Chris Imamura
CONTACT
OFFICE
(330) 650-0580
EDUCATION
MBA, Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA
BS & MS, Petroleum Engineering
University of Southern California
KEY CLIENTS
Sysco Foods
HP
Intel
Samsung Electronics
Owens Illinois
BP
Sprint
BellSouth
Prior Experience and Role Highlights
Mr. Imamura is an accomplished senior executive with proven leadership skills in designing and delivering enterprise solutions, bringing expertise in improving procurement and inventory management operations and identifying and implementing value. He brings over 30 years of management consulting experience, including substantial large program management across technology strategy and integration programs, and is a subject matter specialist for finance and supply chain management.
Most recently, Chris was a Director in the Business Transformation Services practice at SAP, where his focus was assisting customers in realizing the value from their investments in SAP across architecture strategy, business case development, business transformation, and strategic roadmap projects. During his time at SAP, he led engagements for multiple Fortune 100 companies across manufacturing, high tech, wholesale distribution, and oil and gas industries.
Prior to SAP, Chris was a Partner with Ernst & Young Management Consulting in San Francisco, leading the national supply chain practice for the firm's Telecom Media Networks sector. Chris' experience also includes improving operations at companies such as HP, Samsung Electronics, Sprint North Supply, BellSouth, Intel, Sprint Corp., AT&T, GTE Wireless, Covad, Time Warner Cable, and AOL.
Functional Expertise
- Technology strategy and roadmap development
- Business case development
- Value realization design and implementation
- SAP Center of Expertise (COE) design
- Software implementation and integration
- Master data governance
- Supply chain strategy and improvement portfolio development
- Finance improvement portfolio development
- Shared services optimization