Panalpina Annual Report 2006

Sustainable Growth
54 Panalpina Annual Report 2006
Employees: At Panalpina, people use their
brain power to move the freight
In spite of the latest computer and
transport technologies, forwarding and
logistics remains a people business.
That is why Panalpina regards its
employees as its most important
capital, and as crucial to its success.
Panalpina’s first­class reputation with its customers
is based on the passionate determination of its
staff to find and implement the very best solution to
any transportation and logistics problem, however
difficult it might be – true to the company’s motto:
“A passion for solutions”.
The workforce is a decisive competitive
advantage
Panalpina’s lean, asset­light business model
means that our services are largely based on purchased
freight capacities and rented infrastructure.
This makes the international coordination
and supervision of our selected subcontractors a
complex and demanding task, requiring experience,
creativity and a sense of responsibility at all hierarchical
levels. Panalpina has the necessary qualified,
motivated employees who are adept at
nurturing good customer relations – and who also
have the ability to react quickly and flexibly. They
guarantee operational excellence, thus making a
decisive contribution to our corporate development.
Natural diversity thanks to equal opportunities
Diversity and equality of opportunity at Panalpina
are the natural consequences of the firm principle
that posts are only filled by the best­qualified candidate.
The old cliché, for example, that haulage
is a classic “male sector” is refuted by the Group’s
high proportion of female staff, and by the fact
that Panalpina is the first global transport and logistics
company to have a female CEO. Group
management has a broad international base with
15 nationalities represented in the top management
(Executive Committee, Regional CEOs and
Managing Directors), of which two­thirds are
non­Swiss nationals. Four fifths of the total workforce
are aged between 25 and 45, while the rest
are about equally divided between under­25 and
over­45. Half of the employees can look back on
over five years’ service with the Group.
Employees Number Women Men
Europe / Africa / Middle East / CIS 7,529 38% 62%
North America 2,241 56% 44%
Central and South America 1,988 52% 48%
Asia / Pacific 2,546 50% 50%
Total 14, 04 45% 55%