Postal Service’s new unit to compete with private shippers
Posted on Sunday, July 6, 2008
The U. S. Postal Service is grouping all its shipping and mailing functions into one unit to take advantage of a 2006 federal law that helps the agency set prices to be more competitive with private shipping companies.
Robert Bernstock, a former president of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., will lead the new Shipping and Mailing Services division, the Postal Service said last week in a statement. The unit joins product management and development and commercial sales, which is responsible for more than $ 70 billion in annual revenue.
The restructuring also will unite “Intelligent Mail Barcode” activities under the agency’s chief operating officer, according to the statement.
The project, which officials expect to implement by May 2009, will support mail operations such as acceptance and payment and processing and delivery.
“It’s critical that we take advantage of recent changes in federal law which give us the tools to move into the competitive environment,” Postmaster General John E. Porter said in the statement. “We are now positioned to do that.” David Shoenfeld, former senior vice president of worldwide marketing for FedEx Corp., will become senior vice president of mailing services and will report to Bernstock, the agency said. The existing vice presidents of expedited shipping, ground shipping and sales also will report to Bernstock.
Postal Service Vice President Stephen Kearney, who has worked most recently with pricing and classification, will head customer relations.
That group will combine consumer and business customer relationships, external and internal communications and pricing into a single unit, the agency said.
The U. S. Postal Service delivers to 146 million homes and businesses and has annual revenue of $ 75 billion, according to the statement.
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