shinobu kato

founder and brewer

Country

united states

City

brooklyn

Industry

food production

Skill

business process improvement, program management, management, cross functional team leadership, process improvement, strategy, sdlc, sap, pmo, software project management, vendor management, it strategy, itil, strategic planning, erp, outsourcing, project portfolio management, enterprise architecture, offshore operations, information systems strategy, global projects, process modeling, organizational design, change leadership, it outsourcing, pmbok, it transformation, business process design, business process excellence, cross cultural, japanese

Experience

intern, office of financial management

medstar research institute, inc.

2005-6 - 2005-7 · 2 mos

assistant manager, operations excellence

atwork corporation tokyo japan

2000-8 - 2002-1 · 1 yr 6 mos

program coordinator, corporate planning

atwork corporation tokyo japan

1999-4 - 2000-8 · 1 yr 5 mos

recruiter and program coordinator, human resources

softbank mobile

1997-4 - 1999-3 · 2 yrs

founder and brewer

kato sake works

2019-4 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

senior section manager and vertical owner, sap competency center, information systems and it

renault nissan technology & business centre india

2011-5 - 2013-4 · 2 yrs

* Managed the SAP Competency Center of 17 professionals, establishing technical support and advisory capability to Renault-Nissan Alliance IS Organizations in EU, Japan, and the US. The offered global services include: * SAP Basis 24/7 maintenance and project support * SAP technical upgrades project support * SAP technical and functional roadmap support

business analyst, information systems

nissan motor corporation

2007-5 - 2007-9 · 5 mos

Supported various business domains in Canada, including Dealer Management, Marketing, Finance, Customs, and HR.

senior portfolio manager, information systems - general resource management

nissan motor corporation

2010-7 - 2011-4 · 10 mos

* Managed IS project portfolio supporting administrative business domains (GRM) including Finance, Reporting, Treasury, Purchasing and HR. * Development of strategic roadmap to support business objectives and project investments prioritization to maximize ROI * Project portfolio management focusing on Quality, Delivery, and Cost * Global/regional and cross-functional alignment to leverage synergies while reducing application landscape complexity * Support for PMO on standard development and process improvement

sap program manager, information systems

nissan motor corporation

2009-6 - 2011-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

* Led $1-4M cross-functional SAP programs/projects including: * R/3 Technical Upgrade to ERP 6.0 with Unicode and OS migration * PP/MM implementation for Accessory Parts business domain * Global technical upgrades planning and roadmapping * Solution Manager planning and implementation

project manager, information systems

nissan motor corporation

2007-10 - 2009-5 · 1 yr 8 mos

* Led multi-million dollar IS projects of 5-10 members as the Project Manager. * Led $4M project to develop a quality data warehouse and statistical analysis reporting solution for field quality engineers. * Led multiple medium size projects including transportation cost optimization, sales incentives optimization, customer database migration, and 3D virtual vehicle design for advertising.

business analyst, information systems - scm and manufacturing

nissan motor corporation

2006-7 - 2007-4 · 10 mos

* Supported multiple application systems with various technologies in Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing business domain, bridging the users and the outsourced IS engineers. * Supported off-shoring transition of the entire application management team from a US-based vendor to an India-based. * Saved $.2M annual EDI cost by designing and implementing system changes.

founder and head brewer

sakebrooklyn brewing co., llc

2016-12 - 2019-3 · 2 yrs 4 mos

manager, information systems, grm - i2c

nissan motor corporation

2013-5 - 2015-9 · 2 yrs 5 mos

* Managed IS application delivery team of 9 Business/System Analysts for Corporate Finance * Inventory-to-Cash (I2C): * Drove IS strategy for business customers in Accounts Receivable (AR), Cost Accounting, Vehicle Inventory Accounting, Customs and Trade Compliance, and Internal Audit * Provided ITIL-based application support for I2C customers, including SAP functional (ERP, SolMan), SAP Basis and other mainframe-based legacy systems maintained by 30+ onsite and offshore partner resources * Delivered business critical projects including several legacy-to-SAP migration projects * Implemented SAP application roadmap including cross-functional integration and technical landscape modernization * Managed operational and project budget supporting the above mentioned activities