Hayward Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Eric Sejourne as Senior Vice President and Chief Global Operations Officer, effective April 15, 2024. Sejourne will oversee all integrated operations activities across the Company?s global enterprise, including manufacturing, distribution, sourcing, materials management, quality, and environment, health and safety. He succeeds John Collins who was appointed as Hayward?s Chief Commercial Officer in December 2023.

Sejourne will use his more than 30 years of experience in global operations, lean manufacturing and supply chain management to build on Hayward?s long-term vision and strategy for a world-class end-to-end supply chain. Sejourne joins Hayward from Assa Abloy, where he has worked for the last 15 years. Most recently, Sejourne served as Chief Operations Officer of the Americas Division.

Prior to his time at Assa Abloy, Sejourne was a vice president at Watts Water Technology, where he was responsible for developing the strategy for the company?s manufacturing footprint. He also helped establish the company?s program management office and continuous improvement operating system. Sejourne also worked at Ingersoll-Rand, where he started his career in the manufacturing management training program and eventually rose through the ranks to general manager of operations for the Northeast within the company?s Security Technologies division.

Sejourne holds a master?s degree in manufacturing systems engineering and a bachelor?s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University. In addition, he earned a second master?s degree in business administration from Indiana University?s Kelley School of Business. He speaks French fluently and has spent significant time working outside of the United States.