Jordan Goerger Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co

leader of the Ardent Mills rail team as they manage all railroad and rail related activities in support of Ardent Mills and its customers. Responsible for maintaining the relationships with all the Class 1, regional and short line railroads in the U.S. and Canada.Provide oversite and guidance to diverse Transportation and Logistics team members covering responsibilities from freight negotiations, claims resolution, service interruptions and tariff or contract rules interpretations. Direct the management of Ardent Mills 1500 car private railcar fleet. Including procurement, positioning and maintenance of various equipment types. Primary contact with all railcar suppliers, leasing companies and railcar shop facilities. Chair of the Ardent Mills rail vessel committee. Responsible for developing food, equipment, and human safety policies and procedures. Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to make sure our policies are clear, reasonable and fully implemented. Acting as a facilitator when questions, concerns or a lack of clarity exist.Coordinate with Ardent Mills sales, logistics, wheat procurement and operations teams identifying opportunities and supporting efforts to optimize our mill network and customer base.Work directly with Milling operations and 3rd parties on facility expansion and rail improvement projects. Enabling Ardent Mills to better leverage our asset base and improve our rail operations and service options.Provide industry and rail carrier specific insights to Ardent Mills direct and Sr. leadership teams. Nurturing deeper top to top relationship between Ardent Mills and our suppliers. Advising on changing trends, regulations or shifts in carrier operating models and philosophies. Enabling Ardent Mills take advantage of opportunities and minimize potential negative impacts.

Hopkins, Mn

Member of a six person Transportation team that is helping guide Horizon Milling’s transition to an integrated SAP Transportation Management solution known as TM8. In this role I have direct interaction with design, implementation and training teams to develop and test the rail solution and helped develop training materials and train end users on the use of TM8 solution. Instrumental in testing and documenting results so that issues could be resolved by design teams prior to go live.Post implementation I have been involved in monitoring, diagnosing and resolving system performance issue and or providing additional end user training as necessary. I have continuing interactions with design and implementation teams as we work to enhance the system now that we are in the live environment and creating job aids to be used as reference materials by end users.

Lititz, Pa

• Managed a team of 5 Transportation and Warehouse coordinators for the Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate Business Unit.• Worked directly with the Customer Service Team lead to ensure our network of warehouses and transportation service providers delivered the on time quality service that specialty products customers demanded.• Daily interactions with Cargill Corporate Transportation & Logistics team to identify gaps in service and provide corrective action to warehouses and carriers as needed.• Responsible for leading the BU’s effort in identifying new carriers establishing contract terms and negotiating rates. To create, deliver and maintain cost saving initiatives and efficiencies.• Responsible for setting and monitoring distribution networks performance expectations for safety, shipment execution and contract compliance.• Supervised the inter-plant and shuttle routing for the delivery of raw materials and product packaging for 3 manufacturing plant locations. • Acted as the main point of contact for SAP updates that impacted the Manage Goods Movement and Storage (MGMS) space.

Wayzata, Mn

• Negotiation of rail and truck freight contracts for the movement of Dry Corn Ingredients and Acidulants (Citric Acid).• Relationship Management of key carriers; Responsible for setting performance expectations and resolving carrier related service issues and claims recovery.• Manage the evaluation, selection and performance of warehouses and terminal transfer services.• Work closely with Sales, Operations and customers to identify and develop competitive transportation options.• Supervise and develop logistics analysts in alignment with business unit objectives and employees personal development goals.• Assist with the management of Corn Milling rail car lease needs and expense.• Liaison between business unit and Cargill Transportation and Logistics team.

• Direct negotiation of freight rate contracts worth $30 Million in annual freight spend. Achieved 10% reduction last negotiation• Maintain relationships with all levels of carriers from customer service to CEO’s.• Negotiate contracts for Stevedoring services and rail to barge and barge to rail transfer services.• Supervise and direct a 5 person Barge Team as they coordinate 1500 annual barge shipments.• Daily interaction with Sales, Product Line, Warehousing and Customers on a variety of issues. Identifying new solutions to allow Mosaic to serve the customer better and more efficiently.• Directed the developed and implementation of Mosaic’s Barge carrier scorecard.• Directed the development and implementation of the barge 3 day and 15 day tracking reports. Trained staff on river system and developed them to spot potential impacts to service.

• Developed and implemented Mosaic’s process for identifying and correcting shipment costing failures. Reduced the number from 800 failures to 25. • Support Supply Chain Managers to identify impact on customers when rates and surcharges change.• Maintain all barge, cross-gulf and container vessel rates and surcharges in SAP.• Coordinate daily with the shipping teams to identify and correct shipment cost errors as they occur.• Support the warehouse team by identifying and correcting route errors impacting inventory.• Support SSR’s in correcting rate/route issues effecting order creation. • Maintained and updated all phosphate and rock rates and surcharges for rail and truck.• Negotiated spot rail rates for phosphates. • Trained 9 rate administrators and the fleet team for SAP roles.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

• Identified new customers and negotiated rates with other carriers providing the customer with competitive alternatives enabling them to locate facilities on our railroad.Ag Partners – Hartley, Iowa• Set and reviewed yearly revenue and traffic goals for commodities in my assigned business area.Annual volume of 6000 carloads for $5 million dollars of revenue• Coordinated directly with customers to identify and develop new markets for their products.• Coordinated with customers to identify more efficient routes for shipping or receiving their products.• Work with and evaluate costing and traffic models for potential new moves.

• Developed and maintained pricing targets for various commodities.• Worked with customers to identify and develop new markets for their products.• Assisted the Marketing Managers in the establishment of new rates and routes for customers.• Perform costing studies on existing and potential moves.

• Published and distributed all tariffs and rate documents for the DME Railroad.• Prepared and maintained all revenue division sheets for the DME.• Contacted connecting railroad for revenue requirements for new moves.• Provided tariff rate information to customers.

• Coordinated the movement of railcars for customers.• Assisted the Operations Supervisors in planning daily railroad operations.• Updated and maintain car movement records.

• Prepared monthly and yearly corporate and customer statements.• Monitored Raw Materials inventory levels.• Scheduled and dispatched trucks and workers to job sites.• Tracked cash receipts and disbursements.