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Focus &
Scale
Local Focus,
Global Scale
We have made P&G’s organization
structure an essential part of our capability
to grow. It combines the global scale
benefits of a $70 billion multinational
company and the local focus to win with
consumers and customers in each country
where P&G products are sold.
P&G’s structure has removed many of the
traditional overlaps and inefficiencies that
plague many large companies.
• Global Business Units (GBUs) focus solely
on consumers, brands and competitors
around the world. They are responsible
for the innovation pipeline, profitability
and shareholder returns from their
businesses.
• Market Development Organizations
(MDOs) are charged with knowing
consumers and retailers in each market
where P&G competes and integrating the
innovations flowing from the GBUs into
business plans that work in each country.
• Global Business Services (GBS) utilizes
P&G talent and expert partners to provide
best-in-class business support services at
the lowest possible costs to leverage
P&G’s scale for a winning advantage.
• Lean Corporate Functions ensure
ongoing functional innovation and
capability improvement.
We have been utilizing this structure for
nearly seven years, and continue to see
faster global expansion of new innovations,
better in-market execution and increased
savings from purchasing scale and
outsourcing partnerships.
14 The Procter & Gamble Company and Subsidiaries