UPS names Stephen Flowers as global forwarding chief

US express delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS) has appointed a Canadian, Stephen Flowers, the former Americas regional chief, president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding.


He will be responsible for the international strategy and performance of the company's freight forwarding services, said a company statement. The forwarding organisation includes sales and operations for air freight, ocean freight, brokerage and specialised transportation services.


As president of the UPS Americas Region, Mr Flowers was responsible for all UPS package and cargo operations in Canada and more than 50 countries and territories across Latin America and the Caribbean.


Mr Flower has experience in Europe, where he served as a district manager overseeing the company's operations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.


Mr Flowers began his career with UPS in 1981 as a loader/unloader while in college. After graduating, he became a package car driver before being promoted to industrial engineering supervisor. From 1984 to 1996, he held a variety of managerial positions ranging from operations manager to vice president of operations for Canada.


In 1998, he became vice president of international strategic planning and later moved back to operations as a district manager for eastern Long Island, New York before moving to his post in Europe. Flowers became president of UPS's Americas Region in 2003.
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