Jose Araujo

Pragmatic Mechanical/Industrial Engineer professional with solid international experience in leadership roles, interfacing with global senior management, Engineering teams, facilities operations, quality teams, customers, and compliance authorities.

University teacher and certified professional trainer - Mechanical/Industrial Engineering.

Empathic, collaborative, attentive to detail and dedicated to building teams of motivated individuals.

• Streamlined production at all facilities producing for Europe, optimizing production processes, and reducing costs by adapting best practices of all and continuous improvement methods.
• Obtained compliance certifications for different ranges of products, ensuring compliance with EU standards.
• Led introduction of mobile phone remanufacturing, diversifying product portfolio.
• Transformed production lines into high-volume output, improving overall efficiency.
• Developed R&D multiregional teams and standardized processes across facilities.

• Commercial representative for specially developed machines integrating Automation and Robotics, 2023
• Part time University Teacher and Professional Trainer, 1999-2008, Production Management, Modelation and Simulation, Basic Logistics, Basic Robotics
• Process Engineer, Dataproducts Corporation (Hitachi group), 1997-2005, Remanufacturing, Production Efficiency (Lean, 6 Sigma and other continuous improvement methods)
• Process Engineer, PREH group, 1995-1997, Plastic Injection and cable assembly (FMEA, Lean, Tools project)
• Quality Engineer, Renault group, 1994, Set up and program of a gear box testing new tool
• Consulting jobs, 1993-1994, Software development and efficiency studies on logistic and Industrial applications

• MS. in Mechanical Engineering - Production/Industrial Management, Porto Engineering University (FEUP), 1987, 1993
• Internship, Technical University of Eindhoven, 1993
• Post Graduation in Management Sciences, INEGI, 1997, 1998