10 Sonoco operations leaders
James Maciag, Vice President of Operations - IPPNA - Sonoco - Recycling, Paper, & Converting, is among these Sonoco operations leaders, who include vice presidents of operations and manufacturing and senior directors of regional manufacturing. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Sonoco from people who have held the role.
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Alan Hutchins
LinkedInExperience: VP - Global Operations, Consumer Sector · Sonoco
Alan Hutchins has been VP - Global Operations, Consumer Sector at Sonoco since January 2007, based in Malaysia, and the profile headline reads VP - Global Operations, Consumer Sector at Sonoco Products Company. Alan Hutchins was VP - Operations, Rigid Paper & Plastics at Sonoco from 2005 to 2007.
James Maciag
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations - IPPNA - Sonoco - Recycling, Paper, & Converting · Sonoco
James Maciag has been Vice President of Operations - IPPNA - Sonoco - Recycling, Paper, & Converting at Sonoco since January 2025. James Maciag was Vice President of Operations: Converted Paper Products - North America there from 2022 to 2025, Segment Director / GM - Fiber Based Packaging & Integrated Materials there from 2018 to 2022 and Director of Manufacturing - Protective Solutions Division - Paper there from 2014 to 2018.
Jeff Morton
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Regional Manufacturing · Sonoco
Jeff Morton has been Senior Director, Regional Manufacturing at Sonoco since August 2022, based in Fishers, Indiana. Jeff Morton was Area Manufacturing Manager at Sonoco from 2019 to 2022, Division Manager - Process Engineering there from 2016 to 2022 and Plant Superintendent there from 2012 to 2016.
Jonathan Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Manufacturing, IPPNA - Southeast Region · Sonoco
Jonathan Anderson has been Senior Director of Manufacturing, IPPNA - Southeast Region at Sonoco since January 2025, based in Hartsville, South Carolina. Jonathan Anderson was Director, Hartsville Complex Operations at Sonoco from 2024 to 2025, Director, Paper Manufacturing & Adhesives - Hartsville there from 2023 to 2024 and Plant Manager - Paper Operations there from 2019 to 2023.
Kevin Haney
LinkedInExperience: Regional Senior Director of Manufacturing · Sonoco
Kevin Haney has been Regional Senior Director of Manufacturing at Sonoco since November 2012, based in Hartsville, South Carolina. Kevin Haney was Director of Operations for Recycling at Sonoco from 2011 to 2012, Regional Manager - Sonoco Recycling there from 2008 to 2011 and Hartsville Papermill Plant Manager there from 1998 to 2008.
Matthieu Brochard
LinkedInExperience: VP Operations and Engineering Consumer Packaging EMEA · Sonoco
Matthieu Brochard has been VP Operations and Engineering Consumer Packaging EMEA at Sonoco since September 2026 and also lists a current Operations Director Iberia & Africa role there from December 2025, based in Murcia, Spain. Matthieu Brochard was Operations Director Iberia & Asia at Sonoco from 2024 to 2025 and Directeur des opérations adjoint at Eviosys - a Sonoco Company from 2021 to 2024.
Michael Neff
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Regional Manufacturing, Consumer Packaging - Americas · Sonoco
Michael Neff has been Senior Director of Regional Manufacturing, Consumer Packaging - Americas at Sonoco since December 2025, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Michael Neff was Senior Director, Regional Manufacturing at Sonoco from 2024 to 2025, Area Plant Manager there from 2022 to 2024 and Plant Manager there from 2019 to 2022 and from 2016 to 2018.
Roger Bloemen
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Operations & Supply Chain, Industrial Paper Packaging Europe · Sonoco
Roger Bloemen has been Vice President - Operations & Supply Chain, Industrial Paper Packaging Europe at Sonoco since February 2026, based in the Antwerp area. Roger Bloemen was Division Vice President Operations & Supply Chain –Tubes and Cores EMEA at Sonoco from 2023 to 2026 and Director Global Supply Chain, Industrial Division there from 2015 to 2023.
Steven "Kelly" Guyll
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Manufacturing · Sonoco
Steven "Kelly" Guyll has held the title Vice President of Manufacturing at Sonoco since January 2022, based in Broomfield, Colorado. Steven "Kelly" Guyll was Vice President of Manufacturing at Sonoco Metal Packaging from 2021 to 2022, Senior Director of Manufacturing there from 2018 to 2021 and Director of Manufacturing at Ball Corporation from 2016 to 2018.
Tim Nuckols
LinkedInExperience: Senior Regional Director of Manufacturing - Paper Products · Sonoco
Tim Nuckols has been Senior Regional Director of Manufacturing - Paper Products at Sonoco since December 2022, based in Hartsville, South Carolina, and the profile headline reads Sr Regional Director of Manufacturing. Tim Nuckols was Operations Integration Manager at Sonoco from 2019 to 2022 and Plant Manager there from 1988 to 2019.
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- 01How did you balance safety, cost and service targets across the Sonoco plants you oversaw?
- 02What did you look at first when a site in your region started missing its numbers?
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