Biography
Felipe Valentim de Araujo is a Global Procurement and Supply Chain executive and advisor with over 30 years of international experience across Healthcare, Consumer Packaged Goods, and consulting sectors. His areas of expertise span procurement transformation, strategic sourcing and category management, and supplier relationship management (SRM), with a strong focus on linking procurement strategy to organisational performance and project delivery.
He has held global leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson, The Kraft Heinz Company, and Mondelēz International, managing spend portfolios of up to $5B across Europe, the Americas, and globally.
As Worldwide Vice-President of Procurement at J&J, he led a transformation program, shortlisted for the CIPS Procurement Transformation Award 2021, that delivered three-year targets in two years, with significant productivity gains and a double digit increase in supplier diversity spend. In addition to his academic role, he advises executive teams on procurement strategy, AI-enabled sourcing, and supply chain redesign.
He holds an MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral and a BSc in Production Engineering from the Universidade de São Paulo.