Josip T. Tomasevic
Vice Chairman
Josip T. Tomasevic is Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at AGCO with responsibility for global procurement, materials management and demand planning. His efforts are instrumental in aligning business processes to maximize results, increase efficiencies and enhance AGCO’s competitive advantage. His major focus is turning suppliers into partners, helping AGCO to increase its technology leadership and to generate greater value together. In his previous role, Mr. Tomasevic was Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer. He is based in Duluth, Georgia, USA.
Mr. Tomasevic joined AGCO as Vice President, Global Purchasing and Materials Management in 2011 and has managed the global spend of AGCO while being responsible for each of the regional Purchasing and Materials Organizations. Prior to joining AGCO, he directed Purchasing and Logistics organizations at CLAAS, GILDEMEISTER, and EMAG.
Josip is a Purchasing and Supply Chain executive with more than 30 years of diverse experience with several large, global and leading organizations successfully leading cost optimization programs and game-changing strategy teams, transformational engagements, and supply chain initiatives with a proven track record.
His efforts have focused on transforming organizations, aligning programs and business processes to maximize results, increase efficiency and innovative-ability, and enhance competitive advantage. Josip has worked with organizations spanning many industries including manufacturing, automotive, technology, and agriculture. Josip T. Tomasevic is married and has three children between 15 and 20 years old.
Mr. Tomasevic holds an engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering and Production Systems from the FHTE Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He has also completed general management programs at Harvard, Kellogg and St. Gallen Business Schools. Mr. Tomasevic serves on the Board of Directors of BVL International, the German Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics.