Our regions and functions

We are organised around four regional operating units: Americas Beverages, Americas Confectionery, Europe Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific. Our four regions are supported by six global functions. Every function has a team in each region and a small central team, enabling them to develop world-wide approaches yet still stay closely in touch with our regions’ commercial interests.

OUR FUNCTIONS	WHAT EACH FUNCTION DOES
Commercial Strategy	Develops global strategies and solutions for product categories, customers and markets Enables our regions to generate higher sales growth than they could on their own
Science and Technology	Leads technical innovation programmes Co-ordinates nutrition initiatives and manages intellectual property assets in this area
Supply Chain	Ensures the supply of products to the Group’s customers Enables raw material supply, manufacturing, logistics, working capital management
Finance and Information Technology	Acts as a business partner and financial adviser to the regions and other functions driving the Group’s goals and priorities Maintains a robust financial control environment Manages IT-enabled common processes and standards and ensures high quality external reporting
Human Resources	Improves performance by enhancing effectiveness of our day-to-day working practices, the capability of our people and the quality of their output Ensures our working environment reflects our core purpose and values, and enhances our culture. Leads on communications and external affairs
Legal and Secretariat	Leads on corporate governance and compliance with local, national and international regulation and legislation Protects intellectual property, facilitates mergers and acquisitions, performs general legal and contract work, and represents our rights

The Board and Chief Executive’s Committee

The Board is responsible for our overall management and performance, and the approval of our long-term objectives and commercial strategy. The Chief Executive’s Committee (CEC), which includes the leader of each region and function, reports to the Board and is responsible for the day-to-day management of our operations and the implementation of strategy.

Our major manufacturing operations

We have 87 major manufacturing plants worldwide, as shown by region below:

Americas Beverages 11 factories, including plants in: Mexico, US (excluding sites acquired with The Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group).

Americas Confectionery 11 factories, including plants in: Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, US.

Europe, Middle East, Africa 41 factories including plants in: UK, Ireland, Poland, Egypt, France, Spain, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya.

Asia Pacific 24 factories including plants in: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, India, Indonesia, China.