OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific
today announced it is redesigning its Marketing & Sales
organization to align with evolving customer needs. The company
will consolidate its six major business units into four:
Agricultural Products, Energy, Industrial and Premium. Union
Pacific is also refocusing its customer service center and
consolidating four subsidiaries into one to help better serve
customers.
The new Agricultural Products team will be led by Brad Thrasher and will include all of the
markets previously under the Agricultural Products business unit,
adding fertilizer.
Energy will be led by Linda
Brandl and will include the previous Coal business team, in
addition to frac sand, LPG and petroleum and wind markets.
Industrial will be led by Kenny
Rocker and will include markets that comprised the previous
Industrial Products business unit, excluding frac sand and wind,
and adding industrial chemicals, plastics and soda ash markets from
the former Chemicals business unit.
Premium will be led by Jason Hess
and will include all the markets previously served by the company's
Intermodal and Automotive business units.
"These changes more closely align our team structure around the
markets we serve, giving us a focused opportunity to provide
exceptional transportation products to our customers," said
Beth Whited, executive vice
president and chief marketing officer.
In addition to the new business unit structure, Union Pacific is
changing the name of the National Customer Service Center to
Customer Care & Support to more closely align with the core
focus of that team, which will be led by Kari Kirchhoefer.
"We continue to look for ways to improve the customer experience
we provide, and the Customer Care & Support team plays an
integral role in that mission," Whited said.
Union Pacific is also expanding its Economic and Industrial
Development team to enhance the work done with customers and local
economic development teams to add additional transportation options
for customers not served directly by rail.
Effective Nov. 1, Union Pacific
Railroad will merge four subsidiaries — Union Pacific Distribution
Services (UPDS), Streamline, ShipCarsNow and Insight Network
Logistics (INL) into a single, wholly owned subsidiary: Loup
Logistics Company, which will be led by Shawntell Kroese.
Loup will combine the respective strengths of UPDS, Streamline,
ShipCarsNow and INL to provide innovative transportation and
logistics services that help connect shippers to rail.
"As a consolidated logistics company, Loup will be better able
to support long-term growth for our customers and Union Pacific,"
Whited said. "Merging the subsidiaries yields a company with a more
robust portfolio of shipping and logistics services and an employee
base with a greater breadth of expertise, both of which help us
better serve our customers."
Loup will be located at the Union Pacific Railroad headquarters
in Omaha.
ABOUT UNION PACIFIC
Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America's most
recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in
the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical
link in the global supply chain. In the last 10 years, 2007-2016,
Union Pacific invested approximately $34
billion in its network and operations to support America's
transportation infrastructure. The railroad's business groups
include Agricultural Products, Energy, Industrial and Premium.
Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population
centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to
eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad
serving all six major Mexico
gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000
customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable,
fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
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