Sonoco Products Company has brought its global consumer packaging activities under one management set-up, with Ernest Haynes taking charge as global consumer packaging president.
In the role, Haynes will oversee the company’s biggest business area, which records about $5.2bn in annual revenue
The division includes 98 sites across 25 countries and employs 11,250 people. Haynes will report to Sonoco president and CEO HowardCoker. Coker said: “I’m pleased to have an experienced leader like Ernest taking over this important role.
He has nearly 30 years of operating and commercial leadership at Sonoco and will bring the best of our Americas and EMEA/APAC businesses together to leverage our technology, supply chain and research and development to meet the changing needs of our global customers.” Haynes joined Sonoco in 1997 and has worked in senior positions in both its consumer and industrial operations. Before this change, he led Sonoco’s consumer unit in the Americas and served as president of metal packaging North America after the Ball Metalpack acquisition in 2022. Haynes said: “I’m excited by the opportunity to further grow our strong metal and paper can businesses around the world. “This new structure simplifies and improves the efficiency of our operating model enabling our teams to better collaborate, innovate and grow.