Joining in 2001, Kraig Haberer served in the global marketing function for SAP. He was responsible for strategic marketing and product marketing initiatives for SAP’s financial solution portfolio, including ERP Accounting, Financial Supply Chain Management, Strategic Enterprise Management, and Corporate Services applications.

Historically, a two-pronged organization strong in both product development and sales, SAP did not have a unified, centrally managed marketing organization. Consequently, the company formed SAP Global Marketing which was the central marketing function for global marketing communications and solution marketing.

Kraig joined this group as Global Director of Product Marketing for their Financial ERP solutions. Working collectively with product development, global sales, and field marketing, he helped this core business segment achieve the following results:

• Increased SAP’s market share by 7 percentage points in a very mature and contracting financial management solutions market
• Gained the leadership position in META Group’s 2003 ERP METASpectrum report and advanced SAP’s position in the Gartner Enterprise Accounting Magic Quadrant
• Repositioned the Financials team from a product-focused to market-focused organization, specifically, by introducing a product marketing methodology and leading the go-to-market efforts with CFO Roundtables, a Customer Advisory Board, and revised positioning and messaging frameworks
• Bolstered the “voice” of SAP’s financial solutions through intensified thought leadership with customers, analysts, and the press, including quotes in The Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, Business Finance Magazine, Information Week, CFO Project, and others