Making Strategy and Planning a competitive advantage-Making-Strategy-and-Planning-a-competitive-advantage

Making-Strategy-and-Planning-a-competitive-advantage

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The speaker discusses strategy, competency planning, and budget execution at Pladis, a £2.2 billion FMCG company. Pladis owns major biscuit and snack brands including McVitie’s, Jacob’s, Crawfords, Flipz, and premium chocolate brand Godiva, across the UK, Ireland, Europe, and beyond. The company faces a challenging market where retailers want more value while the business must protect margins and manage investment carefully. <br /><br />A central theme is how Pladis uses finance and planning to support brand growth: building annual plans, optimizing promotions, allocating resources, and improving internal systems and team capability. The speaker emphasizes that these processes are embedded across the business and supported by a dedicated 18-person team working in-house. Pladis also uses APS and has become a leader in adopting these practices in FMCG, with over 100 services/users involved. Overall, the talk highlights disciplined planning as key to improving performance and staying competitive.

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Pladis

FMCG planning

budget execution

brand growth

APS adoption