10 Baxter site leaders
Plant Manager - Batesville, Plant Manager & EMEA Opex Lead and Plant Manager are among the current titles held by these Baxter site leaders, who run Baxter plants in the US, Europe and China. A reader can learn how site leaders run their sites at Baxter from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alberto Yagüe
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager Director de Fábrica · Baxter International Inc.
Alberto Yagüe has been Plant Manager Director de Fábrica at Baxter International Inc. since August 2015, and the listing places them in the Zaragoza, Spain area. At Baxter they were also Production & Process Engineering Manager (2013–2015) and Process Engineering Manager (2008–2012), and they were Quality Director at Casting Ros SA.
Avery Hackett
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Baxter International Inc.
Avery Hackett has been Plant Manager at Baxter International Inc. since October 2025, and the listing places them in St Paul, Minnesota. At Baxter International Inc. they were also Associate Director, Engineering, Maintenance & EHS&S (2025), Sr Mgr, Engineering & EHS&S (2022–2025), Manufacturing Manager (2021–2022) and Quality Manager (2020–2021).
Cristiana Buzzigoli
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager & EMEA Opex Lead · Baxter International Inc.
Cristiana Buzzigoli has been Plant Manager & EMEA Opex Lead at Baxter International Inc. since November 2020, and the listing places them in the Florence, Italy area. At Baxter they were also Operational Excellence Manager (2018–2020) and Process Improvement Manager at Baxter Manufacturing S.p.A (2001–2012).
David Manning
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Baxter International Inc.
David Manning is Plant Manager at Baxter International Inc., and the profile lists a Baxter Healthcare plant manager role in Liverpool held since 2003. They were Plant Manager at ML Laboratories and Fisons from 1977 to 2003. The listing places them in Liverpool, England.
Jared Paulsen, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Baxter International Inc.
Jared Paulsen has been Plant Manager at Baxter International Inc. since July 2025, and the headline names the role Plant Manager, Global Surgical Solutions, in the Charleston, South Carolina area. They were Performance Excellence Practitioner at ADM (2023–2025) and Operations & Business Excellence Manager at BD (2021–2023).
John Sprague
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Baxter International Inc.
John Sprague has been Plant Manager at Baxter International Inc. since July 2024, and the listing places them in Medina, New York. They were Controller at Baxter International Inc. (2011–2024) and Director of Accounting for Operations at Arnold Magnetic Technologies (2009–2011). The profile describes a financial and operational executive.
Robert Morris
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Baxter International Inc.
Robert Morris has been Plant Manager at Baxter International Inc. since September 2022, and the headline names the site as Baxter Elstree. At Baxter they were also Operations and Engineering Manager (2022), Operations Manager at Baxter Healthcare Corporation (2020–2022) and Supply Chain Manager (2017–2020).
Roy Luo
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Shanghai Baxter Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Roy Luo has been Plant Manager at Shanghai Baxter Healthcare Co., Ltd. since August 2021, and the listing places them in Songjiang District, Shanghai. They were Head Of Operations there in 2021, Sr Manufacturing Manager at Baxter Woodlands Plant Singapore (2020–2021) and Production Manager at Baxter International Inc. (2013–2020).
Steven Bennett
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager - Batesville · Baxter International Inc.
Steven Bennett has been Plant Manager - Batesville at Baxter International Inc. since January 2022, and the headline places the plant in Batesville, Indiana. They were Executive Director Of Operations at Hillrom (2018–2021), Plant General Manager at Integra LifeSciences (2016–2018) and Director of Manufacturing Operations - SLC at Haemonetics (2012–2016).
Vinny Marchionni
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Baxter International Inc.
Vinny Marchionni has been Plant Manager at Baxter International Inc. since March 2014, and the listing places them in Irvine, California. At Hospira they were Director, Remediation Execution (2013–2014), Director Operations, Small Volume Parenteral, R2 (2012–2013) and Plant Manager, Drug Finishing Operations (2010–2011).
Choose the right perspective
Match the plant named in each person's title, headline or location to the question you want answered. Weigh how recently each person took the role, since someone new to a plant and someone who has led it for years will describe different challenges.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your own time between running the plant day to day and longer-term priorities?
- 03What from your earlier roles still shapes how you run a plant?
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