Journey at ZS

Apoorva has been with ZS for six years and it has been an exciting journey for her. She joined as a Manager, and was the first woman from ZS India to progress to Principal. She overlooks ZS’s relationship across end-to-end commercial sales operations projects, including field operations, samplings, incentives, reporting and data management, and she also is part of a Global Women leadership team.

Success Mantra

Being yourself and being authentic are important factors to success.

Biggest Learning

Learn to live with ambiguity, especially as you grow into leadership positions. No one is going to tell you what is right or wrong, but you must learn to trust your judgment and make the best decision possible based on the information available and what you believe is right.

Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here

In ZS, you can shape the path you’d like to take and create a new one when you need to, and, you will get the needed support every time. In ZS, you have a white canvas and it is up to you to paint your own journey on it.

Journey at ZS

Arpit is a Business Process Manager who joined ZS in August’2010 straight out of college after obtaining an IT engineering degree from NSIT, Delhi. He has grown through the ranks by working on BI implementations for various clients with subject areas spanning across sales alignment, incentive compensation, call activity and managed care.

Success Mantra

Ask questions. Put in extra effort to learn all components associated with your work. Go the extra mile to add the wow factor to your work!

Biggest Learning

Take ownership of your work. It becomes a lot easier to put in the extra effort in adding value to your work when you are proud to call it your own. Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here Look at ZS as a career and not a job. The firm allows you to manage your own work with freedom and flexibility when you show the aptitude and desire for it.

Journey / Growth story

ZS is a family of many talented and amicable role models who have shaped my growth.  They nurtured me during my early days here, to develop expertise that helped me positively impact clients. The freedom to explore and the support from global leaders enables me to make an impact at a broader scale even as I continue to experience amazing fulfillment as a contributor to the success of other emerging leaders.

Success Mantra at ZS

Marry your insatiable hunger for learning with an insurmountable zeal to exceed expectations as you collaborate to create impactful solutions for client problems.

Biggest learning at ZS

Along with the fast paced professional learning that has helped me grow into a deep expert in chosen fields, ZS experience has taught me humility and fairness. Remarkable success journeys of my ZS colleagues have truly made me believe that “good people can win in life”. Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here Live the ZS values – Treat People Right, Get It Right and Do the Right Thing!

Journey at ZS

Mohit joined ZS in 2008 as an Associate after earning a degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has about 11 years of experience in consulting for various Pharmaceutical and Biotech clients across several Sales and Marketing related practice areas. This includes, setting up and developing the Analytics group for two major Pharma clients, in the Pune office. He also has significant experience in advising clients on sales force strategy, promotion effectiveness of professional and consumer marketing channels and, launch planning/tracking. He currently leads the Marketing Analytics team in our Pune office for one of our top 10 clients . In addition, he is also involved in various firm initiatives and leads the Decision Analytics Associate track for the Pune office.

Success Mantra

Opportunities are available in plenty. If one takes responsibility, he/she is given all the support to thrive and make an impact to the company and self.

Biggest Learning

Expertise has no substitute!

Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here

Go beyond what is expected from you. Never fear change and be ready to step out of your comfort zone.

Journey at ZS

I joined ZS in 2015 as a Business Consultant after completing my 2 year PGP from IIM Bangalore. Prior to my MBA education, I worked with a power sector firm for close to 4 years in their business strategy and project cost management domain. I completed my Civil Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in 2009. At ZS, I have worked across a multitude of client issue areas – from forecasting to customer experience programs. Currently, as a Business Consulting Manager, I lead some of these teams from India.

Success Mantra

Reach out to people when in doubt, you will ALWAYS find a helping hand.

Biggest Learning

Don’t be afraid to share out-of-the-box ideas – there will always be someone who has an ear for them.

Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here

If you are passionate about making a mark in your work, ZS will offer you plenty of opportunities to grow and flourish.

Journey at ZS

I started my journey with ZS over 5 years ago and joined a project which required me to manage sales operations for multiple business units, with a deep focus on Targeting & Alignment.  One of my major learning was when I was asked to support over successful product launches that enabled reps to start detailing the product within 48 hours of the launch. Currently, I am responsible for setting up efficient and effective commercial reporting systems across multiple international markets. I recently helped a client within the meetings and event space establish an effective reporting and ad hoc management system, which resulted in 24% year-over-year savings.

Success Mantra at ZS

Learn, improve, make it irrelevant, and find something new. You learn a process, find a way to improve it which makes it fully automated, and then you look to solve another problem

Biggest Learning at ZS

‘We’ is always stronger than I! I can’t solve a problem on my own and one needs to learn to leverage resources available to them effectively

Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here

If you love solving complex business problems, and providing solutions that work in the real world then this is a perfect place to make your career

Journey at ZS

I joined ZS over 10 years back after having worked in Management Consulting and Knowledge Services for close to fourteen years.  My focus at ZS has been on building and developing our knowledge capability.  Today, we have over 250 team members delivering a range of knowledge services, e.g., business research, pre-sales, knowledge management, copy-editing and graphics, to ZS’ clients and project teams.

Success Mantra at ZS

Take ownership, and follow through on your commitments, and
take the occasional break, go on a vacation, have a hobby and spend time with family/friends

Biggest Learning at ZS

It’s who you work with that is important, not only what you work on.  With the right team in place – everyone has a great learning experience, and makes magic happen

Advice to people considering ZS to make an impact here

Learn from others – constantly seek feedback and work on the same, and
Speak-up – voice your suggestions, have a point of view beyond your regular to-do’s