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RAY RILEY

Supply Chain Engineering
LITTLE ELM,TEXAS

Summary

Accomplished Technical Leader with 20+ years' experience in driving transformative initiatives and managing complex projects across diverse platforms and spaces. Proven success in leading high-impact teams, optimizing processes, and spearheading multimillion-dollar productivity, capacity and maintenance projects. Expertise in process optimization and team management. Strong communication skills and adept at leveraging engineering experience to drive effective solutions while excelling in cross-functional collaboration.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Engineering Director

Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
02.2019 - Current
  • Successfully led $235MM capital agenda supporting multiple areas of business
  • 128MM: US MX and
  • 75MM: Canadian Capital Investment
  • 15MM: Food Safety Capital Investments
  • 17MM: Equipment Obsolescence Initiatives
  • Led planned downtime effort across 35 Manufacturing Facilities, balancing preventive maintenance and production needs of business.
  • Manage/Coordinate Facility wide 3rd party FCAP audits
  • Serve as corporate liaison for company insurer FM Global
  • Set budgets for engineering tasks, tailoring financial limitations to business goals and optimizing return on investment (ROI) for completed deliverables
  • Led proposal development efforts, presenting engineering opportunities to senior leadership for go-no-go decisions
  • Took ownership of assigned department-wide projects, presenting regular updates to senior leadership on progress and status
  • Completed annual capital budgeting (AOP)
  • Worked closely with vendors and internal sourcing to establish relationships, fostering new opportunities, solutions and cost savings

Sr. Manager

Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
02.2015 - 02.2019
  • Led project teams in support of Supply Chain’s productivity, capacity, and innovation agendas
  • Oversaw development and execution of work plans to identify solutions and technologies and identify suppliers capable of achieving requirements
  • Managed team priorities and resolve resource conflicts
  • Developed (with team members) individual career development plans
  • Engaged management teams regularly, along with timely escalation as required
  • Managed program budgets (Capital and expense forecasting), schedule attainment
  • Manage multiple projects and competing priorities

Sr. Principal Engineer

Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
01.2012 - 02.2015
  • Defined project scope by identifying manufacturing and unit operational requirements
  • Developed specifications and factory inspection tests for equipment acceptance
  • Developed and executed equipment installation and start-up plans overseeing contractors and vendors for various production and infrastructure projects
  • Led cross-functional teams of colleagues and outside resources, including construction vendors and consultants
  • Led team that developed new process unit op that eliminated 18-month rebuild cycle of previous generation unit op.

Project/Program Manager

Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
02.2005 - 02.2011
  • Accountable for budget management, schedule attainment and achievement of line performance metrics at startup
  • Reviewed plans, documents and related materials to assess projected actions and advise on changes
  • Calculated labor and material needs, making necessary orders and purchases
  • Applied development best practices in daily tasks for efficiency and accuracy
  • Set project budgets and deadlines, delegating work according to project needs
  • Altered and modified mechanical designs to meet requirements and eliminate malfunctions
  • Coordinated responses to RFIs issued by contractors for [Type] operations
  • Conferred with shareholders and supervisors about project progress and explained setbacks to minimize worry and secure project funding
  • Interpreted extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical and diagram form

Education

MBA -

University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
01.2003 - 01.2005

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX
08.1992 - 12.1996

Skills

    Proposal Development

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Certification

  • Certified PMP #1977493

Timeline

Engineering Director

Frito-Lay
02.2019 - Current

Sr. Manager

Frito-Lay
02.2015 - 02.2019

Sr. Principal Engineer

Frito-Lay
01.2012 - 02.2015

Project/Program Manager

Frito-Lay
02.2005 - 02.2011

MBA -

University of Indianapolis
01.2003 - 01.2005

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Prairie View A&M University
08.1992 - 12.1996

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