10 Sonoco plant leaders
Each of these Sonoco plant leaders holds the current title Plant Manager and runs a Sonoco plant under it today. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Sonoco from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Aidan Bell
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Aidan Bell has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since March 2024 and also lists a Plant Manager row there from June 2023 to March 2024, based in Lynchburg, Virginia. At Sonoco they were also Manufacturing Associate (Emerging Leader Program) from 2022 to 2023.
Eric Snyder
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Eric Snyder has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since February 2025, based in Reading, Pennsylvania, and was Plant Quality Manager at Sonoco from 2023 to 2025. They were also Continuous Improvement/Quality & Safety Manager at Pregis (2021–2023) and Lean Manager at SCHOTT (2018–2021).
Jason Hoffman
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Jason Hoffman has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since July 2021, based in Neenah, Wisconsin. At Sonoco they also held Plant Manager rows from 2018 to 2021 and from 2015 to 2017 and were Production Supervisor (2012–2015), and they were Plant Manager at Creative Foam Corp (2017–2018).
Jeff Green
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Jeff Green has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since January 2013, based in Hanover, Pennsylvania. At Sonoco they were also Operations Manager from 2007 to 2012 and Productivity Improvement Manager from 2003 to 2007, and these Sonoco roles are the work rows the listing shows for them.
Joseph Cleveland
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Joseph Cleveland has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since March 2022 and also lists a Plant Manager row there from 2021 to 2022, based in Henderson, Kentucky. At Sonoco they were also Production Manager (2017–2021), and they were Director Of Operations at Nanshan America (2014–2017).
Justin Hansen
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Justin Hansen has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since May 2025, based in Los Angeles, California, and was General Manager at Sonoco from 2022 to 2025. They were also Operations Manager at WestRock Company (2014–2022) and Inside Sales Representative at WestRock Company (2013–2014).
Luis Hernandez
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Luis Hernandez has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since May 2022, based in El Paso, Texas. They were also Plant Manager at MCS Industries, Inc. (2009–2022), Operations Manager at MCS Industries, Inc. (2006–2009) and Materials Manager there (2004–2006).
Matt Harris CMRP
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Matt Harris has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since January 2022, based in Oakdale, California. They were also Plant Manager at Ball Metalpack, LLC from August 2018 to January 2022, and these two plant manager roles are the work rows the listing shows for them.
Mike Williams
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Mike Williams has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since May 2019, based in Fairborn, Ohio. At Sonoco they were also Operations Manager (2017–2019), Production Manager (2007–2017), Plant Quality Systems Manager (2000–2007) and Production Associate (1995–2000).
Nick Krueger
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Sonoco
Nick Krueger has been Plant Manager at Sonoco since May 2022, based in Appleton, Wisconsin. At Sonoco they were also Production Superintendent (2012–2022), Senior Process Engineer (2006–2012) and Process Engineer Intern (2005).
Choose the right perspective
Choose the person whose own plant role and the jobs they held around it come closest to your question, rather than treating every plant manager as interchangeable. Look at when each person took over their plant, since someone new to the job and someone who has run a plant for many years will see different issues.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first after you took over your plant, and why?
- 02How do you divide your time between the production floor and the wider business?
- 03Which job you held before running a plant prepared you best, and how?
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