SIMPLIFIED AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS
PERFORMANCE -BASED CULTURE AND CAPABILITIES
CONSUMER AT THE CENTRE OF THE BUSINESS
FOCUSING ON OUR PRIORITY MARKETS
TRANSFORMING IMPERIAL BRANDS
DRIVE VALUE FROM OUR BROADER PORTFOLIO
BUILDING A TARGETED NGP BUSINESS
What Our Strategy Will Deliver
We have set out a clear strategy that will strengthen the business through strong execution and consistent delivery. The strategy will unlock value for our shareholders, employees and all other key stakeholders, supported by three clear strategic pillars. A renewed emphasis on our five priority tobacco markets, a clear plan to drive value from our broader market portfolio, and more disciplined execution in NGP with an increased focus on heated tobacco.
Strategic Pillars
Placing the consumer back at the centre of Imperial’s business, embedding a challenger mindset that embodies a performance-based culture and implementing new ways of working to support an efficient and simplified organisation. These will be exciting times for Imperial Brands as we transform and focus the company to strengthen our delivery inthe years ahead.
Critical Enablers
A stronger business with a sharper focus behind tobacco and clearly defined roles for our major combustible markets. Our commitment to harm reduction will be evident through our new targeted and more disciplined NGP business. We will have an energised and motivated organisation that is focused on meeting consumer needs with a culture that is smart, agile and focused on delivery. We will be a stronger business capable of delivering sustainable growth in revenue and profit, with continued robust cash flows and a strong and efficient balance sheet.
What Our Strategy Will Deliver
Robust and reliable cash generation
Enhanced cash returns
A targeted and more disciplined NGP business committed to harm reduction
Stronger business in our five priority combustible markets
Sustainable low-single digit revenue growth
New ways of working and culture that reinforce focus on consumer and delivery
Mid-single digit operating profit growth
Strong and efficient balance sheet
Clearly defined role for the broader market portfolio to optimise value creation
FOCUS ON OUR PRIORITY MARKETS
We focus our investment and resources around our five most important markets of USA, Germany, UK, Australia and Spain, which represent more than 70 per cent of our combustible operating profit.
DRIVE VALUE FROM OUR BROADER MARKET PORTFOLIO
We have identified additional opportunities to drive future growth though our broader market portfolio whilst realising efficiencies in how we operate these markets. We're selectively building those where we have attractive leadership positions, and exiting a small number of others.
BUILDING SCALE IN NGP
We have reset our NGP strategy, our activities underpinned by consumer insights and validation. We focus our investment behind heated tobacco opportunities in Europe, and in selective market opportunities in vapour. Our oral nicotine business remains focused on its existing markets within Europe.
PUTTING THE CONSUMER AT THE CENTRE OF THE BUSINESS
We are investing to support a consistent approach to consumer insight, including better capabilities in brand and trade marketing, portfolio management, innovation and sales excellence.
We are embedding a performance-based culture to enhance accountability, improve our agility and support teamwork and collaboration throughout the business.
TRANSFORMING OUR CULTURE
Resources and capabilities are focused on our most important combustibles markets. Our NGP operations have been brought together within a unified, entrepreneurial business unit, and our global enabling functions are being aligned to support delivery of the strategy and ensure efficient allocation of resources.
SIMPLIFIED AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS