Often described as one of our Group’s major assets, our employees all share a common mindset, the ‘Pernod Ricard Mindset for Growth,’ which is the result of a successful cocktail of a consumer-focused business model and a culture driven by three core values: entrepreneurial spirit, mutual trust and ethics.
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THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PERNOD RICARD: PRIDE AND COMMITMENT
Our 18,306 employees are committed to the Group’s vision of ‘Créateurs de convivialité’ and to achieving our leadership ambition. At Pernod Ricard, we are:
- Proud to belong to our company
- Going the extra mile
- Dedicated to our stakeholders
Pernod Ricard has achieved record levels of engagement, as evidenced by the latest editions of the independent I Say employee opinion survey(1). For the past ten years, the levels of commitment, pride and support for the Group’s values have been above external market benchmarks and in line with top performing organisations, according to external comparative data from our most recent employee opinion survey results. In 2019, 94% of our employees were proud to belong to Pernod Ricard. The organisation of Pernod Ricard’s activities around its purpose, ‘Créateurs de convivialité,’ has also earned it a place among the world’s most admired companies(2), the ‘best employers’ in France(3) and the companies preferred by business school students(4).
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OUR ECONOMIC MODEL: DECENTRALISATION
While respecting the autonomy of our subsidiaries, we combine the strengths of a large group with the decision speed that decentralisation offers to local markets.
- Decision-making based closely on the market
- Fast responses to consumer needs
The Group pilots major cross-functional projects and pools certain areas of expertise so that local subsidiaries can focus on the essentials: growing their business in their market by putting the consumer at the centre of their efforts. This is particularly the case for the IT function, which is developing regional and global Centres of Excellence around the world, offering a catalogue of services and infrastructures to meet the needs of subsidiaries.