SAP SD Experts in Hamburg
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Alma A.
Last position:
HR Digitalization Project Manager at Ayvens / Société Generale Group
Negotiation and conclusion of works council agreements on Workday and other topics I Advice on and implementation of employment law projects in the HR context I Transfer of comple- x employment and works constitution law issues into practical solutions I Workday
Christoph L.
Last position:
Program Manager - SAP S/4 HANA at BAHAG AG
- Took over management of the SAP S4 Transformation program after 15 months of project execution
- Assessed the quality of soft facts, particularly the quality of collaboration and communication
- Evaluation, program planning, resource management, and realignment of the timeline
- Introduction of the software delivery model and quality gates
- Initial scope definition in the form of business capabilities
- Introduction of enterprise architecture
- Reporting to the SteerCo for the S4 Transformation program / C-level
- Risk management and escalation when identifying project risks
- Coordination of the various projects within the program
Farid A.
Last position:
SAP Data Migration & Data Management Consultant for SAP GEMINI at Montblanc
The consultant's responsibilities/actions are:
- Consulting on the migration of material master & PP Master data
- Prepare Article List template for Cutover Phase
- Implementation of data cleansing measures using individual and bulk changes
- SAP all mandatory fields data extraction regarding Business needed
- SAP migration, Cutover, Testing, BAT, UAT
- Align with the multiple Stakeholders regarding Data from Legacy and SAP System
- Deployed SAP MM best practice (guided configurations, active methodologies and road map for project initiation)
SAP ERP | SAP GEMINI | SAP Fields Coordination | Documentation | SAP IDoc | SAP Integration | SAP End-to-End Process | SAP MM (Material Management) | SAP Functional Consultant | SAP Gap analysis | SAP MDM (Master Data Management) | Data Migration & Management
Manfred P.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager EfA / OZG Online Services at Senatskanzlei ITD Hamburg, Dataport, Police Hamburg
The online service "Special Use of Streets and No-Parking Zone" was in a partially completed state. The following tasks had to be carried out to reach final completion:
- Preparation of an expert report on the status of the online service, and recommendations for action
- Ensuring that all LEIKAS to be used are available (service catalog / service descriptions of the authorities)
- Creating and aligning concepts for complex IT projects (business/IT concepts, architecture, interfaces, roadmaps)
- Requirements management
- Multi-project management with 3 stakeholders (Police, Dataport, development company)
- Determining resource needs
- Coordination to identify technical requirements through the IT architects
- Creating use cases and test cases
- Creating action items
- Managing external IT service providers
- Coordination and management of all activities
- Conflict resolution / business mediation
- User Acceptance Test (UAT) and acceptance by Hamburg Police (Traffic Directorate, Policy Department, Central Road Traffic Authority)
Technical environment: .NET, EfA minimum requirements, Leikas, Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), HWG (Hamburg Roads Act), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office
Thomas R.
Last position:
SAP Datasphere Senior Consultant at multivac / Insire GmbH
Technical environment: BDC
- Design of BDC project: role design, space design, authorization concept, naming convention
- Template development of database artifacts for master and transactional data
Bora D.
Last position:
Software Architect at DZ HYP AG
- Lead architect for an enterprise loan digitisation programme, coordinating 12 engineers across five workstreams and serving as final technical authority on system design.
- Cut critical application response times by 68% (display 17.3s → 5.6s; modification 11.8s → 5.0s) through targeted caching, OData query optimisation and lazy-loading refactoring; further optimisation in progress.
- Own production error triage, prioritisation and resolution across a multi-application portfolio supporting live lending operations.
- Design and implement SAP Fiori applications on SAP UI5, TypeScript and RAP, owning delivery from architecture and code through rollout and production support.
- Established C4 architecture documentation and decision records for the full programme, enabling faster onboarding and consistent cross-workstream design governance.
- Co-managed S/4HANA release cycle alongside primary responsibilities, coordinating directly with SAP support to resolve critical system issues across the portfolio.
Michael S.
Last position:
Project Manager – Business Analyst – Demand Manager at Rheinmetall AG
- Gathering, evaluating, and prioritizing strategic demands from the Electronics and Power Systems business units
- Supporting the digitalization of business processes for Electronics and Power Systems
- Process digitalization and IT architecture planning, including network infrastructure
- Reviewing demands with regard to existing solutions in coordination with IT and business departments
- Designing and implementing possible business architectures
- Planning implementation projects, in particular supporting import control through the introduction of SAP GTS
- Acting as the interface between business departments and IT
- Creating and implementing concepts for IT security, compliance, data protection, and the protection of classified information
- Conducting workshops, process analyses, and training sessions
- Stakeholder management and change management
- Technologies used: SAP GTS, SAP MM, SAP SD, MS Office 2016, MS SharePoint, ServiceNow, SharePoint
Arne Z.
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
Gergely S.
Last position:
SAP IS-U S/4Hana Customer Engagement (CRM) Consultant & Developer at Energie SaarLorLux
- SAP IS-U transformation project
SAP S4Hana transformation project – focus on Customer Engagement (CE) & MCM
- Customizing tasks & Development tasks
- Master data in Customer Engagement (BP/ Contract Account / Contract / PoD &Supply Scenario)
- Customizing Customer Engagement
- Upil
- BSP / Badi / ABAP OO / ADT / CDS / RAP
Malte L.
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Rollout US at Confidential
SAP S/4HANA Rollout US
SAP SD | Industry: Aviation
- Gathering business requirements
- Creating the localization concept for new requirements
- Implementing business requirements (customizing)
- Creating IT functional specifications for ABAP / FIORI developers
- Delivering training using the Train-The-Trainer approach
- Order-to-Cash processes: Introduction of SAP processes
Roland K.
Last position:
SAP Consultant: Role Master Trainer at Kunde BeHaLa
- Developing and updating training programs on BP, SD, MM, PP topics according to the needs of the company and its employees.
- Creating and updating training materials such as presentations, manuals, and online resources.
- Identifying the team's training needs (TNA/TBA).
- Independently implementing a new company structure in RE-FX.
Dirk L.
Last position:
PMO Consulting, Service & Support
- Consulting, service and support for various companies.
- Consulting and planning of projects and process optimisation.
- Rollout planning, IT service and support, stakeholder management
Walid H.
Last position:
Senior Tester within the IT & Digital Roadmap at VTG-Aktiengesellschaft
- Consulting, planning, and adapting (extension and rebuild) of the existing test framework to cover necessary test cases as part of quality assurance for initiative implementations
- Executing cross-team manual test cases during regular sprint cycles
- Setting up test automation
- Advising front-end and back-end development on quality assurance aspects
- Building a framework for end-to-end test cases
- Performing software quality assurance across various projects within a program
- Supporting the creation of test cases
- Coordinating within the team with all relevant stakeholders
George G.
Last position:
SAP Authorization Consultant/ SAP Authorization Consulting (Freelancer/SAP Consultant) at Publicly Listed Pharmaceutical Company
- Consulting on SAP authorizations and governance
- Conducting governance consultations, iteration support and project coordination
- Developing solutions for effective control and monitoring of SAP authorizations
- Creating concepts and recommendations
- Drafting detailed concepts to improve the assignment and management of SAP authorizations
- Providing clear recommendations based on established methods and best practices
- Creating/customizing authorizations for MM including MDG/MDM as well as FI, PP including AIRC Services within SAP Finance
- Reviewing existing structures and processes
- Analyzing and evaluating current SAP authorization structures and processes
- Identifying weaknesses and developing optimization strategies
- Conducting trainings and workshops
- Planning and delivering trainings and workshops for awareness
- Sharing knowledge in SAP authorizations, including role assignment, support during iterations and consulting on role development in the pharmaceutical environment.
Dirk R.
Last position:
Consultant Logistics/SCM - SAP SD/LES, EDI, Sub-Project Lead at Hero Group (CH) - Schwartauer Werke GmbH & Co. KG (DE)
- S/4 HANA template rollout "PHI"
- Sales process consulting (Order to Cash), supporting the department in business process optimizations for sales and shipping
- Stock transfers (STO), specification for a client-specific transport planning and evaluation tool considering load capacities and load characteristics
- Sub-project lead for the EDI integration of external warehouses via DESADV/WHSCON, SHPORD/SHPCON, customizing, and testing
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Statistics of experts using SAP SD
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years (Germany: 25 years)
Position duration
2 years (Germany: 3.2 years)
Positions per freelancer
22 (Germany: 18)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
87% (Germany: 86%)
Master's degree or higher
60% (Germany: 52%)
Doctorate
13% (Germany: 8%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg using SAP SD
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.
SAP SD 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 (90%)
- Manufacturing (80%)
- Professional Services (75%)
- Aerospace and Defense (60%)
- Retail (60%)
- Banking and Finance (55%)
- Transportation (55%)
- Automotive (50%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Sales and distribution
SAP SD, short for SAP Sales and Distribution, manages the commercial flow from customer inquiry to payment. It covers sales orders, pricing, availability checks, deliveries, shipping, billing and returns. The module connects customer demand with inventory, logistics and finance.
Core processes
SAP SD supports structured order-to-cash operations across industries with complex products, channels and customer agreements.
- Configure sales documents, item categories and schedule lines
- Build pricing procedures, discounts, taxes and rebates
- Connect deliveries, picking, shipping and billing
- Manage credit checks, output messages and returns
- Align sales data with finance and controlling
Ecosystem and integration
Strong SAP SD professionals work across the wider SAP landscape. They understand integration with SAP MM for procurement and inventory, SAP FI for receivables and revenue, and SAP CO for controlling. Projects may also involve SAP EWM, SAP TM, electronic data interchange, APIs and SAP Fiori applications.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance SAP SD experts during S/4HANA migrations, rollout programmes, carve-outs and process redesigns. They are also valuable when pricing logic is difficult to maintain, billing errors slow cash flow, or sales and logistics teams use disconnected processes. In Hamburg, specialists may support manufacturers, trading companies, logistics operations and other businesses with regional or international supply chains.
- Prepare fit-to-standard workshops and process mapping
- Analyze incidents in orders, deliveries, pricing or billing
- Define test cases, migration rules and cutover plans
- Train key users and document sustainable procedures
Delivery and collaboration
SAP SD work often combines configuration, business analysis, testing and careful stakeholder coordination. Remote collaboration works well for design, documentation and support when access, meeting routines and decision ownership are clear. On-site work in Hamburg can help with workshops, warehouse visits, user acceptance testing and go-live preparation, while German and English language skills may both matter.
What strong specialists bring
The best professionals translate commercial requirements into stable SAP processes without over-customizing the system. They ask precise questions about master data, legal entities, partner functions, account determination and downstream impacts. Look for evidence of complete order-to-cash deliveries, clear test documentation, confident communication with business teams and practical knowledge of SAP ERP or S/4HANA environments.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about SAP SD — answered in short.
SAP SD is used to manage sales and distribution processes from quotations and orders through delivery, billing and returns. It helps companies control pricing, customer data, shipping rules and revenue-related handoffs across the order-to-cash cycle.
SAP Sales and Distribution focuses on transactional sales execution, logistics integration and billing within the SAP environment. CRM systems usually emphasize customer engagement and pipeline management, so companies often connect rather than simply replace one with the other.
A strong SAP SD freelancer usually understands SAP FI, SAP MM and warehouse or transportation processes. Experience with S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, interfaces, master data, testing and data migration is also useful when the work spans several business functions.
The right SAP ERP specialist should match the project’s scope, such as a rollout, S/4HANA conversion, pricing redesign or production support assignment. Ask for comparable order-to-cash work, experience with the relevant industry processes and clear examples of resolving complex integration or billing issues.
SAP SD projects can often be delivered remotely from Hamburg when system access, workshops and approvals are organized well. On-site sessions are useful for process discovery, warehouse coordination, user testing and go-live support, especially when several teams must make decisions together.
Ask how the SAP Sales and Distribution specialist would analyze requirements, protect standard functionality and test impacts across delivery, finance and billing. Strong answers include structured documentation, realistic risk management and examples of clear communication with both business users and technical teams.
SAP S/4HANA includes the core sales capabilities associated with SAP SD, with changes to data structures, user experience and some business processes. A specialist should explain the differences relevant to your release, migration path, integrations and required customizations rather than treating the systems as identical.
Before starting with SAP SD, freelancers should clarify the company’s SAP release, sales organizations, distribution channels, master-data ownership, interfaces and project governance. They should also understand whether the assignment covers configuration, incident resolution, testing, training or a broader transformation responsibility.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP SD in their recent projects is 119 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 949 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP SD in their recent projects, 87% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 60% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP SD in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (15%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Manufacturing (80%), and Professional Services (75%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Project Management (90%), and Product Development (65%).
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