Philip Morris Identifies Cost Savings and Efficiency Gains, CFO Says
October 17 2019 - 7:06PM
Dow Jones News
Philip Morris International Inc. is making progress identifying
potential cost savings and enhancing efficiency, Chief Financial
Officer Martin King said Thursday.
"We are scrubbing costs across the entire company," Mr. King
said in an interview with CFO Journal, referring to a three-year
effort that is set to free over $1 billion for new investments.
Philip Morris -- over a year into the project -- is zeroing in on
its manufacturing footprint, its supply chain and its external
spending on consultants, travel, legal fees and other items.
www.wsj.com/articles/philip-morris-moves-to-zero-based-budgeting-amid-product-shift-1538420609
The company selected an individual, the so-called cost category
owner, for each of these categories within external spending and
tasked them with creating transparency around costs across the
whole organization, Mr. King said.
"The goal is to find pools of money that are much bigger than if
everyone is trying to optimize their little corner of the world,"
he said.
The plan is aimed at boosting returns on investments, not just
cutting costs, according to Mr. King.
Write to Nina Trentmann at Nina.Trentmann@wsj.com
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