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 and 1,200 employees.• 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.• Led capital expansion of a new carrot processing facility, doubling capacity and driving down OT.• Drove Automation improvements to reduce labor cost and increase productivity.

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 lines. • 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.