How to become a postal service manager
Official title: Postal service manager
Also called: Courier service manager, Mail operations manager, Parcel processing plant manager, Post office manager, Postal service operations manager, Postal zone facilities manager, Postmaster, Superintendent (postal service), Courier service manager, Parcel processing plant manager
Postal service manager plans, organises, directs, controls and evaluates the activities and operations of postal facilities and courier service companies, or of operational divisions within courier service companies. He/she coordinates the duties of supervisors and other staff in addition to managing the accurate and expedient movement of mail and parcels through postal and parcel sorting facilities.
Main tasks
- Determining, implementing and monitoring purchasing, storage and distribution strategies, policies and plans
- Liaising with other departments and customers concerning requirements for outward goods and associated forwarding transportation
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $94,920 a year. The middle half earn $66,600 to $148,968 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Supply and distribution/Logistics/Warehousing manager
- Procurement/Purchasing manager
- Transport/Technical operations manager (excluding port and shipping operations)
- Port/Shipping operations manager
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Questions people ask
How do I become a postal service manager?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
How much does a postal service manager earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $94,920 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $66,600 to $148,968.
Will AI change the work of a postal service manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026