FMCG and Consumer Goods
Organisation Design for FMCG and Consumer Goods
Structure, reporting lines and who is allowed to decide what.
What this looks like in fmcg and consumer goods
The parts of organisation design that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Plant, Depot and Field Structure
Three operating models in one company.
What this coversHide
Plant, Depot and Field Structure
Three operating models in one company.
What this coversHideField and sales
- Sales Officers
- Territory Sales Incharge
- Area Sales Managers
- Regional Managers
- Merchandisers
- Van Salesmen
- Tele-sales
Plant and supply
- Production
- Quality
- Packing
- Warehouse
- Depot
- Dispatch
- Logistics
- Maintenance
- HR
- Finance
- Organisation structure
- Field hierarchy and spans
- Depot structure
- Plant structure
- Reporting lines
- Approval matrix
- Staffing norms
The general method — what organisation design covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the organisation design page. What is above is the part that differs for fmcg and consumer goods.
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
See all HR topics for fmcg and consumer goods, or another industry.