Managers of Postal and Courier Services
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Job description
These individuals coordinate, direct, and evaluate the activities and operations of postal and courier services. They are employed by:
- Canada Post
- Courier service companies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Coordinate the duties of supervisors and staff.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of services and make necessary changes.
- Prepare and submit budget estimates.
- Administer expenses for postal and courier facilities.
- Ensure the accurate and timely movement of mail and parcels through sorting facilities.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
600
All of Québec
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Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 36.5% Female
- 63.5% Male
Not available.
- 36.5% Female
- 63.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$76,500
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 49100% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Sometimes required
- A university degree or college diploma may be required.
- Several years of supervisory experience are an asset.
- Operational experience in a postal or courier facility is an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Social perception
- Human resource management
- Information processing
- Result evaluation
- Critical thought
- Negotiation
- Service oriented
- Learning strategies
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
- System analysis
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Classification
- Written expression
- Selective attention
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Leadership
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Autonomy
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Strategic sense
- Rigour
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work with numbers
- Work in sales or client service
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 70021
Postal and courier services managers
Job titles
- Post office manager
- Parcel processing plant manager
- Area manager - postal service
- Plant manager - postal and courier services
- Delivery service manager - postal and courier services
- Postal station superintendent
- Postal zone facilities manager
- Mail processing plant manager
- District post office director
- Postal area manager
- Field service manager - postal and courier services
- Postal zone manager
- Plant operations manager - postal service
- Collection and delivery operations manager
- Mail operations manager
- Regional services manager - postal and courier services
- Production control manager - postal service
- Commercial development manager - postal and courier services
- Courier service manager
- Plant superintendent - postal and courier services
- Mail processing plant superintendent
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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