Procurement Contacts

Group Director of Procurement - Tom Rae

Direct Categories:

PVB, Energy, Ceramic Inks and Silver Paste -  John Mercer
Batch Materials (Float), External Glass, IGU materials, Atmospheric Gases and Coating Materials - Dirk Franke
NMI purchasing, Automotive Hardware and Automotive Process Materials - Jacopo Gobbi

Specialty Glass - Yoshiro Yakushi
Transportation and Warehousing - Simon Hackett

Other senior management positions, reporting to Tom Rae are:

Global Procurement Process & Performance Manager - John Wilgar
Global Supplier Development Manager - Mike Fletcher
Head of Global Procurement Management for Manufacturing Assets - Bonifacio Pistacchio
Global Head of Indirect Procurement - André Carbones

Indirect Categories:-

Travel, Information Systems, Professional Services, Packaging, Stationery & Consumables - John Brighouse

Site Services, Temporary Labour, PPE, Tooling - Nigel Thompson

Regional Heads of Procurement report to Tom Rae, Group Director of Procurement:

Japan - Nobuhide Ando

North America - Noline Drouillard

South America - Marcelo Montemor

South East Asia - Lee Mangan

China - Zhou Bo