ETHELBERT HOPE B. ESBERTO
Caloocan City
Summary
Data governance and product stewardship leader with 17+ years building enterprise data foundations, elevating data quality, and driving business continuity across complex product and supply-chain environments at Shell. Expert in SAP master data, regulatory compliance, and product lifecycle management with a track record of leading cross-functional migrations and embedding accountable data ownership. Trusted partner to executives and global stakeholders; known for transforming operational data into actionable insights and resilient ways of working. Data Governance and Product Stewardship Leader with expertise in building enterprise data foundations. Elevated data quality and strengthened business continuity through accountable data ownership and governance practices. Transformed operational data into actionable insights for executives and global stakeholders.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
T&S Data Foundations Analyst
Shell Pilipinas Corporation
09.2023 - Current
- Established and matured T&S Data Foundations to enable consistent, high‑quality outcomes and decision‑making across businesses.
- Defined accountable data ownership and embedded governance practices across T&S and Lines of Business to strengthen compliance and control.
- Prioritized data quality issues and drove aligned remediation plans tied to the T&S Data Foundations roadmap.
- Partnered with IT, FO Data, and T&S LOBs to deliver cross‑functional initiatives and ensure business continuity through change.
- Engaged Business GMs, BIAMs, and Digital & Analytics teams to accelerate adoption of data‑driven ways of working.
- Selected programs & migrations:
- – Project Sailboat (E2E Inspection): Led transition from manual inspections to Navarik, improving operational efficiency and data accuracy.
- – Future Freight Platform / Project Jigsaw: Oversight of RADAR → IMOS migration (ongoing), aligning requirements to future‑state architecture.
Product Executive – Stewardship (Bitumen) / Senior Specialist
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
01.2020 - 08.2023
- Owned product specifications, quality standards, and governance for Bitumen across markets in line with global frameworks.
- Led HSSE, regulatory, and compliance activities including end‑to‑end SDS submissions.
- Served as incident focal point; drove RCAs and coordinated corrective and preventive actions across supply, manufacturing, and technical teams.
- Approved technical documentation, maintained change traceability, and communicated updates to commercial and operational stakeholders.
- Advised customer‑facing teams to resolve product quality concerns and ensure seamless end‑to‑end handling.
- Drove continuous improvement to strengthen governance, enhance quality, and reduce non‑conformance.
- Partnered with global/regional product managers on new grades, rationalization, and compliance upgrades.
- – PLM center of expertise: governed lifecycle data, ensured best practices in data/process governance.
- – Managed product data creation, modification, and archival to maintain lifecycle integrity.
- – Supported system usage; enforced data quality standards and policies.
- – Ran portfolio reviews with Marketing; executed updates in Global SAP and the Global Product Catalogue.
- – Drove data migration and go‑live readiness (scenario testing, end‑user training, process updates, hypercare).
- – Resolved system issues impacting order creation, scheduling, delivery, BOMs, and customer ordering.
- – Met SLAs for product introductions; delivered data cleansing to meet DQ targets.
- – Ensured EHS requirements were met before customer delivery.
Process Specialist – Operational Excellence
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
07.2016 - 12.2019
- Primary liaison across master data teams to resolve integrity issues and impacts.
- Designed processes, tools, and data sources to improve master reference data quality and timeliness.
- Established and enforced policies/procedures to ensure effective execution of master data processes.
- Monitored end‑to‑end process performance against targets and controls.
- Provided SAP MM support for creation, update, and deletion of master reference data; coached end‑users.
- Led testing/training for improvement bundles and enhancement go‑lives; embedded updated ways of working.
- Partnered with stakeholders and Process Experts to resolve product master data issues and support migrations.
Assistant Team Manager – Finance Operation Data
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
01.2015 - 06.2016
- Led team operations for GSAP non‑lubes across ROW/USF and legacy systems; ensured shift coverage and continuity.
- Recruited, coached, and performance‑managed analysts; instituted backup plans and knowledge sharing.
- Forecasted FTE needs for customer projects based on historical demand and pipeline.
- Drove process improvements and ensured consistent execution of required controls across OUs.
Product Data Analyst – Finance Operation Data
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
03.2008 - 12.2014
- Gatekeeper for SAP Materials Master (SOPUS/Motiva/STUSCO); ensured end‑to‑end process continuity.
- Executed creation, updates, and deletion of material records with strict SOX compliance, meeting SLAs/KPIs.
- Collaborated with Trading, refineries, and US entities to deliver product plans on time; owned inquiry resolution and escalations.
- Maintained and updated manuals/work instructions; led data cleansing aligned to master data standards.
Inventory Auditor
Flexo Manufacturing Corporation
- Audited raw materials and finished goods for Leveflex (sister company); prepared PPV and Filling Operation reports.
Education
Master of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
MAPÚA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Mapúa University)
Intramuros, Manila01.2007
BS - Chemical Engineering
MAPÚA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Mapúa University)
Intramuros, Manila01.2001
Skills
- Data Governance & Ownership Models
- Data Quality Strategy & Remediation
- SAP MM / GSAP Master Data
- PLM
- Regulatory Compliance
- HSSE Compliance
- SDS Compliance
- Product Stewardship
- Program Management
- Change Management
- Hypercare
- Issue Management
- Incident Management
- RCA
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Exec Communications
- System Migrations
Custom Section
- Data Governance & Ownership Models
- Data Quality Strategy & Remediation
- SAP MM / GSAP Master Data | PLM
- Regulatory, HSSE & SDS Compliance
- Product Stewardship (Bitumen)
- Program / Change Management | Hypercare
- Issue & Incident Management | RCA
- Stakeholder Engagement | Exec Communications
- System Migrations (Navarik, IMOS/RADAR)
Certification
- Licensed Professional Chemical Engineer
- Masters in Engineering program
- Yellowbelt Continuous improvement practitioner
Timeline
T&S Data Foundations Analyst
Shell Pilipinas Corporation
09.2023 - Current
Product Executive – Stewardship (Bitumen) / Senior Specialist
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
01.2020 - 08.2023
Process Specialist – Operational Excellence
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
07.2016 - 12.2019
Assistant Team Manager – Finance Operation Data
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
01.2015 - 06.2016
Product Data Analyst – Finance Operation Data
Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V.
03.2008 - 12.2014
Inventory Auditor
Flexo Manufacturing Corporation
Master of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
MAPÚA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Mapúa University)
BS - Chemical Engineering
MAPÚA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Mapúa University)