SAP SD Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used SAP SD
Pedro M.
Last position:
SAP FI/CO Inhouse Consultant at Helvetia Versicherungen
Engaged by one of Switzerland’s largest insurance groups for spanish SAP rollout following the acquisition of Caser (Spain), for ongoing support and S/4HANA transformation initiatives covering all Market Units (CH, ES, DE, AT, FR, IT).
Key areas: FI-AP, FI-AR, Payments, Bank Accounting, Cash Management, S/4HANA transformation, eInvoicing, eReporting, Business Partner
- SAP Rollout: Led end-to-end FI-AP, FI-AR, Payments, and Bank Reconciliation rollout for acquired Caser entities in Spain (Dec 2020 – Mar 2022), including full Spanish localisation.
- Integration with FSCD: Redesigned bank statement incoming payments integration in FSCD from custom to SAP standard solution, significantly increasing straight-through processing rates.
- Payments: Retired legacy custom payment trees; implemented SAP standard CGI payment trees and executed migration from ISO 20022 v2009 to v2019.
- Implemented a 1 GL account per House Bank (HBKID) concept with multiple Bank Account IDs (HKTID), reducing the total number of bank GL accounts by over 90%.
- Spanish localization: Configured and deployed Mod 180, 190, 347, 349 and SII Reporting for Spain mainland and Canary Islands using SAP eDocument (DRC) and SAP BTP Webservice, processing 2 million invoices annually, Spanish Direct & Indirect Method Cash Flow Statements (Insurance & Non-Insurance) fully reconciled
- Migration: Used SAP AIF to migrate AR/AP master data, open items, SEPA mandates, and complete GL documents for multiple company code merges (hundreds of thousands of records); leveraged Power BI/Power Query for data transformation.
- Bank Reconciliation: Achieved 60%+ automatic bank reconciliation across MU ES, CH, and DE using CSB43, MT940, and CAMT.053/054 formats, including custom improvements (tax-number-based customer/vendor matching, fuzzy search), and co-implemented the bank statement interface cockpit in SAP AIF. Integrated MX Camt from Swift Finplus and made transition from ISO20022 v2009 to v2019
- Worked on S/4HANA convergence and wrote concept work for SAP Cash Management & Treasury and eInvoicing/eReporting transformation.
- Currently leading the design for Business Partner Migration using SAP DRF and SAP AIF for Helvetia Baloise Integration Project and Harmonization of all BP interfaces.
- Currently leading Requirements Engineering for eInvoicing & eReporting for Italy, France and Spain, modelling Flows in SAP Signavio.
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.
Alexander S.
Last position:
Senior ABAP OO Developer at Die Schweizerische Post AG
«ZLF – Future Billing Solution»
Cross-module S/4HANA (MDG, HCM, SD, FI-CA, FI-CO)
- Technical consulting and development in S4 Master Data Governance (MDG-BP)
- Development in HR-BP integration, O2C, CAR analytics data modeling, contract accounts, controlling and interfaces. (native HANA, CDS, RAP, Fiori Elements, OData)
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
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.
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
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.
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
Sibylle H.
Last position:
SAP Development ABAP-OO (cross-module) at Asendia
- Created interfaces for transferring SD orders and customer master data (including various protocols and the ability to process erroneous data)
- Analyzed and adapted existing programs due to infrastructure changes
- SOAP and REST API for creating customer master data from SugarCRM
- REST APIs in Json (SD orders, invoices, payments, PDF forms)
- Logging program for REST APIs
- Created various invoice forms in 8 languages, including document links, email delivery, and PDF generation
- Provided 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 the server)
- Reports (VAT, sales orders, invoices)
- Correction program for CO data
- Support for various interfaces, Notes, etc.
- Enhancement for Idoc INVOIC02
- XML file upload program (Rydoo) for posting cash receipts to FI (FB01)
- Created dunning forms in various languages (Smartforms and Adobe, including email delivery)
- Account statement program (ALV displaying postings, emailed to accounts receivable as a PDF using Smartform)
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
Ralf S.
Last position:
Retail (Food)
- Release: SAP S/4 HANA, Retail
- Supplier EDI integration as part of the migration from Navision to SAP S/4 with ORDERS, DESADV, INVOIC, and REMADV (coordination with suppliers, definition and coordination of technical integrations using EDIFACT, IDOC, and web interface, definition, execution, and acceptance of test cases).
- Analysis of necessary adjustments and creation of programming concepts for corrections.
- Support for the introduction of supplier delivery notifications with SSCC in the distribution centers and the resulting optimizations
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
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Statistics of experts using SAP SD
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
1.6 years
Positions per freelancer
19
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Manufacturing, Information Technology, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Supply Chain Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
67%
Master's degree or higher
56%
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 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Switzerland 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 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 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.
- Manufacturing (81%)
- Information Technology (75%)
- Automotive (63%)
- Food and Beverage (63%)
- Transportation (63%)
- Retail (63%)
- Professional Services (56%)
- Chemical (50%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core purpose
SAP SD, short for Sales and Distribution, manages the commercial flow from customer inquiry and quotation through sales order, delivery, shipment, billing, and returns. It connects sales operations with materials management, finance, production, and warehouse processes. Companies use it to create reliable transaction flows across locations and business units.
Processes and deliverables
SAP SD specialists shape processes that reflect how a company sells, delivers, and invoices its products or services.
- Configure sales orders, quotations, contracts, and scheduling agreements
- Define pricing, discounts, taxes, output, and account determination
- Set up deliveries, picking, shipping, billing, and returns
- Improve order-to-cash controls and reduce manual handovers
Ecosystem and skills
The work spans SAP S/4HANA and, in some landscapes, SAP ERP with ECC. Relevant capabilities include business partner and customer master data, material data, condition technique, credit management, logistics execution, and finance integration. Strong specialists also understand SAP Fiori, IDocs, APIs, EDI, and migration tools used around sales processes.
When companies need support
Companies often bring in freelance SAP SD expertise during implementation, rollout, migration, or a redesign of commercial processes. External support is also useful when billing errors, inconsistent pricing, complex distribution channels, or weak integration slow daily operations.
- A new SAP S/4HANA sales template must be designed
- A country or business unit is being rolled out
- Legacy customer and order data needs to be cleansed or migrated
- Interfaces with CRM, logistics, tax, or finance systems need attention
Switzerland delivery context
Swiss companies use SAP SD across manufacturing, life sciences, wholesale, retail, and other international supply chains. Projects may require coordination with teams in several locations, so remote delivery can work well when workshops, testing, and documentation are structured. German, French, Italian, or English may be relevant depending on the stakeholders and operating regions.
What strong specialists bring
Strong SAP SD professionals translate commercial requirements into maintainable configuration and clear process decisions. They test complete document flows rather than isolated transactions, trace issues across sales, delivery, and finance, and document changes for business teams. They also distinguish a configuration issue from a master-data, integration, authorization, or custom-code problem.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about SAP SD? Start with the answers below.
SAP SD manages sales and distribution processes from quotation and order entry to delivery, billing, and returns. It helps companies control pricing, customer data, shipping conditions, taxes, and the handoff to finance and logistics.
SAP SD is the sales and distribution capability used in both SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA landscapes, although the data model and user experience can differ. S/4HANA commonly uses business partners and SAP Fiori, while older ECC environments may rely more heavily on classic transactions and established interfaces.
SAP SD work often depends on knowledge of materials management, finance, warehouse processes, and production planning. Experience with IDocs, APIs, EDI, SAP Fiori, master data, authorization concepts, and migration tools is valuable when the sales flow crosses system boundaries.
SAP SD projects vary widely, so the right level depends on the scope and risk. A focused pricing or billing change may need a specialist with a narrow functional background, while a global S/4HANA rollout calls for experience across design, integration, testing, cutover, and user enablement.
SAP SD work can often be delivered remotely through structured workshops, shared documentation, test cycles, and regular business reviews. On-site sessions may still help with process discovery, warehouse coordination, or cutover planning, especially when teams operate across Swiss locations.
SAP SD specialists may need German, French, Italian, or English depending on the company and stakeholders. The key requirement is clear communication of sales rules, pricing decisions, test results, and process changes across business and technical teams.
SAP SD quality is visible in the specialist’s ability to explain configuration choices, trace a complete order-to-cash flow, and identify dependencies with finance, logistics, and master data. Ask for comparable project examples, testing methods, documentation samples, and a clear approach to handling defects.
SAP SD engagements commonly produce process designs, configuration documentation, functional specifications, test scenarios, migration mappings, and training material. Depending on the project, they may also include interface definitions, cutover plans, support procedures, and a backlog of improvements.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects is 128 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,021 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects, 67% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% 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 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are English (100%), German (94%), and French (44%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are Manufacturing (81%), Information Technology (75%), and Automotive (63%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SAP SD in their recent projects are Information Technology (94%), Operations (69%), and Project Management (69%).
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