SAP Experts in Hamburg
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Hamburg, who have recently used SAP
Serkant Türemiş
Last position:
Interim Manager, License Controlling at Tonies GmbH
- Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
- Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
- Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
- Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
- Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.
Manfred Paschek
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
Niko Schmuck
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
- Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Arne Zühlke
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
Christian Frauer
Last position:
Department Head (Interim) at Municipal utilities and transport company
- Definition and setup of the subject areas
- Building a governance model for the department with the areas of responsibility
- IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
- Developing a communication strategy within the group
- Creating the IT strategy
- Designing templates, guidelines, and processes for consistent work
- Capturing strategic guardrails and grouping ongoing projects – deriving a roadmap for strategic planning
- Reviewing ongoing projects
- Creating staffing calculations and volume structure
- Defining job profiles
Thomas Kostrewa
Last position:
Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer (SAFe) – Product & Cross-functional Delivery Focus at Autonomous Driving / Connectivity (OEM, confidential)
- Orchestrate cross-functional delivery across organisational units in the Connectivity domain, aligning teams around integrated end-to-end, customer-testable value rather than isolated component delivery.
- Drive a shift from local component optimisation towards shared outcomes and a common delivery goal, increasing focus and enabling significantly faster integrated delivery.
- Coordinate across 15 cross-functional organisations in a highly complex OEM environment; bring Product, Engineering, Programme Management and specialist functions together to resolve dependencies and improve decision-making.
- Coach Product Managers, Product Owners and stakeholders on product responsibility, prioritisation, outcome orientation and aligned backlogs.
- Use Claude through an AWS Bedrock integration to analyse Jira and Confluence content, identify patterns, dependencies and quality gaps, and support structured product and delivery decisions.
- Establish AI-native requirements excellence with LLM-supported quality gates for epics, features, stories, acceptance criteria, roadmaps and task breakdowns; scale adoption through templates and prompt playbooks.
Maureen Schoesser
Last position:
Remote HR Consulting | HR Operations | Recruiting at Mindful HR
- Independent HR consulting with a focus on remote and project-based collaboration
- Support across HR Business Partnering, HR Operations and Recruiting
- Advice and support on operational HR topics throughout the employee lifecycle
- Support for managers with people-related and HR matters
- Flexible, pragmatic support for companies and HR teams requiring additional capacity
- Conceptualisation and implementation of digital brand presences, including the development and launch of two websites within a short timeframe using AI-supported tools – from structure and content to implementation and publication
Farid Alam
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
Isabelle Rath
Last position:
Content Specialist at ECE Market Places
Strategic development and operational execution of newsletter and content projects in a B2C environment. Working with reporting and performance data, deriving concrete optimization measures, and data-driven content optimization for more than 500,000 subscribers.
Manfred Böttcher
Last position:
Interim Manager Managing Director
- Optimization of business results and expansion of sales activities
- Responsible for personnel organization
- Introduction of a document management system (DMS)
- Introduction and optimization of the ERP, CMS and CRM landscape
- Introduction of digital signatures
- Increase in revenue, reduction in costs and increase in EBIT
Huy Nguyen
Last position:
Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant at Thinformatics
- Administration and further development of the M365 environment including Teams, Exchange Online, Intune and SharePoint Online
- Development of dashboards for performance monitoring using Microsoft Power BI
- Implementation of user requirements and processes with low-code/no-code technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate)
- Use of Jira and Azure DevOps to plan and implement user stories in an agile project context
- Participation in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives as technical point of contact
- Planning and implementation of security policies using Azure Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication
- Configuration and deployment of clients and applications via MECM (SCCM) and Baramundi
Vadim Bünger
Last position:
Dozent Applied AI at Digital Institut des Mittelstands GmbH
- Instructor for applied AI in the courses "AI Implementation Architect" and "AI Business Innovator"
- Running remote training sessions to qualify participants as "AI Implementation Architect" and "AI Business Innovator"
- Building n8n-based automations for the Digital Institut des Mittelstands
Hoa Josef Nguyen
Last position:
AI Architect and Enabler at Inhouse / AI Business
Technologies: n8n, Notion, OpenAI API, Claude, MS AI Foundry, MS CoPilot Studio, MS CoPilot, LLM, Node.js, Vercel, LangGraph, PostgreSQL, pgEdge, pgvector, Docker, LangChain, Ollama, Open WebUI
- Continuous evaluation and prioritization of internal automation needs
- ~20 AI agents in active use: research, content pipelines, document processing
- 5 n8n workflows for automated data and process control
- Architecture built on the same principles as in customer projects: state management, event-driven orchestration, API integration
- Ongoing operation and further development
Karl-Heinz Schulte
Last position:
CIO
- CIO at nutrition R&D and producer (family owned)
Strengthened IT Team, recovered IT service, reviewed and streamlined complex SAP landscape, reviewed IT security set-up, reviewed laboratory IT
Guido Bäcker
Last position:
Independent Management Consultant and Interim Manager at BCTC Unternehmensberatung Guido Bäcker
Consulting, training, and coaching in the financial sector on strategy, organization, and IT topics
MorgenFund: Advising the operator of a fund platform on software selection for a sub-ledger "Cash Accounts" based on Virtual IBANs (VIBAN)
Structuring requirements, market screening, creating RfIs, communicating with vendors, and conducting the selection process
UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank: Workstream lead "Booking and Customer Reporting" in the payment transformation project "PULS"
Business analysis, creating business requirements and aligning solution items as part of the functional specification with the bank's IT service providers
Business analysis of SEPA CT and SWIFT MX (.camt, .pain, and .pacs formats), change management, team lead for a virtual team of fifteen line experts, and stakeholder management
equensWorldline Germany: Program management for three projects of the SWIFT service bureau (CBPR+, ESMIG, and Euro1Step1 migration) as part of the SWIFT MX migration
Managing individual project managers regarding overarching goals and requirements; reporting to internal and external committees and stakeholders; coordinating with dependent projects and programs
Project management/PMO: interim project management, stand-in for project managers, resource planning, budget and cost management, general PMO tasks
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Statistics of experts using SAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years (Germany: 23 years)
Position duration
2.4 years (Germany: 3.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
15 (Germany: 13)
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
86%
Master's degree or higher
46% (Germany: 52%)
Doctorate
12% (Germany: 8%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Hamburg using SAP
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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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
SAP in practice SAP is enterprise software for core business processes. Companies use it to run finance, controlling, purchasing, sales, logistics, and HR in one system. SAP experts help keep those processes stable, traceable, and aligned across departments.
Common project work
- SAP S/4HANA implementations and migrations
- ECC support and controlled change work
- ABAP enhancements and interface fixes
- Fiori app rollout and user access setup
- Reporting, data cleanup, and process mapping
Where the stack matters Strong SAP work is rarely only one module. It often spans SAP Basis, ABAP, Fiori, integrations with non-SAP systems, and process design across FI, CO, MM, SD, or PP. Good specialists understand both the technical setup and the business flow behind it.
When to bring in freelance help Freelance SAP expertise is useful for upgrades, rollout support, short-term backfill, incident handling, and project peaks. It also helps when internal teams need a second pair of hands for testing, master data, authorization issues, or cutover planning. Hamburg companies in trade, logistics, and industry often need that mix of speed and domain knowledge.
What strong specialists deliver A strong SAP professional writes clear documentation, works carefully with business users, and handles changes without breaking dependent processes. They know how to read logs, trace issues across systems, and keep custom code maintainable. They also communicate well with on-site teams and remote stakeholders.
Hiring for Hamburg teams In Hamburg, SAP work often needs both German and English communication, especially in international organizations. Some tasks can be done fully remote, while workshops, testing, and cutover support may benefit from on-site presence. The best fit is someone who can adapt to the local setup and the pace of the project.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about SAP.
SAP is used to run core business processes such as finance, procurement, sales, logistics, and HR. It gives companies one connected system for data, controls, and reporting. That is why SAP specialists are often involved in both process work and technical change work.
SAP is the vendor and product family, while S/4HANA and ECC are different ERP generations within that family. Many hiring needs are tied to migration from ECC to S/4HANA, or to ongoing support in one of those landscapes. A good specialist knows the differences in data model, process design, and custom code impact.
A strong SAP freelancer usually brings module knowledge plus technical or functional depth. Common adjacent skills include ABAP, Fiori, integration work, authorization concepts, testing, and master data handling. For larger projects, experience with cutover planning and user support is also valuable.
SAP projects need different levels of depth depending on the task. A small support fix may only need a focused specialist, while a migration, rollout, or process redesign needs someone who has handled similar complexity before. The key is matching the exact module, system version, and change scope.
Freelance SAP support works well for implementation peaks, short-term cover, urgent incidents, and specialized change work. It is also useful when internal teams are busy with business operations and cannot spare key people for testing or data cleanup. This is common in Hamburg-based organizations with international coordination needs.
Many SAP tasks can be done remotely, especially analysis, configuration, development, and documentation. On-site time helps for workshops, go-lives, testing sessions, and sensitive stakeholder alignment. In Hamburg, a hybrid setup is often the most practical choice.
Look for someone who can explain business impact, not just system steps. A good SAP specialist shows clear problem analysis, stable delivery, and clean handover documentation. Ask for examples of similar modules, migrations, or interface work, and check how they handle testing and change control.
SAP functional work focuses on business processes, configuration, and user needs across modules like FI, MM, or SD. Technical work covers ABAP, interfaces, forms, enhancements, and system-side troubleshooting. Many projects need both, so it helps to know which side your hire must cover first.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 934 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 46% hold at least a Master's degree, and 12% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP in their recent projects are German (99%), English (94%), and French (27%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP in their recent projects are Professional Services (74%), Information Technology (71%), and Manufacturing (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP in their recent projects are Project Management (83%), Information Technology (73%), and Operations (57%).
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