Brian Dilley Email & Phone Number

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Responsible for the overall management of the harvest division, which included 26,000 - 28,000 of harvest acres/year and all farm assets/fleet. Harvesting at as many as four regions at a time. Oversaw 9 direct reports.
• Implemented effective cost-reducing processes across carrot processing facilities while driving overall seed cost down 25% and a reduction of grow days.
• Key contributor in the company's water usage project, resulting in a usage reduction of 2MM gallons per day or 20% of overall consumption.
• Reconfigured process of retail carrot, increasing the processing capacity to almost double by modeling capacities, benchmarking capabilities, and strengthening areas with capital upgrades.
• Led the innovation and drove the development of a new process to use the byproduct from our beverage plant and turn it into a viable raw material for the fiber plant, increasing capacity and sales by 40%.
• Effectively drove cost reduction in ready to eat carrots, saving $2MM annually in production cost.

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Responsible for managing a business with $500MM in revenue with six direct reports and 350 total employees. This business unit included 5 high speed ESL beverage Lines, two salad dressing lines and 4 HPP processing.
• Worked closely with R&D on increasing shelf lives to minimize shrink, allowing for longer, more productive runs and less scrap.
• Drove corrugate project saving $1.5MM annually.
• Sponsored $12MM capital expansion to increase capacity downstream.

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Effectively managed three key facilities—shortcuts, cello, and food service plants—overseeing six direct reports and 750 total employees.
• Was an integral contributor to the installation of two IQF tunnels and packaging lines, building the frozen pack business worth $10MM in revenue.
• Sponsored a capital project to automate the case packing of 20 of the 38 VFFS baggers for an estimated ROI of 2.25 years and an increase in productivity by 34%. Annualized savings of $10MM.

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Oversaw and collaborated in the development and installation of 5 PET beverage bottling lines and 2 PET salad dressing plants utilizing HPP technology. Total production collectively was between 750k-800k units weekly.
• Led a team of 6 direct reports and 350 total employees.
• Built staffing and training plans to suit the business.

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Intricately involved in the design of a new $65MM beverage plant from the development phase to a successful operational startup. Led CQV activities to ensure a successful vertical startup.
• Led a team of 3 direct reports and 200 total employees.
• Developed key KPIs to measure performance and set rigorous preventative maintenance plans for the new operation facility.

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Controlled the flow of product through the facility while optimizing the production output.
• Managed ever-changing production plans based on incoming sales and customer requests.