Stuart Smith
Chief Operations Officer
Carolina Foods

Serving as Chief Operations Officer of Carolina Foods, Stuart Smith’s leadership includes over 25 years of successful implementations across a broad range of industries. Stuart uses his deep experience in Continuous Improvement and the Toyota Production System as a foundation for building high performing teams. Teams known for their operational execution across publicly and privately owned enterprises in poultry, mining, coffee, Quick Service Restaurant (Chick-fil-A), and Tier 1 Automotive. Stuart is known for his charismatic style and relentless pursuit of making tomorrow better than today. With a steadfast focus on serving customers – on-time with the highest quality, and team member safety – everyone leaves in as good, if not better condition than when they arrived, Stuart’s teams are known for exceeding goals and objectives while building lasting enterprise value. Acting as the executor to the vision of Carolina Foods CEO, Dan Myers; Stuart bridges long-term goals with day-to-day operations. Regular alignment between the two on strategy and tactics ensures superior decision making and organizational performance. Performance defined by precise metrics, distilled to its simplest form, with all levels of the organization participating.