2006
Chris Poole joins PA Consulting Group from Procter and Gamble
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15 December 2006
After a long and very successful career with Procter and Gamble, (P&G), Chris Poole has joined PA Consulting Group as a member of the management team, where his focus will be on helping PA's clients to meet the challenges presented by their supply chain.
During his time at Procter and Gamble, Chris undertook roles in sales, marketing, merchandising, logistics, worked as Logistics Director for the UK and Eire and Nordic Regions, and was latterly Director of Physical Distribution for Western Europe. In that role his responsibilities were to define and deliver the logistics infrastructure for Western Europe to meet customer service and cost requirements. In the UK he invested heavily in building multi-category distribution centres which allowed retailers to buy all of P&G's grocery products from one place thus improving service and reducing inventory and truck miles. In Europe he was one of the architects of the integration of Gillette into the P&G supply chain.
Chris will be working with PA's clients to achieve the right service/cost balance through a consumer-driven approach to supply - identifying first what it takes to win with consumers at the shelf and then designing the supply chain back from there to deliver that.
As well as helping clients get the basics right in information and product flow, the focus will also be on how supply chain partners can collaborate to create, not transfer, value and what system and process innovations are needed now, in order to survive in the future. This includes how to create a more responsive infrastructure and what needs to be done on customisation and packaging.
Chris is based in PA's London headquarters and will be leveraging his vast industry experience to bring enhanced supply chain services to PA's clients. He said:
"I am very excited to be joining PA, there is a very strong supply chain team here and I am looking forward to bringing my knowledge and experience to move the Group forward."
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Photograph of Chris Poole available on request
For more information, please contact: Linda Pearse, Tel +441763 267137, e-mail linda.pearse@paconsulting.com
Notes to editors
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