and RF implementation
- Kit-to-order process implementation with VAS order
- Customer-Vendor integration customizing
- Re-configuration of the integration model
- Testing coordinator and trainer for key users
Eugen P.
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 P.
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 S.
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 F.
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 G.
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.
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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
16
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
75%
Master's degree or higher
54%
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 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
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Explore rate insightsAverage 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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP S/4HANA experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Professional Services (75%)
- Information Technology (73%)
- Manufacturing (65%)
- Transportation (45%)
- Banking and Finance (43%)
- Retail (43%)
- Telecommunication (43%)
- Pharmaceutical (40%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SAP S/4HANA does
SAP S/4HANA is an enterprise resource planning suite built on the SAP HANA in-memory database. It connects finance, procurement, sales, supply chain, manufacturing and asset management in a shared business system. Companies use it to standardize processes, improve operational visibility and replace fragmented legacy ERP landscapes.
Core business areas
SAP S/4HANA supports end-to-end workflows rather than isolated departmental tools. Common delivery areas include:
- Financial accounting, controlling and group reporting
- Procurement, inventory and supplier processes
- Sales, billing and logistics execution
- Production planning, quality and asset management
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists work across SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 user experiences, embedded analytics, business roles and workflow. They may also use SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Integration Suite, ABAP Cloud, CDS views and APIs to extend or connect the core system. Knowledge of SAP Activate and clean-core principles helps keep changes maintainable.
When companies need expertise
Freelance expertise is useful during a new implementation, a selective data transition or a conversion from SAP ECC to S/4HANA. Companies also bring in specialists for module rollouts, process redesign, integrations, testing, release preparation and post-go-live stabilization. In Switzerland, projects may need coordination across German-, French- or Italian-speaking business teams.
Delivery and collaboration
A suitable professional starts by mapping business requirements to the standard S/4HANA process model. They define fit-to-standard decisions, document gaps, prepare migration objects, configure the relevant scope and coordinate validation with business owners. Remote work suits documentation, configuration and testing, while workshops, cutover planning and training may benefit from on-site collaboration.
What strong specialists bring
Quality is visible in traceable decisions and stable outcomes. Strong SAP S/4HANA professionals understand both business process design and the technical consequences of configuration, extensions and integrations. They protect the clean core, challenge unnecessary custom code, communicate risks early and leave behind clear documentation, test evidence and a practical support plan.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SAP S/4HANA? These answers cover the essentials.
SAP S/4HANA is used to run integrated enterprise processes such as finance, procurement, sales, supply chain, manufacturing and asset management. It gives business teams a shared source of operational and financial information.
SAP S/4HANA is the newer ERP generation designed for the SAP HANA database, with a simplified data model, modern user experiences and stronger embedded analytics. SAP ECC can still support established processes, but moving to S/4HANA is often considered when companies need a future-ready core, process simplification or a supported transformation path.
A strong SAP S/4HANA specialist may also bring expertise in SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, ABAP, CDS views, SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Integration Suite. Depending on the scope, useful adjacent knowledge includes data migration, testing, SAP security, change management and the relevant business function.
The right level depends on the work, not on a generic seniority label. A configuration task needs proven knowledge of the relevant module, while a conversion or global rollout calls for experience with process design, data migration, integrations, testing and cutover. Ask for evidence from comparable scope and industry.
Much of an SAP S/4HANA engagement can be handled remotely, including process analysis, configuration, documentation, development and testing. On-site workshops can still help with stakeholder alignment, training and cutover activities. In Switzerland, agree early on language needs and availability for German-, French- or Italian-speaking teams.
SAP S/4HANA is generally suited to organizations with complex legal entities, supply chains, manufacturing, asset operations or demanding integration needs. A lighter ERP may be more appropriate when processes are narrow and standardized. The decision should reflect operating complexity, transformation goals and the cost of maintaining integrations.
Ask the SAP S/4HANA professional to explain a comparable delivery in business terms and to show how they handled fit-to-standard decisions, extensions, migration risks and testing. Look for clear documentation, structured workshops and an understanding of clean-core principles. References should confirm reliable communication as well as technical results.
Freelancers working with SAP S/4HANA in Switzerland may support local implementations, international rollouts or process harmonization across several legal entities. They should clarify the engagement model, remote and on-site expectations, language requirements and access procedures before starting. Familiarity with the client’s industry and Swiss business processes can strengthen collaboration.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects is 139 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,113 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 54% 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 (98%), and French (45%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are Professional Services (75%), Information Technology (73%), and Manufacturing (65%).
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 (88%), and Operations (75%).
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