Paul Ray & Company
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Paul Ray & Company — Retained Executive Search

The individual is the central, rarest, most precious resource in our society.

— Peter F. Drucker

Paul Ray & Company is a retained executive search firm focused on exceptional client service and thoughtful candidate interaction.

About Us

Founded in 2007 by three partners - Paul Ray, Jr., Bob Tate and Tony Johansson.  Together they have over 75 years of retained executive search experience having begun their careers in large global retained executive search firms.  All have prior client-side industry experience in Fortune 500 consumer companies.

Paul Ray & Company has built a reputation for superior client satisfication, innovation, agility and impeccable service.

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People, through knowledge, are clearly the critical factors of the future.

— Dr. Jac Fitz-Enz

Approach

By focusing in consumer related industries, Paul Ray & Company has developed a reputation for understanding industry trends and deep knowledge about the candidate universe from which we recruit. Our team invests front-end time to understand our client culture, organization structure, its need and the company strategy. This approach has resulted in our clients repeatedly engaging us to help them recruit top tier, diverse talent that are successful and long tenured.

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    Results Driven

    98% of our search assignments are successfully completed

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    Partnership

    90% of our work is repeat business. Our clients see us as a valued partner.

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    Inclusion

    33% of our placements are diverse

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    Retention

    75% of our placements are still there after 5 years

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    Integrity

    We only accept searches that we are confident we can successfully complete

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    Specialization

    Experience, industry focus, research & a one team approach, help build deep & effective client partnerships

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Human capital is the only asset that is not passive.

— Dr. Jac Fitz-Enz

Areas of Expertise

Paul Ray & Company works across all functions at the senior executive level in the consumer industry to include:

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    Apparel, Footwear & Accessories

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    Food & Beverage

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    Foodservice

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    Hardgoods/ Durables

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    Health & Wellbeing

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    Household & Personal Care Products

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    Industrial Products

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    Retail

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People are not your most important asset. The right people are.

— Jim Collins

Clients

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Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.

— Edwin H. Friedman

Team

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Often the best solution to a management problem is the right person.

— Edwin G. Booz, Co-Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton

Contact

5914 El Campo Ave, Suite 1943
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

phone 817-569-1800
email pray@paulrayco.com

Legal & Privacy

All client information is held in strict confidence and is not shared or released to individuals outside the firm, except that information which is agreed to be released by our clients. We employ extensive procedural safeguards in order to guard our clients’ nonpublic, confidential information.

Paul Ray & Company