UPS has named Stefan Schürfeld to the position of District Manager UPS Germany in place of JörnsReineke who will retire by the end of May 2008 after 32 years with the company.
Schürfeld, 51, will be responsible for operational business as well as strategic alignment ofUPS Germany. “Germany is the largest local market outside the USA and I am looking forward totaking on the challenges involved,” he commented. “In the future, we will continue offering thebest possible service to our customers and we will set benchmarks for the industry with technicalinnovations.”
Schürfeld started his career at UPS Germany in 1982 and held several management positions atUPS in Germany and Benelux. Most recently, since August 2006, he was District Manager (Great BasinDistrict) in Utah, USA.
Reineke joined UPS at its start-up in Germany in 1976 and rose up through the ranks to hold arange of management positions. He took over the post of District Manager for Germany in 2004.
