Information Technologies in Procter & Gamble IT Management Seminar

P&G: Company Profile Fast moving consumer goods company 162 years old Markets 250+ brands to nearly 5 billion consumers in 140 countries Net sales of $39 billion (FY 2000/2001)

P&G Brands baby care: beauty care: fabric & home care: feminine protection: food & beverage: health care: tissues & towels: Pampers Pantene, Head & Shoulders Arial, Tide, Bold, Ace, Lenor Always, Alldays, Tampax Pringles, Folgers Blend-a-Med, Vicks Swiffer

P&G in the Baltics/Kaliningrad Ground operations since 1995 Part of Poland/Baltics subsidiary; headquarters in Warsaw Offices in Riga, Tallinn, Kaunas and Kaliningrad 60 employees in the Baltics; 1000 in Poland

P&G Facing Global Challenges Changing consumers Changing trade Emerging trade channels & markets Globalization and control over costs Slowing down growth

Global IT Vision P&G is the best-in-class user of information technology in the consumer packaged goods industry to create competitive advantage and sustain accelerated growth

MDO (Local) IT Work: Mission We are adding business value through the right use of IT investment In other words, we work to: Drive sales Decrease costs Promote information and knowledge creation and sharing

MDO IT Work: Process Areas Marketing systems Knowledge and collaboration Product supply systems Sales systems Business decision support Business applications

Most of IT Investments Are About Changing Business Processes Examples: MARS Dr. Watson Source One my.pg.com

IT Competences Information systems development Information systems support Information systems architecture Analytics Project management People development & business management Business process engineering

What counts in P&G IT (Success Actions for Winning) Business results Functional results Mastery  IT competencies Leadership Collaboration Solutions Innovation Risk-taking

International IT Management Seminar Budapest, 8-12 April 2002

IT Management Seminar What is it? IT business course: lectures + case studies Real life simulations – just like working in a global organization 24 students from Europe, Middle East and Africa A chance to meet a global company’s IT management A chance to develop your technology and management skills A lot of fun!

IT Management Seminar How much? ALL EXPENSES PAID BY P&G! Who’s eligible? All IT/Engineering/Business Administration students graduating in 2002 or 2003

IT Management Seminar Is it this a commitment? You may be offered an internship Rationale for P&G? ~30% of participants join the company A very good PR among students

IT Management Seminar How to apply? Simply send an empty to In the subject, put the country you currently live in Deadline for applications: January 15, 2002 More info:

Questions? Dmitry Medvedjko: