PZ Cussons Nigeria, a leading fast moving consumer good, FMCG company is principally engaged in the manufacture, distribution and sale of a wide range of consumer products and home appliances, which are leading brand names across the country
Personal Care – Imperial Leather, Carex, Cussons Baby, Premier, Robb, Venus, Joy
Home Care – Zip, Morning Fresh
Electricals – Haier Thermocool, TEC
Food and Nutrition – Yo!, Nunu, Coast, Bliss, Mamador, Olympic
Nigeria is PZ Cusson’s largest and most diverse single market, operating in Personal Care, Home Care, Food and Nutrition and Electricals. This multinational and leading fast moving consumer goods, FMCG company has been here for over 135 years and today, the company directly employ over 5000 people working across its operational network. This is aside from very large thousands who are indirectly engaged.
PZ has successfully implemented a backward integration programme through the PZ Wilmar integration with the first oil palm processing and packaging and distribution company in Nigeria with the ISO 22000:2005 certification.
PZ Cussons was founded in 1879 as a trading post in Sierra Leone by George Paterson and George Zochonis as Paterson Zochonis. The British-owned company expanded its operations into nearby Nigeria before the end of the 19th century PZ expanded considerably during the 20th century, acquiring factories and establishing offices in Ghana and Kenya.
PZ Nigeria as it is fondly called has enjoyed tremendous business success in Nigeria for over a century.
The company pride itself with good understanding of the customer and the Nigeria market.
“Our approach to Nigeria, our customers, our consumers and to our business is designed to sustain us far into the future. Our prime business objective in Nigeria is sustainable and profitable growth and our drive to be world-class in every aspect of our business life will be relentless.”
In achieving the set objective, PZ has adopted a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) structure, in which each SBU has clear focus on its markets; developing a deep understanding of the needs and aspirations of its consumers and the dynamics of the marketplace, which it can exploit to deliver its objectives.to ensure quality service delivery to the commercial SBU Corporate Social Responsibility is acknowledged and promoted at the highest level at PZ Cussons. The PZ Cussons Foundation was created in 2007 with the primary aim of supporting projects in the areas of roads and other infrastructural improvements like water and sanitation, schools and education. The Foundation is a demonstration of the commitment of PZ Cussons to Nigeria and a strong desire to make life noticeably better for the communities in which the company operates.
This is the third consecutive year that PZ Cussons Nigeria plc. has been selected as one of the TOP 50 BRANDS NIGERIA®
