10 plant managers in automotive manufacturing
Plant manager and plant director titles are held today by all ten of these plant managers in automotive manufacturing, at companies including Stellantis, General Motors, AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing and MAHLE Engine Components. A reader can learn how plant managers in automotive manufacturing approach their work from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Greg Bauer Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Stellantis
Greg Bauer Jr. has been Plant Manager at Stellantis since March 2021, based in Washington, Michigan. Greg Bauer Jr. was Senior Manager Press Shop at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles from 2018 to 2021 and Manufacturing Engineer Center Manager there from 2015 to 2018.
Gregory Reed
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · JD Norman Industries, Inc.
Gregory Reed has been Plant Manager at JD Norman Industries, Inc. since December 2012, based in Lansing, Michigan, and describes work in the assembly and manufacturing of tier one automotive and commercial vehicle components. Gregory Reed was Operations Manager at Bharat Forge America from 2010 to 2012 and Plant Manager at Dana Holding Corporation from 2006 to 2010.
Ilir Tallabaci
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · MAHLE Engine Components
Ilir Tallabaci has been Plant Manager at MAHLE Engine Components since October 2022, based in Russellville, Arkansas. Ilir Tallabaci lists Quality Manager at MAHLE ENGINE COMPONENTS USA from 2019 to 2023, Quality & HSE Manager at Mahle GmbH from 2012 to 2019 and Quality Manager at Mariani - OMR Automotive from 2007 to 2011.
Jim Sells
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Miasa Automotive LLC
Jim Sells has been Plant Manager at Miasa Automotive LLC since August 2010, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at Miasa Automotive LLC. Jim Sells was Manager Manufacturing Engineering at BorgWarner from 1989 to 2009, and the listing shows these two rows as the work entries for Jim Sells.
Jose La Santa
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Amsted Automotive
Jose La Santa has been Plant Manager at Amsted Automotive since October 2024, based in Plainfield, Illinois. Jose La Santa was Manufacturing Manager at Amsted Automotive from 2022 to 2024, Senior Area Manager at BorgWarner from 2020 to 2022 and Production Manager at ITW from 2019 to 2020.
Leandro Perroni (MBA)
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager, Automotive Manufacturing, P&L & Operational excelence · Yanfeng US Automotive Interior Systems I LLC
Leandro Perroni has been Plant Manager, Automotive Manufacturing, P&L & Operational excelence at Yanfeng US Automotive Interior Systems I LLC since August 2025, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Leandro Perroni was Plant Manager at Adler Pelzer Group from 2021 to 2025 and Plant Manager (Plant director) at Faurecia from 2015 to 2018.
Marcel Aun
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager Sterling Heights Assembly Plant · Stellantis
Marcel Aun has been Plant Manager Sterling Heights Assembly Plant at Stellantis since May 2024, based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Marcel Aun lists Head of Manufacturing Argentina at Stellantis from 2021 to 2024 and Head of Manufacturing for FCA Argentina at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles from 2019 to 2024.
Michael Youngs
LinkedInExperience: Plant Director · General Motors
Michael Youngs has been Plant Director at General Motors since January 2022, based in Kansas City, Missouri, and lists an earlier Plant Director row at General Motors from 2019 to 2022. Michael Youngs was also GMNA Quality Director at General Motors from 2017 to 2019 and General Assembly Shop Director there from 2015 to 2017.
Santiago Lopez
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing
Santiago Lopez has been Plant Manager at AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing since October 2019, based in Royal Oak, Michigan. At AAM, Santiago Lopez was also Director Capacity Planning in 2019, Director Operations & Launch Driveshaft BU from 2018 to 2019 and Director Global Program Manager from 2015 to 2018.
Troy Comiskey
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · General Motors
Troy Comiskey has held Plant Manager and Plant Director rows at General Motors since March 2024, both with no end date. At General Motors, Troy Comiskey was also Assistant Plant Manager from 2016 to 2018, Area Manager from 2013 to 2016 and Quality Director from 2011 to 2013.
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose plant type, such as vehicle assembly or a parts supplier plant, is closest to the decision you face. Check the start date of each current role to see how long the person has run that plant.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your current plant, and why?
- 02How have you balanced output, safety and quality targets in your own work as a plant manager?
- 03What have you changed in how your own plant team is trained and organized, and what did you learn from it?
Reaching plant managers in automotive manufacturing
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