Zensar Records Multi-Year Multi-Million Retail Wins in all Geographies : Pune, India

Zensar Technologies, one of the Top 20 Indian Global Offshore Outsourcing Companies today announced a surge in its Retail business with significant new wins in the SAP and Oracle application implementation and offshore support business. The Retail business has been the driver for the recent wins in the company, Nitin Parab, Chief Executive and Global Head - MRM (Manufacturing, Retail and Media) said, “We have seen a good beginning this year with Retail driving a number of significant new wins, these wins are in areas of leveraging cutting edge technologies in view of some of the leading technologies of Social Media , Mobile applications and Coupon Management. Zensar has made inroads into the multiple markets and we now have a robust customer presence in all key markets of USA, Europe, Middle East, India and the Asia Pacific regions. We see a definitive shift from the buyer side. The traditional approach of outsourcing is shifting from a cost proposition to a value proposition .The biggest change for the IT organisations is the movement from a pure play company to a solutions and services company helping customers in a quicker and faster Go To Market.” Enhancing Zensar's Retail foot print in the European market is a new deal with Laura Ashley, one of the world’s best-loved fashion and home furnishings companies headquartered in UK, has engaged with Zensar to build and develop composite applications and Business Process Management Systems using Oracle Fusion Middleware (SOA and WebCenter). On awarding the contract, the customer said, “This would enable Laura Ashley to weave in our internal and external environments and provide a more dynamic customer service experience - a more productive environment for employees while leveraging IT assets that are already in place.” Zensar has been selected as a strategic development partner to one of the leading pharmacy retailer headquartered in UK having more than 1500 outlets. While as a strategic partner the relationship is expected to last for multiple years, the initial relationship kick starts with intention to improve the stock handling and stock visibility in their existing systems. The company has also successfully expanded its presence in the USA with customers such as a leading direct seller of more than 300 gourmet kitchen gadgets, cookware, cookbooks, and foodstuffs for a global ERP Implementation project. Zensar has also been selected by a Global Online Retailer of travel related products for the deployment of the Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12). Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar, said “Our move to structure the company on business verticals is paying rich dividends and we expect Retail, Insurance and Life Sciences to be major drivers for the growth we have planned this year.” Nirlife, a pharma division of Nirma Industries Limited is known for cutting-edge in Intensive Care Delivery System and for manufacturing of R and D based healthcare products. Nirlife has selected Zensar to implement its SAP Pharma Solution to integrate all its operations. Zensar’s SAP Solution is currently deployed across leading Pharma Companies in India and across the globe. Zensar won this order against stiff competition from Global IT Majors. Zensar’s SAP Pharma Solution is rated amongst the best in the industry and has a very significant market share in SAP’s India Pharmaceuticals Installations. Zensar’s focus areas for the next two years will be Manufacturing, Retail, Insurance, Banking, Life Sciences, Media, Property Management and Utilities and the company expects Enterprise Applications as well as IT Infrastructure, Applications and Business Process Management to be the drivers of growth in each of these verticals.