10 Lear plant leaders
These Lear plant leaders hold Plant Manager titles today, among them Plant Manager Bremen and Plant Manager Lear. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Lear from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Al DeVore
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Al DeVore has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since May 2015, with the role listed in Morristown, and is based in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Al DeVore was Human Resources Director Petebilt Denton Plant at PACCAR from 2004 to 2011 and Distribution Center Senior Site Manager at PACCAR Parts, a Division of PACCAR from 2001 to 2004.
Chase Gnade
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Chase Gnade has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since February 2024, based in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. Chase Gnade was Plant Manager at NPX ONE from 2022 to 2024 and Operations Manager at NPX ONE from 2019 to 2022, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager Lear Corp.
Christopher Jones
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Christopher Jones has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since October 2014, based in Wetumpka, Alabama. Christopher Jones was Site Manager - Mercedes Benz at ABM Industries in 2014, Plant Manager at Arkal Automotive from 2011 to 2014 and Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor at Rheem Manufacturing Company from 2007 to 2011.
Dave Wood
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Dave Wood has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since April 2024, based in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area. Dave Wood was Assistant General Manager - Decostar Industries at Magna International from 2019 to 2023 and General Manager - Magna Exteriors at Magna International from 2014 to 2018.
Dean Zelenak
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Dean Zelenak has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since November 2021, based in Utica, Michigan, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager Sterling Heights. Dean Zelenak was Shift Manager at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles from 2020 to 2021 and Operation Manager there from 2014 to 2020.
Dwayne Hayes
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager Lear · Lear Corporation
Dwayne Hayes has been Plant Manager Lear at Lear Corporation since April 2022, based in Macomb, Michigan. Dwayne Hayes was Plant Manager at Dakkota Integrated Systems from 2021 to 2022, Site General Manager at Valeo from 2019 to 2020 and Plant Manager at Valeo from 2017 to 2019.
Gunter Köb
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager Bremen · Lear Corporation
Gunter Köb has been Plant Manager Bremen at Lear Corporation since September 2024, based in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. Gunter Köb was Plant Manager Wagenfeld PL Chassis Components ZF Friedrichshafen AG at ZF Group from 2019 to 2024 and Plant Manager Diepholz PL Chassis Components ZF Friedrichshafen AG at ZF Group from 2017 to 2024.
Jerry LaMere
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Jerry LaMere has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since June 2019, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jerry LaMere was also Director of Operations at Lear Corporation from 2013 to 2019, International Consultant at Lear Corporation in 2013 and Plant Manager at FXI from 2012 to 2013.
Michael Cothran
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Michael Cothran has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since November 2023, based in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and was Operations Manager at Lear Corporation from 2020 to 2021. Michael Cothran was also Plant Manager at BekaertDeslee from 2021 to 2023 and Director of Manufacturing North America at Coats from 2016 to 2020.
Nathaniel Blevins
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Lear Corporation
Nathaniel Blevins has been Plant Manager at Lear Corporation since March 2026, based in Chicago, Illinois. At Lear Corporation, Nathaniel Blevins was also Assistant Plant Manager from 2024 to 2026 and Operations Manager in 2024, and was Plant Manager - Pine Mountain Plant at Milliken & Company from 2012 to 2020.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own plant and the work they describe there to your question, since running one kind of plant can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person took the role, because 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 the floor and the people you report to?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a plant before leading one still shapes how you run it?
Reaching Lear plant leaders
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About this directory
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