John Rees Email & Phone Number

United States

Herndon, Virginia, US

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative is a community of more than 900 dairy farm families in 11 states passionate about cultivating dairy goodness. Our farmer-owned cooperative owns five dairy processing plants that process more than three billion pounds of milk annually. Our diverse portfolio of dairy products are then distributed to consumers in.

Established in 1980, Oregon Spice Company is dedicated to providing superior quality herbs, spices, and custom blends to food manufacturers and food service distributors. We pride ourselves in sourcing products that our customers can use with confidence and trust. We believe in partnerships. - Responsible for multi-site locations (3), 7 Packaging lines and.

Holzminden, Lower Saxony, DE

Responsible for the effective leadership of an international culinary food ingredient facility. Oversee all aspect of procurement, processing, maintenance and CAPEX, quality, warehousing/inventory control, finance and HR through a team of 7 managers. - Responsible for all aspects of operations through 7 cross functional department managers and 6.

Kelowna, British Columbia, CA

• Responsible for the effective leadership of 2 fruit juice processing facilities consisting of a bottling plant and a bulk plant for industrial sales. Oversee all aspect of procurement, processing, maintenance, quality.
• Reduced Plant overhead by 12% from prior year by meeting with plant managers/department managers to evaluate necessary spend, implemented cost savings initiatives by department, and establishing alternative vendors.
• Improved juice yield by 11%, as a result of evaluating loss product, processes and employee practices.
• Completed capital projects totaling $2M annually. Individual projects range from $50k - $750k completed on budget and on schedule.
• Improved new business costing turnaround by 50%, established a matrix to quickly evaluate new opportunities and quote new business, turnaround improved from 5 days to 2.5 days.
• Reduced daily wastewater discharge by 17% by recovering single pass water for none critical reuse.

New York, NY, US

Consultant for the food and beverage industry in the following areas: Project Management - Large or small, from single pieces of equipment, to complete production floor remodel and automated packing line additions. Lean Manufacturing - Process evaluation, waste reduction, efficiency improvements, process flow, time studies, cycle times and improvement.

Kilkenny, IE

• Glanbia Nutritionals is a manufacturing and distribution company specializing in custom batch mixing of food ingredients with a high focus on customer service. Many of Glanbia’s products, upwards of 95% are made to.
• Increased Vertical Form Fill and Seal packaging by 26% by improving downtime, having critical spare parts on-hand, providing employee training and establishing shift productivity goals.
• Established KPI measurements where measures were ineffective or did not exist. Improved understanding of where to focus resources to generate meaningful improvements.
• Reduced production labor by 25% by evaluating the efficient use of employees, the efficiency of scheduling and how temporary labor was utilized.
• Achieved 96% on first year SQF Level 3 implementation was only achieved by diligently enforcing practices and required documentation of programs. Regular meetings and internal audits on elements of each program was key.
• Reduced inventory write-offs by 63% - as a result of implementing a custom built manufacturing floor software program developed in Germany that utilizing RFID scanning, lot tracking and was fully integrated with SAP.

Kansas City, KS, US

• Complete responsibility of operating a $40 million Whey spray drying facility.
• Improved Spray Dryer downtime by 8%, this was achieved by implementing operator and supervisor inspections to identify failures before they happen.
• Reduced membrane costs by 20% by tracking age of membranes, evaluating the cleaning process and chemical usage and evaluating failed membranes with the manufacturer.
• Achieved 97% on AIB annual audit. This was achieved through diligent documentation review, training and proper plant sanitation.
• Reduced off-spec product by 70% This was achieved by evaluating the cause of off spec product, making a modification to the conveying system and monitoring the results to prove the modification was effective. This.
• Increase in Production throughput of 6%, this was achieved by efficient scheduling of production to reduce set up and changeover. Also implemented a Short CIP and Long CIP to reduce clean time when appropriate.