ZS is the world’s largest consulting firm focused exclusively on improving business performance through end-to-end R&D, sales and marketing consulting solutions – from customer insights and strategy to analytics, operations, and technology.

◾ Worked with R&D Portfolio Management on an internal assessment project to improve R&D Cost and resource forecasting◾ Identified limitations of the existing forecasting approach, gathered portfolio budget data and used this data to develop alternative forecasting models in Excel◾ Conducted comparative analysis of alternatives and the current approach, against high priority criteria, to weigh-in the benefits of transitioning to a new approach.◾ Gained buy-in from Presented project findings on recommendations projected to streamline, automate, and provide external transparency to the forecasting approach.

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