Service-oriented - Die Schweizerische Post

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4 Annual Report | Swiss Post in brief
Swiss Post
in brief.
Swiss Post is the second-biggest employer
in Switzerland. We provide the
public and the business community
with postal, payment and passenger
transport services. We ensure a basic
postal service ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), increase
the company’s value and operate a
socially responsible human resources
policy. The Federal Council sets out
strategic objectives for Swiss Post for
four years at a time. ( 6)
Number one
Swiss Post is highly profitable and the number
one in its domestic market and in international
business with Switzerland. Our core
Functional organization
Product Product
Management Management
Logistics & Logistics &
Production Production
E-Business
Information Information
Management Management
Sales
Mail
Logistics Mail Services
Financial Logistics Services Services
Passenger Financial Services Transport
business includes letters, promotional mailings,
newspaper transport, parcels, express
items, courier services, retail financial services,
road-related passenger transport and
goods logistics. In addition, we are expanding
our post-related electronic services both
in Switzerland and abroad, building up our
distribution services in Switzerland and in
neighbouring countries and are growing in
profitable niches in the international letters
market and in passenger transport.
The highest organ of governance is the
Board of irectors. The Executive Management
is responsible for operational management.
Swiss Post comprises four business
Specialist committees Specialist committees Business area Business area
Business units Business units
E-Business
Sales
Passenger Transport
International
Post International Office Network
Philately Post Office Network
New Philately Business
areas and four business units, which in turn
include units of their own and possibly one
or more subsidiaries. GHP and MailSource
constitute the New Business segment. We
operate under the core “Swiss Post” brand
with our flagship brands “PostMail”, “Post-
Logistics”, “PostFinance“ and “PostBus”.
Management and service units carry out key
tasks. The product management, logistics
and production, e-business, information
management and sales cross-cutting activities
are coordinated by specialist committees.
Management Management Unit Unit
Finance Finance
Human Resources Human Resources
General General Secretariat Secretariat
Strategic Strategic Account Account Management Management
Group Corporate Group Corporate Development Development
Corporate Corporate Communication Communication
Corporate Corporate Security Security
Internal Internal Auditing* Auditing*
Service Units Service Units
Real Estate Real Estate
Service House Service House
Corporate Corporate Purchasing Purchasing
Finance, Finance, Insurance Insurance Management Management
Information Information Technology Technology
New Business
* reporting directly to the Chairman of the Board of irectors