
SAP Solution Manager Experts in Berlin
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Shalabh K.
Last position:
Founder & Principal at SK SAP Advisory
Following the Vaillant engagement, established independent practice focused on senior SAP advisory and building ASTRA — a methodology, not a tool. ASTRA is independent and unbiased: the same four pillars serve CIO / Business Leadership, SI / SAP Practice, and Programme Director / Principal with equal weight. No audience is primary.
ASTRA serves three audiences with equal weight — CIO / Business Leadership · SI / SAP Practice · Programme Director / Principal. ASTRA is independent and unbiased — it does not sit inside any SI practice and does not serve any single audience as primary customer. Each audience receives a role-calibrated output from the same analysis.
One methodology, two outcomes:
OUTCOME 1 — SAP TRANSFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Any active SAP programme: ECC→S/4HANA Greenfield, Brownfield, Global Rollout, AMS. The four pillars answer the four questions that determine whether a transformation succeeds — for any of the three audiences.
- Are business requirements clean — or is the SI building what SAP standard already covers? (Functional Auditor → all three audiences)
- Is the custom object inventory healthy — or accumulating debt that blocks upgrades? (RICEFW Auditor → Director and CIO)
- Is the SteerCo reporting accurate — or is leadership seeing a Watermelon? (Truth Engine → CIO and Director)
- Are people ready for the system they are receiving? (Human Signal → CIO and Director)
OUTCOME 2 — AUTONOMOUS ENTERPRISE READINESS:
Any programme deploying Joule, pursuing RISE, or planning an AE migration. The same four pillars answer the questions SAP does not — again, calibrated per audience.
- Which custom objects block the 224 Joule AI agents? (RICEFW Auditor → SI gets remediation paths, Director gets verdicts, CIO gets financial impact)
- Is the Fiori deployment complete enough to activate Joule? (Truth Engine → all three audiences)
- Is the workforce trained for AI-native working? (Human Signal → CIO and Director)
Four pillars (each serves all three audiences):
- Functional Auditor: Clean Core Score 0–100. Section A (CIO): KG fidelity risk in €. Section B (Director): SI challenge questions, man-day saving. Section C (SI): Language Translation Ledger, SAP alternatives.
- RICEFW Auditor: Joule API Pathway Audit, Clean Core Level A–D, Technical Debt Index 1–10. Section A: financial impact of blocked AI agents. Section B: RETIRE/MIGRATE/REDESIGN/KEEP verdicts. Section C: BTP remediation paths.
- Truth Engine: Watermelon Detection, Fiori Deployment check, Programme Truth Score 0–100. Section A: 3 SteerCo questions. Section B: 48-hour action list. Section C: vendor friction map.
- Human Signal: three-stage Fiori adoption model, HITL Policy readiness, Human Signal Score 0–100. Section A: GUI training weight, AE adoption financial risk. Section B: go-live recommendation, stakeholder resistance map.
On-Demand SAP Advisory:
- SAP Programme Management — end-to-end governance, factory management, multi-stream delivery, vendor oversight, SteerCo reporting for Greenfield, Brownfield, Rollout and AMS programmes.
- Delivery Management — RICEFW oversight, Data Migration governance, Release & Cutover management, Hypercare, SLA/KPI management.
- Due Diligence & Landscape Assessment — SAP landscape review, AS-IS/TO-BE roadmap, RFP structuring, SI selection advisory.
- IT Strategy & CIO Advisory — transformation roadmap, Clean Core strategy, Autonomous Enterprise readiness planning.
- Programme Recovery — distressed programme assessment, rapid governance setup, escalation resolution.
Operating through senior professional networks across EMEA.
David S.
Last position:
Senior Controller at DNS-Net
- Management Reporting
- Analysis of COGS and close cooperation with Accounting
- Variance analysis vs Plan/Forecast
- Development of sales controlling
- Business partnering for the CSO area
André S.
Last position:
IT Consultant SAP® Administration at Lechwerke AG (LEW)
- IT services for the administration of the SAP® systems NETZ/Sales, BW, Core, Portal
- Administration of SAP® authorizations and users via central user administration (ZBV) in SAP® Solution Manager
- Setup and further development of SAP® authorization roles
- Role assignment according to requests
- Creation, change, and deletion of users
- Incident handling and error analysis (e.g. authorization trace, debugging in test systems)
- Cooperation with the SAP® development team on new implementations and process changes
- Special tasks
- Execution of Privileged User Management (PUM) 2023–2025 using Security Bridge
- Decommissioning of the SAP® Core system and migration to S/4HANA
Tom F.
Last position:
Project Manager for SOC Service Transition and Introduction of Microsoft Cloud Security Solutions at Sonovum GmbH
Analysis of the existing SOC infrastructure and assessment of security operations
Transition to a new operating model including security monitoring, incident response and threat intelligence
Coordination between internal teams, external partners and service providers
Implementation of Microsoft Intune: configuration, compliance policies and BYOD management
Implementation of Microsoft Defender: endpoint and network protection, automated threat detection and incident response
Training of IT security teams and end users
Deployment of Microsoft Sentinel: integration into existing systems, automation of playbooks
Introduction of Conditional Access: policies, MFA, creation of reports and dashboards
Project management from initiation to completion, including change, risk and acceptance management
Project controlling regarding schedules, costs and quality
Requirements management: collection, classification and assessment of IT security requirements
Beserithan M.
Last position:
SD Development and CRM Interaction Center Development at Sanner GmbH
- Part-time 2-3 days/week
- Developments in the SD module and CRM Interaction Center
- Consulting, customizing in SD module
- Adapting Fiori applications in the SD module
- Approval workflow for credit memos: design, concept, implementation, customizing
- Credit memo request: object type BUS 2094
- If the credit memo request value is below a certain threshold -> automatic release and removal of billing block
- If the credit memo request value is above a certain threshold -> automatic determination of the responsible employee
- The employee receives a work item in their integrated inbox or in My Inbox (Fiori) -> the employee can reject, approve, or edit the credit memo request
- UML modeling in technical documentation
- Creating a Z-table for customer sample line items
- Merging COA1 (delivery) + COA2 (CAQ) forms and adding to the spool request as a single PDF
- Correcting workflow title according to NACE, fixing message "ZBMA title is displayed incorrectly in SBWP (Workplace)"
- Receiving PLM documents from an external PLM system, creating an RFC function module, storing PLM documents in the material master as GOS objects
- On releasing a production order, reading PLM documents from MM and saving them in a shared folder for the MES system
- Displaying the number of inspection methods in a popup when creating an order -> VA01/VA02
- Automatic stock reconciliation LVS IDOC INVCON
- Performing AQUA tests
- IDOC archiving for old IDOCs
- NL_PM_drawings and storing print output, informing MES via ZPPORDER IDOC, writing technical documents
- Using SD user exits, BADIs for various requirements
- Extending screens for customer requests via screen exits
- Creating message types for sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices
- Extending CRM Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> Contract with customer-specific requirements
- New Fiori application departure control with data from Z-table and standard equipment tables, displaying a pie chart, calculating "vehicles in operation"
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for performance feedback, attachments from GOS objects
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for PM quality notifications, attachments from GOS objects
- Implementing BADIs in CRM
- File storage on SAP server/UNIX server
- Using BOL/GENIL architecture in CRM development
- Project language: German
Sai R.
Last position:
SAP Solution Architect & Developer (Datasphere) at PwC US
- Spearheaded the development of BW Bridge and Datasphere models, integrating S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, and BDC to enable real-time analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
- Designed and implemented Calculation Views using SAP HANA Modeler, aligning with LEONI's requirement for expertise in BW/4HANA modeling and Eclipse.
- Authored comprehensive technical documentation and RICEFW objects, ensuring clarity and alignment with business requirements.
- Conducted training sessions for internal teams on Datasphere and BW Bridge, fostering knowledge transfer and self-sufficiency.
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Statistics of experts using SAP Solution Manager
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years

Position duration
2 years (Germany: 3 years)

Positions per freelancer
21 (Germany: 17)

Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence

Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 85%)
Master's degree or higher
80% (Germany: 49%)
Doctorate
20% (Germany: 5%)

Certifications per freelancer
4

Most common languages
German, English, Russian

Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 96%)
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Berlin using SAP Solution Manager
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The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 21 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP Solution Manager 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 (83%)
- Professional Services (83%)
- Manufacturing (67%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Energy (50%)
- Government and Administration (50%)
- Utilities (50%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
SAP Operations Hub
SAP Solution Manager is an on-premise suite for managing SAP landscapes throughout their lifecycle. It brings monitoring, incident handling, change control, documentation and implementation support into one operational framework. Companies use it to connect business processes with technical service management across productive and non-productive systems.
Core Capabilities
The platform supports service desk operations, root-cause analysis, technical monitoring, job and interface oversight, and controlled transport management. Its tools help teams trace incidents from business impact to system component and maintain reliable records for audits and support handovers. SAP Solution Manager can also guide implementation and upgrade activities through structured project processes.
Ecosystem And Tooling
Specialists work across SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW, SAP HANA and connected third-party systems. Common components include Solution Manager Work Centers, IT Service Management, ChaRM, System Monitoring, Business Process Monitoring and the Maintenance Planner. Relevant adjacent skills include SAP Basis, transport management, SAP security, service management frameworks, integration and reporting.
Typical Assignments
- Configure incident, request and change workflows for SAP support teams
- Establish ChaRM controls for releases, transports and approvals
- Monitor systems, interfaces, jobs and business-critical processes
- Prepare SAP landscapes for upgrades, migrations or operational handover
- Connect service data with reporting, governance and audit requirements
When Expertise Matters
Freelance expertise is useful when internal teams face a complex rollout, a support backlog or a transition from informal operations to governed service processes. It also helps when a company must align several SAP systems, clean up monitoring, redesign ChaRM or document processes before an upgrade. In Berlin, on-site workshops may support stakeholders who need close coordination, while remote work suits configuration, analysis and documentation.
What Strong Professionals Bring
Strong professionals combine SAP technical knowledge with a clear understanding of operational ownership. They ask how incidents, transports, interfaces and business processes affect users before changing configuration. Look for evidence of structured troubleshooting, clean documentation, sensible alert design and careful testing in a representative SAP landscape. Clear communication in German or English can also matter when business, support and external teams collaborate across locations.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SAP Solution Manager? These answers cover the essentials.
SAP Solution Manager is used to monitor SAP landscapes, manage incidents and changes, document systems, and support implementation or upgrade projects. It connects technical operations with service processes so teams can trace issues and control transports more consistently.
SAP Solution Manager provides broad on-premise lifecycle and IT service management capabilities, while SAP Cloud ALM is designed as a cloud-based option for implementation and operations. SAP Focused Run is aimed at large-scale monitoring and advanced operations, so the right choice depends on landscape architecture, cloud adoption and process depth.
A strong SAP Solution Manager specialist often understands SAP Basis, SAP security, transport management, ChaRM and service management practices. Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, integrations, monitoring and reporting is valuable when the work spans several systems.
SAP Solution Manager work can range from workflow configuration to a full operational redesign. The right level of experience depends on landscape complexity, integrations, governance needs and whether the assignment includes migration, upgrade preparation or knowledge transfer.
SAP Solution Manager assignments often work well remotely because configuration, analysis, testing and documentation can be handled through secure access and structured workshops. On-site sessions in Berlin may still help with process discovery, stakeholder alignment and handover in regulated or highly collaborative environments.
Ask for specific examples involving monitoring, ChaRM, IT Service Management, incident workflows or upgrade preparation. A capable SAP Solution Manager expert explains the business reason behind each configuration choice, describes testing and rollback steps, and produces documentation that another team can use.
SAP Solution Manager uses ChaRM to structure change requests, approvals, releases and transports across SAP landscapes. It can provide traceability from a business requirement to a tested change, helping teams reduce uncontrolled movement between systems.
SAP Solution Manager is common in organizations with complex SAP estates, including manufacturing, retail, logistics, utilities, healthcare and public services. It is especially relevant where operational continuity, audit trails, coordinated releases and dependable support processes are important.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP Solution Manager in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 867 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP Solution Manager in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 80% hold at least a Master's degree, and 20% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP Solution Manager in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP Solution Manager in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP Solution Manager in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Professional Services (83%), and Manufacturing (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP Solution Manager in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (83%), and Business Intelligence (67%).
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