1. Mike Brown Miles Fields Vernessa Hopkins Jian Xi
Team Five
Saint Joseph’s University Executive MBA
S a r a L e e
Multi National Company Project
Project Proposal
2. Sara Lee Corporation engages in the manufacture and
marketing of a range of branded packaged meat products,
fresh and frozen bakery products, roast and ground coffee,
and tea products worldwide.
Sara Lee Overview
3. Background Information
• Founded: 1939 by Charlie Lubin
• Interim CEO: Marcel Smits
• Headquarters: Downers Grove, IL
• Employees: 33,000
• Sector: Consumer Goods
• Industry: Processed Packaged Goods
2009 Key Financial
• Ticker: SLE
• Stock Price: 9.58
• Revenue: 12.8B
• Net Income: 364M
Sara Lee Overview Continued
4. 45%
55%
2 0 0 9 S a l e s
International Buisness North American Business
Sara Lee Overview Continued
5. O u r V i s i o n
To be the first choice of consumers and
customers around the world by bringing together
innovative ideas, continuous improvement and
people who make things happen.
O u r V a l u e s
Act with Integrity, Use Imagination, Be Inclusive, Work
as a Team, and Have Passion to excel
Mission and Values
6. SARA LEE CORP
SLE Jun-07 Jun-08 Jun-09
SIZE
Net Sales ($ Millions) $12,278 $13,212 $12,881
Net Income ($ Millions) $426 -$41 $364
Total Assets ($ Millions) $12,190 $10,830 $9,417
Total Employees (000) 52.400 44.000 41.000
PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
Sales/Sales 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
COGS/Sales 57.8% 58.6% 59.8%
Gross Profit 42.2% 41.4% 40.2%
SG&A/Sales 31.9% 30.2% 29.2%
DUPONT ANALYSIS
Return on Sales (ROS) 3.5% -0.3% 2.8%
Assets Turnover 1.01 1.22 1.37
Return on Assets (ROA) 3.5% -0.4% 3.9%
DFL (Assets/Equity) 4.662 3.853 4.625
Return on Equity 16.3% -1.5% 17.9%
LIQUIDITY RATIOS
Current Ratio 1.312 1.163 1.346
Quick Ratio 1.068 0.845 0.985
TURNOVER RATIOS
Inventory turnover 6.753 6.346 7.494
Days of inventory 53 days 57 days 48 days
Account Receivables turnover 9.394 8.861 9.670
Days of receivables 38 days 41 days 37 days
Sales/Net Property Plant & Eq 5.020 5.245 5.467
Assets turnover 1.007 1.220 1.368
DEBT RATIOS
Debt to Assets 78.5% 74.0% 78.4%
Debt to Equity 366.2% 285.3% 362.5%
Interest Coverage (EBIT/int exp) 3.0 5.3 5.8
SLE 7-Jun 8-Jun 9-Jun 10-Jul
Net Sales ($ Millions) $12,278 $13,212 $12,881 $10,793
Financials continued
10. Innovation Supply Chain Marketing
Customer
Management
Core Functional Capabilities
Business Units
North
America
Retail
North
America
Fresh
Bakery
North
America
Foodservice
International
Bakery
International
Beverage
11. R&D
•The Kitchens of Sara Lee
•Adjacent to corporate
headquarter
•Supports North America
Innovations on food services
and retail business
Supply Chain and
Manufacturing
•Make products where
they are sold
•Focus on efficiency, safety
and sustainability
Corporate Shared Services
•Financial and Accounting
•Human Resources
•IT Support
Distribution
Through:
•Retail stores
•Restaurants, warehouses, hospitals
and other large institutions
•Retail Bakery offers direct store
delivery system
Marketing & Sales
•63% of Total Revenue
(approx. $6.8 billion)
Functional Value Chain
North America
North America
Fresh Bakery
North America
Fresh Bakery
North America
Foodservice
12. Outsourced Services (to
IBM)
•Financial and Accounting
•Information Technology
•Indirect Procurement
Global Supply Chain and
Manufacturing
•Make products where they are
sold
•Focus on efficiency, safety and
sustainability
Global Shared
Services
•Human Resources
Global Distribution
•Distribute to retail
stores, warehouses,
and restaurants
through direct delivery
system
Global Marketing &
Sales
•Generate approx. 37% of
revenue ($4 Billion)
•Spread over 200 countries
R&D
•The Kitchens of Sara Lee
•Adjacent to corporate
headquarter
•Supports North America
Innovations on food
services and retail business
Functional Value Chain
International Business Units
International
Beverage
•
International Bakery
13. Raw Materials Suppliers Manufacturing
Plants
Retail
Channels
• Meats
• Wheat flour
• Sugar
• Green coffee
beans
• Third party
suppliers
• Independent
farmers
• 230 facilities
• Processing plants
• Warehouses
• Distribution
centers
• Supermarkets
• Warehouse
clubs
• Restaurants
• Institutions
Geographical Supply Chain
14. Geographical Supply Chain
Business
Segment
•2010
•2009
•2008
North American
Retail
•26.0%
•25.3%
•23.8%
North American
Bakery
•19.7%
•20.2%
•18.4%
North American
Food Service
•17.3%
•19.2%
•19.9%
International
Beverage
•29.7%
•28.0%
•29.4%
International
Bakery
•7.3%
•7.3%
•8.5%
Sara Lee operation includes 5 business segments
North American Retail and International Bakery generates more than 50% of the organization’s profits over the last three years.
North American Retail sells a variety of packaged meat and frozen bakery products to retail customers in North America.
North American Fresh Bakery sells a wide variety of fresh bakery products and specialty items to retail and institutional customers in North America
North American Foodservice sells a variety of meat, bakery and beverage products to foodservice customers in North America.
International Beverage sells coffee and tea products in various markets around the world, including Europe, Australia and Brazil.
International Bakery sells a variety of bakery and dough products to retail and foodservice customers in Europe (primarily Spain and France) and Australia.
Sara Lee subsidiaries
Total of 224 subsidiaries worldwide which are located in 44 countries.
60% of Sara Lee’s subsidiaries are locate in 6 countries
United States
Spain
United Kingdom
The Netherlands (41)
Germany
France
Australia