SAP SD Expert in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used SAP SD
Vincent V.
Last position:
IT Business Partner & Enterprise Architect at Sulzer
- Established the Enterprise Architecture function from the ground up for Sulzer Group (~13,500 employees, CHF 3.6B revenue)
- Defined the Technical Governance framework, Target Operating Model, and IT PMO foundation now governing architecture decisions and portfolio demand across all divisions.
- Deployed SAP LeanIX as the authoritative application portfolio system of record - catalogued 500 applications group-wide (140 for Chemtech), onboarded business and IT stakeholders, and initiated integration with ServiceNow to embed architecture data into operational workflows.
- Led the divisional & group wide Application Rationalization initiative
- Decommissioned 15% of the 140 applications Chemtech portfolio, delivering CHF 627k in run-rate savings over two years and materially reducing licensing and support exposure.
- Defined and executed the divisional AI Roadmap in partnership with Sales, Legal, and R&D leadership
- Delivered 4 AI solutions into production (including Sales process harmonization and LLM-based IP conflict detection) from a portfolio of 7 prioritized initiatives.
- Built and owned the 3-year IT Strategic Roadmap for Chemtech
- Aligned cloud and technology architecture with divisional business priorities and a CHF 1.5M annual investment envelope.
- Delivered CHF 500k in cost avoidance by challenging and discontinuing funded but low-value initiatives, demonstrated governance discipline and executive influence, with zero implementation spend.
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)
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.
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
Paul V.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at Galeria
- Responsible project lead for the new implementation of SAP eWM/MFS
- Budget responsibility of 10 million
- Leading external SAP consultants/service providers
- Building a change management organization
- Building a process organization
Philipp D.
Last position:
Freelance Project at AniCura AGs (Tierkliniken)
- Preparing annual financial statements for several animal clinics in Switzerland (MARS Group)
- Leading the audit of the Swiss entities with PwC
- Supporting and enhancing the ongoing accounting
Ferdinand W.
Last position:
SAP EWM MFS Consultant & Power Key User at Rotenberger Group
- Module support SAP EWM MM/SD PP (advanced production based) S/4 HANA
- Design of S/4 HANA requirements in warehousing and logistics environment during the explore phase
- Support of S/4 requirements in the build phase
- Execution of S/4 customizing: EWM (50%), SD (15%), MM (20%), PP (15%)
- Support in the implementation and continuous optimization of SAP
- Analysis and resolution of issues and findings in SAP EWM
- Handling of change requests
- Creation of test cases and test data
- Execution of functional and integration testing
- Support in creating training documents for S/4 HANA
- SAP support 1st & 2nd level
- IDOC message queues monitoring
- Troubleshooting system errors (using the ABAP debugger)
- Resolving inventory differences between ERP and EWM
- POSc & LOSC process for outbound & inbound
- Rules-based Implementation
- Packspec
- Consolidation group for handling units
- EWM-MFS configuration: WH/PLC interface type, Telegram type, Telegram structure, Warehouse task/warehouse order, Resource (Scanner, Sensor, Drives), PLC/CPU, Signal, Telegram, Communication channel customizing, Interleaving activation, Sequence number, Routing LOSC, Initiation point, Rearranging HUs in multi-depth storage bins, MFS putaway strategy
Peter B.
Last position:
Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash at Schaeffler AG
- Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash for Deloitte Consulting in the discovery phase for the “Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions” business unit in the S/4 HANA transformation program S4us
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
David P.
Last position:
Asset Accounting Support at Bank Julius Bär
Supporting the business department in the design of depreciation areas.
Reconciling the depreciation areas to the ledgers.
Sibylle H.
Last position:
SAP ABAP-OO Development (cross-module) at Asendia
- Creation of interfaces for transferring SD orders and customer master data (including various protocols and the ability to handle erroneous data)
- Analysis and adjustment of existing programs due to infrastructure change
- SOAP and REST API for creating customer master data from SugarCRM
- REST APIs in JSON (SD orders, invoices, payments, PDF forms)
- Log program for REST APIs
- Creation of various invoice forms in 8 languages including document links, email delivery, PDF generation
- Provision of data for the data warehouse
- Various user exits and enhancements in SD and FI
- Intercompany sales order creation, program for creating credit memos (uploads from Excel and from the server)
- Reports (VAT, sales orders, invoices)
- Correction program for CO data
- Support for various interfaces, notes, etc.
- Enhancement for IDoc INVOIC02
- Upload program for XML files (Rydoo) to post cash receipts into FI (FB01)
- Creation of dunning forms in various languages (Smartforms and Adobe including email delivery)
- Account statement program (ALV displaying postings, sending to debtors via email using Smartform as PDF)
Doris N.
Last position:
Expert Consultant at multiprovider gmbh/ASC GmbH/all for one Group
DWH development (backend) for SRG (2022)
Media: redesign of the HR data model to prepare migration to BW/4HANA
Support and training for HR and controlling reporting solutions
Technologies: SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BW on HANA 7.5, SAP HCM, SAP CO, SAP FI, IBCS, SAP Lumira Design Studio, Graphomate, SAP Fiori Launchpad
DWH development (frontend) for Constellium (2017)
Redesigned reporting according to IFRS 17 standard
Conceptualized and implemented improvements and automated migration programs
Project "Market & Audience Research": blueprint and implementation of BW on HANA data models and reporting based on SAP ERP and third-party data (extraction using CDS views)
Proof of concept reporting with SAC, Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Proof of concept replacement of Broadcaster with BO Scheduling
Project "Adamant – Profitability Analysis": blueprint and implementation of BW on HANA data models and reporting with Design Studio using data from SAP CO-PA
Technologies: SAP BW 7.5, SAP BEX Analyzer, SAP BEx Broadcaster, SAP ABAP, SAP BCS, SAP HANA native, Mediapulse, R, REST-API, Confluence, MS Power BI, SAP SAC, SAP BO Design Studio, SAP BO Scheduling and Publications XI 3.0, SAP Lumira Design Studio
Sven M.
Last position:
SAP BW development and consulting, ongoing support, international industrial company at Rafi Berg
- Extension of the planning application for annual and rolling planning
- Improvements for navigation and filtering with master data
- Administration of the planning InfoProvider: selective deletion of unneeded data, generation of zero records
- Fixing issues from the open items list
- Technologies: SAP BW, SAP BW-IP, SAP SD
Frank E.
Last position:
S2P Stream Lead at Comet AG
SAP implementation project in Japan/Yokohama and Taiwan/Taipei. Stream lead purchasing, optimization and centralization of procurement, E2E process optimization
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Statistics of experts using SAP SD
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
28 years
Position duration
1.7 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Supply Chain Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
56%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
4
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
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland 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 19 Sep 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 (79%)
- Manufacturing (79%)
- Transportation (64%)
- Professional Services (64%)
- Food and Beverage (57%)
- Retail (57%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
SAP SD in business
SAP SD, short for SAP Sales and Distribution, manages the commercial flow from quotation and sales order through delivery, invoicing and returns. It connects customer demand with materials, pricing, shipping and financial postings. Companies use it to standardise sales operations across locations, channels and legal entities.
Core processes
SAP SD experts configure and improve the order-to-cash chain, including customer and material data, sales documents, delivery processing and billing. They align sales areas, item categories, schedule lines, partner functions, output and account determination with business rules. Their work can cover both new implementations and controlled changes to live operations.
Ecosystem and integration
SAP SD works closely with Materials Management, Finance, Controlling and Production Planning. Projects may also involve SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, output management, electronic document exchange and integration with warehouses, CRM tools or external tax services. Strong specialists understand both configuration and the interfaces that keep commercial data consistent.
Typical project needs
- Design order, delivery and billing processes for a new SAP rollout
- Adapt pricing procedures, condition records and rebate logic
- Resolve delivery blocks, billing errors and account determination issues
- Prepare data migration, testing, cutover and user documentation
- Improve reporting and controls across sales organisations
When to bring in experts
Companies often seek freelance SAP SD expertise during S/4HANA transitions, template rollouts, acquisitions or major process changes. External specialists can provide focused capacity when internal teams are committed to daily operations. In Switzerland, projects may require coordination across multilingual business units, local offices and remote delivery teams.
What strong specialists deliver
The best professionals combine precise SAP configuration with a clear understanding of sales, logistics and finance. They ask about commercial exceptions before proposing a design, document decisions and test complete process chains rather than isolated transactions. Look for experience with stakeholder workshops, integration troubleshooting, migration quality and practical handover to the internal team.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about SAP SD? Start with the answers below.
SAP SD is used to manage sales and distribution processes from quotations and sales orders to delivery, billing and returns. It helps companies control pricing, customer data, logistics coordination and the financial impact of sales transactions.
SAP Sales and Distribution is deeply connected to inventory, procurement, production and finance in the SAP ecosystem. Compared with a standalone CRM or order-management tool, it offers stronger integration for complex enterprise fulfilment, but it usually requires more process design and configuration.
A capable SAP SD specialist usually understands Materials Management, Finance and Controlling because sales documents affect stock, purchasing and accounting. Useful adjacent skills include SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, data migration, testing, IDoc or API integration and business process analysis.
The right level of SAP SD experience depends on the scope, template maturity and number of integrations involved. A focused pricing or billing change may need a narrow specialist, while a rollout or S/4HANA transformation calls for someone who can lead workshops, design processes and manage testing through cutover.
SAP ERP SD work is often suitable for remote collaboration when system access, documentation and decision paths are well organised. On-site workshops can still help with process discovery, user training or cutover, while Swiss projects may value German, French, Italian or English depending on the stakeholders.
A strong SAP SD freelancer can deliver process designs, configuration, pricing models, test scenarios, migration mappings and user documentation. They may also troubleshoot production issues, coordinate integration work and support go-live activities.
Ask an SAP SD specialist to explain a comparable order-to-cash process and the decisions behind its design. Review how they handle exceptions, integration dependencies, testing evidence, documentation and knowledge transfer rather than judging configuration in isolation.
SAP SD is common in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, consumer goods, life sciences and industrial services. It is especially valuable where companies manage complex product variants, pricing agreements, delivery networks, intercompany sales or strict billing controls.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects is 134 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,070 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects, 56% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects have 28 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are English (100%), German (93%), and French (36%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are Information Technology (79%), Manufacturing (79%), and Transportation (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Operations (71%), and Project Management (71%).
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