Ewart Reeves

Lead overall plant operations for a high-volume food manufacturing facility, with accountability for safety, quality, service, cost, and people development. Direct cross-functional teams in a unionized environment and drive operational improvements.

Executive leadership over all functions for a 130,000 sq. ft. facility with full P&L accountability. Led facility retrofit, embedded Lean and CI tools, and integrated NetSuite ERP and WMS platforms.

Transformed a brownfield site into a GMP and HACCP-compliant production facility within one year. Led equipment commissioning, layout redesign, and capacity modeling, and established SOPs for sanitation and quality control.

Led day-to-day operations for a 5M-case/year bottling facility with a unionized workforce of 80+. Managed P&L, directed customer service metrics, and delivered $8M+ in annual capital projects.

Facilitated Kaizen events across U.S. and Canadian facilities and deployed Lean tools including Kanban, visual controls, standard work, and value stream mapping. Executed a $2.5M innovation project generating $700K in annualized savings.

Progressed through leadership roles including Productivity Manager and engineering functions within high-volume automotive manufacturing. Led teams of 100+ hourly and salaried employees and implemented Lean systems that reduced overtime costs by 80%.

Pursued a Master of Business Administration degree.

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering.