Chris Garrett

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ABOUT CHRIS GARRETT

Inside sales and Customer service for Fluid power and Pneumatic components. Hose production. Sourcing components, managing purchase orders and sales orders. Working with product managers, purchasing agents and engineers to supply the components needed. Fleet and heavy duty truck parts experience, Ag and construction equipment parts experience, Marine parts experience, & Auto parts experienceHydraulic hose assembly and parts experience. Attended advanced hydraulic training at the Gates training center in Denver Colorado. I have been the lead tech support person at O\'Reilly Auto Parts for the special markets categories since June 2008. This entails providing parts look up help and part number crossing for over 4900 parts stores and over 700 outside salesmen. The special markets categories consist of fleet and heavy duty truck parts,(class 4-8), ag and construction equipment, small engine and lawn equipment, marine, hydraulics, anything non automotive.I take care of the inventory levels for the special markets categories with special emphasis on hydraulic inventory and fleet and heavy duty truck parts. I help provide training for our outside salesmen in the special markets categories. I work with Excel spreadsheets everyday. I work with PowerPoint. I work with campus ship software from UPS.I schedule and attend trade shows, I.e. truck shows, pupil transportation shows, and farm shows.I help design and source trade show displays. I ship the displays to and from the shows. I take care of the maintenance on the displays. I work with vendors to find and bring new products to O\'Reillys. I help to design sales flyers and literature including catalogs. I have forklift operating experience both in a warehouse setting and on construction sites.On a personal side I collect antique tractors and farm equipment. I enjoy gardening and camping and spending time with my family. I am the treasurer on the Clever R-5 school board.