Patrick D Bauermeister Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Eden Prairie, Mn

* Developed and implemented Standard Operating Procedures for the Honeybear Marketing’s USDA Division program to help drive focus on customer service and on time delivery * Developed important relationships with the transportation providers (asset-based & 3rd party logistic companies) to achieve and surpass the required 95% on-time delivery performance * Coordinated the bidding process for over 1,000 shipments and awarded over 600 shipments tri-annually to the transportation providers (asset-based & 3rd party logistic companies) * Negotiated with the transportation providers (asset-based and 3rd party logistic companies) to help drive down the rates and contribute profits to over $1.5 million in the first year * Coordinated and lead daily meetings on communication skills with all transportation providers (asset-based & 3rd party logistic companies) to ensure continual improvement being provided to the USDA * Documented transportation providers (asset-based & 3rd party logistic companies) when issues arose on deliveries and worked with the transportation providers to identify the core of the issue * Developed corrective action plans to avoid further / future incidents * Helped develop, coordinate and start operating a new 3PL brokerage firm for Honeybear Marketing * Worked independently / remotely for the 1.5 years at Honeybear Marketing without change to quality of work or lowering any service standards

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

* Brokered over 10 shipments daily and built many relationships with asset-based transportation providers to provide the best customer service possible to our customers (Maytag and Whirlpool) * Our customers (Maytag and Whirlpool) required us to maintain at least 92% on time service performance for over 8,000 shipments annually * Worked with many asset-based transportation providers to ensure continual improvement was being provided / created, implemented and coordinated action plans to recover any stranded shipments* Documented when the asset-based transportation providers were late on deliveries and worked with the asset-based transportation provider to identify the core of the issue and developed action plans to avoid further incidents * Provided daily updates to customers (Maytag and Whirlpool) to acknowledged the customer’s feedback and developed action plans to eliminate the customer’s issues / concerns * Tracked daily progress, documented any discrepancies and provided feedback to the asset-based transportation providers to improve the quality of service and ensure the customer’s goals were meet * Collaborated on multiple special projects to ensure all aspects of the project were being thought about and covered to avoid delays or fail our customer’s expectations * Would have to locate asset-based transportation providers to perform “White Glove” service to install brand new equipment and perform courteous customer service

Roseville, Mn

* Responsible for planning over 20 routes daily, dispatching over 20 trucks daily and handling any issues that arose that would affect the customer’s needs or on time delivery * Strove to coordinate routes that would equate to $2 or more per all miles driven (including empty / deadhead miles from one shipment to another) * Coordinated payroll for over 65 drivers, collected the drivers' driving logs, sorted paperwork to ensure PODs were submitted and performed some billing responsibilities * Consistently worked toward maximum equipment usage while maintaining high quality of service; avoided equipment from sitting too long and making sure equipment was legal / up to date on DOT regulations * Coordinated to ensure that more than 97% of all equipment (trucks and trailers) remained available and viable for use according to DOT regulations * Handled import / export paperwork of goods from the U.S. into Canada and from Canada into the U.S. * Collaborated with customs brokers to resolve any issues to allow drivers to pass through the U.S. / Canada borders without incident or restrictions placed on freight

Coon Rapids, Mn

Eagan, Mn

Mahtomedi, Mn

Eagan, Mn