Gary Farris Email & Phone Number

Bella Vista, Ar, Us

Bella Vista, Ar

Bentonville, Arkansas

Mar16 – Current: Regional Facilities Manager – Manage store repairs across 100+ trades for given operations regions. Align and maintain vendor relationships. Evaluate providers based on key performance metrics, to expand or reduce service areas as needed. Build and maintain relationships with store Managers, Market Managers and Regionals to ensure proper coverage and resolution for stores. Assist in execution of FM initiatives and goals. Partner and work alongside Remodel and Construction managers.• Revised multiple SLA’s with providers to ensure more effective spend and repairs to stores.• Saved over $800K by challenging provider pricing and seeking competitive bids in less than a year.• Drove team on executing aging to be one of top performing FM regions for aging tickets.• Drove ServiceChannel training of HVAC/R Senior field managers.

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Feb16 – Nov16: Project Manager Integration (Systems), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – Manage the Facilities Management operating system. Develop, execute and improve action plans and processes. Build support and maintain vendor relationships. Provide support and integration when implementing new business solutions. Support and provide advice on craft team initiatives. Maintain user information accuracy, spend authorities and permissions.• Coordinated with data warehouse team in order to streamline additions of new stores in maintenance systems by creating query for total alignment.• Built and continually adjust template for creation of new users and their corresponding roles.• Created template for the creation of new stores to be added to service channel, significantly reducing time taken to update the master alignment.• Cut company cost and time, developed location tool in excel to find closest stores based on longitude and latitude. o Tool was passed on to new store planning team to help identify closest sister locations from given GPS coordinates.

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Aug13 – Feb16: Project Manager Integration (Reporting), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – Create, maintain and execute reporting for Facilities Management. Coordinate across multiple teams and levels in order to develop reporting to the needs required. Identify areas and processes with room for process improvement in both accuracy and time. Analyze and provide feedback and recommendations to teams and leadership based off data findings.• Created account review templates to track Top 50 stores by spend in any given account by week and month.• Created and maintain savings trackers for multiple trades to monitor effectiveness of regional consolidation effort.• Created template for HVAC report, taking monthly report from 4-5 hours to 10-15 minutes.• Learned and implemented new program Tableau to assist in reporting for multiple teams needing visual representation.• Re-Organized existing HVAC financial report to increase accuracy, usability and reduce time.

Jan10 – Aug13: Facilities Management Coordinator II, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. – Responsible for 3rd party contractors to provide timely and effective maintenance repairs. Responsible for reviewing and processing RFP (Request for proposals), coordinate and execute repairs for all 4000+ operating stores and clubs. Engage multiple teams internal and external to cross coordinate projects and repairs. Communicate with all levels of associates and management.• Identified improper floor care instructions saving company thousands in maintenance costs by correcting care instructions.• Streamlined new vendor request process reducing approval time by creating an application spreadsheet.• Created initial contractor database for structures roll out into service channel utilizing our quick base application.• Eliminated vendor confusion reducing coordinator work load by creating a vendor expectations package

May06 – Jan10: Fixtures and Construction Transportation Analyst, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - Responsible for movement of fixtures and store construction materials to the stores/sites. Responsible for coordination of load pickups and deliveries between suppliers, carriers, and onsite contractors /store planning. Coordinated load delivery schedule to ensure proper movement of freight. Tracked carrier delivery percentages to maintain 98%+ on time delivery.• Alleviated double work confusion by implementing inbox flagging system.• Reduced LTL(less than truckload) deliveries by assisting in building LTL to full truck load conversion setup.• Reduced associate costs by ensuring on time delivery of materials to remodel stores.• Expedited new hire training process by cross coordinating with associates and lead project to compile fixtures construction training manual.

Nov10 – Present: Chemical Operations Specialist, US Army - Plan, employ, and coordinate CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) defense systems. Coordinate assets and efforts for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) force protection programs, CBRN defense support to civil authorities. Provide training advice and supervision regarding the proper use and maintenance procedures for CBRN equipment and operations.• Coordinated rifle qualification day, qualified all shooters within allotted time by preparing and utilizing available resources.• Increased overall squad efficiency allowing for more training by increasing squad integrity and knowledge.

Mar07 – Mar10: Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) Fire Direction Control, US Army – Responsible for supporting both infantry and vehicles with accurate timely artillery strikes. Responsible for maintaining data and voice up-link between battalion headquarters and mobile launch platforms in field environment. Responsible for continual update of ammunition expenditure, equipment serviceability, situation, firing point, target, and mission reports. Responsible for maintaining field of operations maps constantly correcting troop and enemy movements as well as battlefield geometries.• Completed fire mission exercise by cannibalizing track and radios building make shift MLRS control point.• Successfully fired most live rounds during annual training exercise by utilizing teams in the most efficient manner.