Ryan Bakke

About Ryan Bakke

I currently serve as a Director of Facilities for Dollar Tree Stores. My expertise includes vendor relations, people management, project planning, and budget oversight, all applied to drive cost-effective and innovative solutions. Passionate about operational excellence, my team partners with stakeholders to implement strategic initiatives that meet organizational goals while fostering a culture of teamwork and accountability. My mission is to enable consistent, high-quality facility performance that supports retail success at scale.

Experience

1. Director of Facilities

   Dollar Tree Stores

   Sep 2023 — Present · US

   Lead a team of Facility Management Professionals that work cross-functionally to develop solutions to high-impact, facility-related, maintenance and repair problems across the US and Canada. Partner with stakeholders to establish efficient and effective field operational business processes and procedures that produce successful outcomes toward the achievement of goals; ensures all projects/assignments produce quality results within targeted deadlines and budget constraints. Build a highly-engaged team, responsible for Management level execution of repairs and maintenance for all stores within budget parameters, including key performance indicators that drive average cost per transaction to meet or exceed budget constraints.Oversight of large scale planned capital improvement projects, including HVAC upgrades/replacements and other capital improvements projects deemed necessary to reduce ongoing operating expenses and extend the useful life of owned assets as well as preventative and reactive response to natural disasters and storm management.Responsible for ensuring vendor compliance with contractual obligations, including vendor selection via effective negotiating and/or sourcing methods, vendor management via contractual service-level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) and vendor accountability via scorecards and contract assessment and evaluation of results relative to SLAs and KPIs.Responsible for continuous process improvement to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Facilities repair & maintenance operation for internal and external stakeholders, including review of system efficiency and effectiveness, organizational structure, work order flows, functional processes, policies and procedures.

Education

• Western Illinois University

  Bachelor's degree, Management & Advertising