SAP IPD Freelancer – Switzerland

Darwin Recruitment; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 166,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking an experienced SAP IPD Consultant to support IPD in a manufacturing environment in Switzerland, offering 60% remote work. The contract is freelance for 6 months.

You will work across product development processes, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to implement and integrate SAP IPD within the wider SAP landscape, aligning with PLM and engineering practices. Fluent German and English required.

Qualifications

• Proven SAP IPD experience in consulting or implementation projects.
• Strong PLM and product development process knowledge.
• Experience designing, implementing or configuring SAP IPD solutions.
• Understanding of product data, specs, and engineering collaboration.
• Experience integrating product development with SAP S/4HANA or wider SAP landscape.
• Ability to gather requirements, run stakeholder workshops, and translate needs into solutions.
• Experience collaborating with technical teams on design, testing, integration and deployment.
• Manufacturing or engineering industry background.
• Fluent German and English.

Skills

SAP IPD

PLM

IPD implementation

Stakeholder workshops

S/4HANA integration

Requirements gathering

Solution design

Manufacturing industry

German & English

Job description

SAP IPD Consultant (DRWN)

Job title: SAP IPD Consultant – Integrated Product Development

Client Location: Switzerland (candidates based in Germany/Austria also considered)

Remote work offering: 60% remote

Client Industry: Manufacturing

Contract Length: 6 months

Contract Type: Freelance

Project focus

Our client is looking for an experienced SAP Integrated Product Development (IPD) specialist to support its product lifecycle management landscape within a manufacturing environment. You’ll work across product development processes, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and support the implementation and integration of SAP IPD within the wider SAP landscape.

The role will suit a consultant with hands‑on SAP IPD experience who understands the relationship between product development, engineering processes and enterprise SAP systems.

Key skills and experience required

• Proven experience with SAP Integrated Product Development (IPD), ideally in a consulting or implementation environment.
• Strong understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and product development processes.
• Experience supporting the design, implementation or configuration of SAP IPD solutions.
• Understanding of product data, product specifications and engineering collaboration processes.
• Experience integrating product development processes with SAP S/4HANA or the wider SAP landscape.
• Ability to gather requirements, run stakeholder workshops and translate business needs into technical or functional solutions.
• Experience working with technical teams on solution design, testing, integration and deployment.
• Manufacturing or engineering industry experience.
• Fluent German and English.