Gladis Araujo
Gladis Araujo is a Global business leader with over 25 years of success delivering continuous improvement, operational excellence and cost optimization on four continents in the end to end supply chain field. Experienced leader in starting up operations in new markets, merges, acquisitions, major re-organizations and turnovers, nearshoring, and building/leading cross-cultural teams.
She currently works at Mattel Inc. as Global Quality Systems and Supply Chain Vice-president driving the digital transformation for the company, nearshoring initiatives, and value networks.
She has a bachelor’s in Chemical and Systems Engineering (Tecnologico de Monterrey), a master’s in Quality and Manufacturing (Tecnologico de Monterrey), a master’s in Organizational Development (Universidad de Monterrey), a master’s in International Management (Thunderbird University) and currently she is working in her dissertation for the doctorate grade in Business Administration in the University of Phoenix.