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UPS Restructures Around Global Logistics Growth
[ September 4, 2026 // Gary Burrows ]UPS is reorganizing its operating structure around a more globally integrated logistics network as the company shifts its attention from domestic network restructuring toward international, healthcare and supply chain growth.
The changes, effective Sept. 1, follow UPS’s completion in June of its Amazon volume reduction and associated network reconfiguration. UPS said the new operating model is intended to standardize critical processes globally while retaining flexibility for individual markets.
Nando Cesarone was named executive vice president and chief global operations officer, with responsibility for UPS’s global air network and gateways, surface transportation, building and engineering operations and other network functions.
Wilfredo Ramos will become executive vice president and chief international, healthcare and supply chain solutions officer, succeeding Kate Gutmann, who is retiring after nearly 37 years with UPS. Ramos currently oversees UPS’s Asia Pacific and brokerage businesses.
UPS also created a chief global commercial strategy officer position covering global strategy, marketing, product management and pricing. A search is underway.
The restructuring comes as UPS invests more than US$2 billion in its International, Healthcare and Supply Chain Solutions businesses between 2024 and 2028.
Projects include a new hub at Clark Airport in the Philippines scheduled to open in the fourth quarter, a Barrie, Ontario, facility planned for 2027 and a Hong Kong International Airport air hub scheduled for 2028.
UPS is also expanding intra-Asia air capacity and its North American air freight network, including time-definite heavy air freight service to and from Mexico.
Healthcare remains a major component of the strategy. UPS said recent investments include 27 temperature-controlled freight cross-dock facilities, expanded pharmaceutical-certified infrastructure in Asia Pacific and facilities combining freight, brokerage and cold-chain capabilities.
The company described the investments as part of its continued evolution from a small-package carrier toward an integrated logistics provider.
That distinction is becoming increasingly important to UPS’s strategy. Rather than operating international package, forwarding, brokerage, healthcare and contract logistics primarily as adjacent businesses, the new structure puts greater emphasis on coordinating transportation modes, facilities, technology and commercial strategy across the network.
CEO Carol Tomé said the model is intended to combine global standardization with local responsiveness while improving efficiency and supporting growth.
