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Proposed Structure Has Numerous Advantages Over Current Matrix
3 GBUS Under Lean Holding Company
Clear accountability
GBU leaders are empowered
GBU has full control of its own sales force
GBU leader decides whether to opt-in to shared
services (procurement, distribution & logistics,
pooled resources in small markets, etc.)
Creates "no place to hide" dynamic as GBU leaders will
produce strong results or be replaced
Better positioned to compete locally
Power moves to GBUS and, in turn, GBU's respective
regional leaders, away from Corporate
Regional leaders under each GBU control the P&L for
their geography; people closest to customers and local
markets control the P&L
Regional leaders empowered to make operating
decisions in response to local trends
Less Bureaucracy
Allows P&G to operate lean at Corporate
GBU leaders have the institutional power to ensure
Corporate Functions and Global Business Services are
efficient
Optimizes synergies
GBU leaders will choose shared services
(procurement, distribution & logistics, media buying,
pooled resources in small markets, etc.) if truly
producing synergies and benefits of scale
x Limited accountability
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Current Matrix
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Sales resources (SMOS) sit outside of the GBU
Functions often report to corporate, not GBU
Decision-making distributed across various
leaders (SMO leader, GBU leader, Corporate)
"Nobody is in charge" dynamic leads to slow and
bureaucratic decision making
* "Global" power center hampers ability to
compete locally
Power resides at the global level for categories,
Corporate Functions and Global Business Services,
but local dynamics have never been more important
Global categories incentivized to focus on biggest
global brands and standardized products despite
local differences
x Highly matrixed structure drives suffocating
bureaucracy
Corporate Functions and Global Business Services
grow unwieldy supporting 10 categories and 6 SMOs
on a global basis, with limited accountability
Leads to significant allocations of costs related to
Corporate Functions and Global Business Services
over which P&L leaders have little or no control
* The leveraging of costs never materializes
The purpose of the matrix is to leverage costs, but
lack of accountability leads to excessive costs and
bureaucracy
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