Post launches “premium light parcel“ for business customers
Austrian Post AG appoints DI Peter Umundum as Head of Parcel & Logistics and offers new product for parcel consignments
These days Austria’s Post AG launches an innovative product in the market. The „premium light parcel“ for professional shippers is delivered to house by the mail carrier. Thanks to the weight and size limit (maximum two kilogram) it fits into every postbox, even the new EU standard-mail boxes. „As this guarantees a direct and secure delivery, a receipt is no longer necessary. The consignment reaches its destination with the first delivery attempt and thus arrives at the recipient the first workday after dispatch. Collection at the post office or the post partner can be dropped“, as the enterprise announces. The „premium light parcel“ is available to business customers of the Austrian Post with immediate effect. The price is considerably below 2 Euros per parcel. At the ordinary meeting of the Austrian Post Supervisory Board on 16 November, Peter Umundum was appointed as the member of the Management Board with responsibility for Parcels & Logistics. In this function, he succeeds Carl-Gerold Mende, who will vacate his post on March 31, 2011. Peter Umundum has been awarded a three-year contract and will take up his seat on the Austrian Post Management Board on April 1, 2011. Following degree studies in computing and technical mathematics, Peter Umundum (46) commenced his professional career in 1988 at Steirerbrau AG, where he assumed managing responsibility for software development and the Organisation and Computing Department. In 1994, he moved to Styria Medien AG as the head of IT and just two years later was appointed as the CEO of the subsidiary Media Consult Austria GmbH. In 1999, he acted as one of the founders and CEO of redmail. In 2001, Peter Umundum became Managing Director of the “Die Presse” daily newspaper and three years later he joined the executive management of the “Kleine Zeitung” daily newspaper. In 2005 he moved to Austrian Post as one of the Managing Directors of the Letter Division, which is the company’s largest business area. In addition, he assumed responsibility for the national subsidiaries, feibra GmbH and Wiener Bezirkszeitung, and the international subsidiaries Weber Escal d.o.o. in Croatia and Scanpoint Europe. Peter Umundum is also a member of the advisory boards for the company’s participations in Slovakia and Hungary, as well as Austrian Post International in Germany and meiller direct. Quelle: LogEastics |