Tom Verbaeten is Chief Supply Chain Officer at CNH Industrial. In this role, he leads a global team, overseeing Manufacturing, Procurement and Sales & Operations Planning, to ensure the Company’s operations run as efficiently as possible to meet dealer and customer demands.
Mr. Verbaeten has close to three decades of experience in Manufacturing and Supply Chain with CNH. He assumed his current role in 2019, continuing to form part of the Company’s Global Leadership Team, of which he was already a member from his previous position as Chief Manufacturing Officer from 2015 - 2018.
Prior to that Mr. Verbaeten assumed responsibility for all European Agriculture and Construction Equipment manufacturing operations in Europe. Alongside these operational roles, he managed the global World Class Manufacturing activities from 2014 - 2015. He has been Plant Manager of the Company’s two Belgian plants, being the Zedelgem combine harvesting plant and the Antwerp axles and transmissions plant. Mr. Verbaeten began his career in 1994 in Antwerp, covering various roles, including Production Unit Manager for both the Assembly and Machining areas.
Mr. Verbaeten holds a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium.