Toshiro Sugimoto Email & Phone Number

Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Additional responsibilities: Vice President, Head of DX Division of Shiseido Interactive Beauty Company, Limited. Ensuring growth into the future of the multi-billion dollar business, fostering innovation to solve key business challenges and established a digital strategy consisting of broad range of initiatives and solutions for Shiseido Japan and its multiple brands. - Integral member of executive leadership team tasked with directing digital innovation, corporate digital transformation, and talent development. - Contribute as an Executive Committee Member that approves corporate-wide IT Capital Investments - Key founding member of the joint venture between Shiseido and Accenture resulting in the creation of Shiseido Interactive Beauty Company, Limited- Responsible for 4 key departments which directs 20 Groups(Divisions) that comprises of +200 Shiseido staff members and +85 Accenture subcontractors

New York, Ny, Us

Director of Corporate Marketing for a multinational manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products which manages over 11 prestigious brands in Japan. Brands include: Estee Lauder, Clinique, MAC Cosmetics, De La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda, Tom Ford Beauty, Lab Series, Aramis, Kilian, and Frederic Malle.Lead the Corporate Marketing Department which comprises four dynamic teams:- Strategic Planning & Market Analysis- Consumer Insights- CRM & Analytics- Digital & Social Media Marketing

Shibuya, Tokyo, Jp

Responsible for a team of 35 (including onsite and offsite contractors) which established governance, digital strategy, oversaw all digital marketing, digital solutions, social media platforms, digital communications, and infused change management in driving the organization to become digital first.

New York, New York, Us

Lead the vision, roadmap, development and business of Citi’s Global Consumer Business’s strategic imperatives for digital products and services on all multi-channel digital touch points while planning the critical success factors and key milestones for each respective solutions.Managed 6 global digital managers; who were responsible for end-to-end digital services for our respective 5 regions and 28 country markets. Each managers were responsible in providing the long term direction for their respective digital products and services on their profitability, Net Promoter Score influence, and cost reduction efforts.

Created, recruited, retained, lead, motivated and developed an eBusiness Department with 22 high performing professionals to manage and innovate Citi Card Japan’s digital, eCommerce, and online presence to make game-changing contributions to the business.

New responsibilities to re-position Citibank Japan’s brand and to embed the brand in our business practices.

Lead, developed & executed online customer experience concepts and strategies that significantly enhanced usability and contents which resulted in Citibank Japan's PC website being awarded "Best Consumer Internet Banks in Japan" and "Best Consumer Internet Banks - Best Investment Management Services" from the well renowned "Global Finance Magazine” in 2009.

Zurich, Ch

Defined superior online customer experience in a global environment on several development, deployment, and content maintenance of various intra/internet projects for Asian clients. Translated business requirements and user needs into functional specifications liaising with New York and London headquarters.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Managed over 75,000 multi-lingual eCommerce web pages for Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Brunei, Macau, and Vietnam.