Caio Araujo

Background

About Caio Araujo

I truly believe life is a learning journey. I have been fortunate that, in addition to having grown up inBrazil, during my professional career I had the opportunity to live in different countries and experiencedifferent cultures. I have a broader understanding of business and have continually evolved myexpertise and shaped my leadership style that delivers great results to global organizations.I have a lot of fun building and working with people and believe high performing teams are made of agroup of people where trust, constructive debate, commitment and accountability are crucial toachieving exciting results. I am results-oriented and leverage continuous improvements tools andmeasurable indicators to improve processes and create value for the organization and customers.I am a creative and customer-focused leader with strong analytical skills. I have led plant migrations and product integration projects globally with multi-cultural cross-functional teams producing significant results. My nature is to mentor and provide guidance and feedback to my associates, I encourage them to challenge themselves, remove boundaries, take risks (measurable risks), and be creative and proactive. My moto is “what can I do to perform a better job tomorrow than I did today?”.Credentials: MBA (emphasis in Operations), Bachelor Mechanical Engineering, Post-Graduation FinanceEngineering, Post-Graduation IT Systems, Certified Value Engineer, Tri-Lingual, SAP/JDE ERP user.Core Competencies: Team Builder| MRP & Planning | Analytical Skills | Lean Processes | Kaizen & Gemba Walks | Value Stream Mapping | Lean Process |Project Management |Supply ChainManagement | Engineering Management | Product Management | Business Development | NativeLanguage Portuguese / Conversational Spanish | Product & Operation Migration & Integration |Operation Management | Manufacturing Strategy | Value Creation | Value Engineering | Advanced Skills Microsoft Office