John InksSt. Louis-based Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions that serves the RV and marine and automotive markets, among many others, has promoted John Inks to CEO. He previously was the company’s chief operating officer.
Over the past 13 years, Inks has served in a variety of leadership capacities for Spartech including finance, operations and commercial excellence roles. Following the company’s divestiture from PolyOne in 2017, he was promoted to vice president of operations. In 2019, Inks was promoted to chief operating officer where he led initiatives focused on improving business profitability and delivering improved service and quality to customers.
“As chief operating officer for the past 18 months, John has demonstrated exceptional leadership while at the same time driving improvements in a collaborative manner across operations including safety, quality, service, supply chain, sourcing and profitability through operational excellence,” said John Manzi, Spartech executive chairman. “I am pleased to expand his role and responsibilities with this change.”
