Chief Operating Officer
Johannes Giloth
Roles and responsibilities
- Member of the Executive Board since January 2020.
- COO, appointed until January 2028
- Responsible for integrating and optimizing cross-functional activities in purchasing, supply chain, production, corporate responsibility, and real estate management.
Functions Corporate Center
- Responsible for the company’s worldwide purchasing activities.
- Oversees global production and supply chain.
- Manages Corporate Responsibility & QHSE.
- Oversees Corporate Real Estate Management.
Professional history
- 2017-2019: Savi Technology | Advisory Board Member
- 2007-2013: Nokia | Vice President Supply Chain & Logistics, and CPO and Senior Vice President Operations
- 2002-2007: Siemens | Management Consulting and Vice President (part of the COO leadership team of the Communications division)
Education
- Master’s degree in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
- International Business, University of Greenwich, London, UK
Internation program on strategy and value generation, London Business School, UK
Comprehensive overview
Johannes Giloth has been a member of the Executive Board and COO since January 2020 (appointed until January 2028). He is responsible for a newly created portfolio assuming responsibility for the company’s worldwide purchasing activities, global production and supply chain as well as Corporate Responsibility & QHSE and Corporate Real Estate Management.
Johannes Giloth comes from the Nokia telecommunications group, where he has, until recently, held the position of Chief Procurement and Chief Supply Chain Officer for several years. Prior to that, he served in various management positions in the areas of procurement, logistics and production with Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks. He began his career in the field of management consulting with Siemens Management Consulting and Gemini Consulting.
Johannes Giloth was born in Worms, Germany, in October 1970. He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration and Engineering.
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