Michael Bechtel Email & Phone Number

Lombard, IL, US

Memphis, Tennessee, US

Account manager for two accounts consisting of sixteen drivers.

New Brighton, Minnesota, US

• Started an intermodal trucking operation consisting of an all owner operator fleet and became the house carrier in the Chicago area for APL and APL Logistics.
• Negotiated and consulted on all contracts for the start up including owner operator agreement, fuel card program and driver insurance programs
• Recruited, hired and trained all owner operators and office staff
• Solely responsible for all facets of the operation including DOT requirements
• Developed and built working relationships with both internal and external customers
• Grew business levels to three million dollars per year in sales in first 10 months

• Dispatcher of eighty drivers consisting of owner operators and company trucks. Dispatching local and regional container loads.
• Working knowledge of all Chicago land rail yards and container yards
• Follow up with all drivers to ensure all loads deliver on time
• Retrieve pick up and release numbers for containers
• Ensure billing is in place at rails for all outbound loads
• Resolve any and all driver issues including equipment issues

• Dispatched 45+ drivers throughout Chicago and northwest Indiana. Supervised the loading of outbound “Economy” freight trailers.
• Improved or exceeded all goals set by the company for driver productivity and efficiency
• Insured all drivers had all proper paperwork and information for pickups and deliveries
• Verified and updated Kronos information for drivers, office and maintenance employees
• Increased load average by 2000 lbs per trailer while improving claims on outbound shipments

• Dispatched a fleet of over 80 owner operators within the Midwest region on local, regional and long haul intermodal container loads.
• Aquired proper equipment from all major steamship lines and container yards
• Traced intermodal containers on rails, scheduling deliveries and pick ups based on deramp dates, last free dates and cut off dates
• Terminated or reloaded equipment based on customer needs and demands
• Prepulled loads from rails to eliminate per diem and demurrage

• Dispatched LTL loads of frozen/refrigerated freight throughout continental USA.
• Planned loads utilizing one and two temperature trailers
• Transitioned drivers from Quall-Comm communication system to Cheetah system
• Responsible for night office operations and rail dispatch
• Dispatched over 200 loads per week

Recruited and trained union drivers.

US

• Managed a twelve man inbound dock operation at new facility
• Routed, planned and supervised the loading and unloading of trailers
• Responsible for on-time departures of over 30 delivery trailers daily
• Dispatched city, shuttle and linehaul drivers
• Trained employees on proper freight handling procedures and HAZ-MAT requirements