10 Post Holdings plant leaders
Plant Manager and Plant Manager POST FOODS are among the current titles held by these Post Holdings plant leaders, who run plants for Post Consumer Brands, Michael Foods and Post Foods Canada in places such as Jonesboro, Troy, Yuma and Niagara Falls. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Post Holdings from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adam Hall
LinkedInExperience: Former Plant Manager · Michael Foods
Adam Hall is a former Plant Manager at Michael Foods, a role held from June 2023 to September 2026, and has been Director of Manufacturing at Jasper Wyman & Son since October 2026, based in Presque Isle, Maine. At Michael Foods, Adam Hall was also Reliability Engineer from 2022 to 2023 and Warehouse Manager from 2018 to 2020.
Brigette Fresz
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Post Consumer Brands
Brigette Fresz has been Plant Manager at Post Consumer Brands since October 2022, with the role listed in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the profile headline reads Sr. Site Director @ Post Consumer Brands. Brigette Fresz was Operations Manager at Post Consumer Brands from 2019 to 2022 and Quality Manager at Pepperidge Farm from 2012 to 2019.
Dean Haverkamp
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Post Consumer Brands
Dean Haverkamp has been Plant Manager at Post Consumer Brands since May 2023, based in Lawrence, Kansas, and also lists a Plant Manager row at The J.M. Smucker Co. from 2022 to 2024. Dean Haverkamp was Operations Manager at The J.M. Smucker Co. from 2019 to 2022 and Sr Manager of Continuous Improvement there from 2012 to 2019.
Jose Tinajero
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Michael Foods
Jose Tinajero has been Plant Manager at Michael Foods since November 2024, with the role listed in Yuma, Arizona. Jose Tinajero was Director of Operations and Warehouse at Bay Area Herbs & Specialties in 2024, Plant Manager at Fresh Express from 2015 to 2021 and Production Supervisor at Dole from 1996 to 2006.
Michael Knapp
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager POST FOODS · Post Foods Canada Inc.
Michael Knapp has been Plant Manager POST FOODS at Post Foods Canada Inc. since June 2012, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager - POST FOODS Niagara Falls. Michael Knapp was Plant Manager at George Weston Bakeries in 2011 and Network Lead Canadian Biscuit. Operations at Mondelēz International from 2005 to 2011.
Ross Rodman
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Michael Foods
Ross Rodman has been Plant Manager at Michael Foods since January 2024, based in Melrose Park, Illinois. Ross Rodman was Plant Manager at Kerry from 2021 to 2023, Change Agent there from 2020 to 2021, Production Manager there from 2018 to 2020 and Interim Plant Manager there from 2019 to 2020.
Sowmya Arra
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Michael Foods
Sowmya Arra has been Plant Manager at Michael Foods since March 2022 and was Interim Plant Manager there from 2021 to 2022, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at Michael Foods Inc. At Michael Foods, Sowmya Arra was also Food Safety and Quality Manager, SQF Practitioner, PCQI from 2010 to 2021.
Thom Shorts
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Post Consumer Brands
Thom Shorts has been Plant Manager at Post Consumer Brands since May 2023, based in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Thom Shorts was Plant Manager at The J.M. Smucker Co. from 2022 to 2023, Operations Manager there from 2021 to 2022, Continuous Improvement Manager there from 2019 to 2021 and Manager of Quality Assurance there from 2017 to 2019.
Todd Kinker
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Michael Foods
Todd Kinker has been Plant Manager at Michael Foods since May 2021, based in the Des Moines area, and also lists a Production Manager row at Michael Foods from 2015 to 2022. Todd Kinker was Operations Manager at Conagra Brands in 2015 and Continuous Improvement Manager there from 2014 to 2015.
Wade Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Post Consumer Brands
Wade Anderson has been Plant Manager at Post Consumer Brands since July 2025, with the role listed in Troy, Alabama, and was Plant Manager at 8th Avenue Food & Provisions in 2025. Wade Anderson was Director of Operations at FedUp Foods from 2023 to 2025 and Plant Manager there from 2021 to 2023.
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?
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