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Ergenekon
Joined: 19 Apr 2013
Last visit: 17 Jun 2019
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Concentration: Strategy, Healthcare
Schools: Sloan '18 (A)
GMAT 1: 730 Q48 V41
GPA: 4
23 Sep 2015, 00:32
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Hi, would like to get some insights from experts.
Location: One of the small (10million population) post-Soviet countries.
Gmat: 730 Q48 V41
GPA: 4.0 (graduated with honors) General Economics with minor in Organisation of Insurance
Work Experience: 8 years (including military)
Background: Country level Marketing and Sales Manager in a pharmaceutical company with overall budget 500 million. Managed 200-person sales and marketing department with 3million budget. Worked in cross-funtional teams to establish subsidiaries of the company in two other countries.
Military Service : 1 year mandatory military service. Discharged as a Sergeant. Have a few leadership stories.
Activities and Interests: Speak 4 languages fluently. Created a club of Krav Maga enthusiasts to practice Krav Maga. Practiced Kick-boxing since 13.
Short term goal: To work in one of the multi - national pharmaceutical company after getting my MBA,
Long term goal: Founding a regional pharmaceutical company in the region I live to manufacture cheaper medicines that will replace imported expensive medicines. Local manufacturing is very small, which affects prices of medicines available to local population.
If there is a need for more info, pls, ask and I will provide. Thanks a lot.
Plan to apply all M7 schools.
Location: One of the small (10million population) post-Soviet countries.
Gmat: 730 Q48 V41
GPA: 4.0 (graduated with honors) General Economics with minor in Organisation of Insurance
Work Experience: 8 years (including military)
Background: Country level Marketing and Sales Manager in a pharmaceutical company with overall budget 500 million. Managed 200-person sales and marketing department with 3million budget. Worked in cross-funtional teams to establish subsidiaries of the company in two other countries.
Military Service : 1 year mandatory military service. Discharged as a Sergeant. Have a few leadership stories.
Activities and Interests: Speak 4 languages fluently. Created a club of Krav Maga enthusiasts to practice Krav Maga. Practiced Kick-boxing since 13.
Short term goal: To work in one of the multi - national pharmaceutical company after getting my MBA,
Long term goal: Founding a regional pharmaceutical company in the region I live to manufacture cheaper medicines that will replace imported expensive medicines. Local manufacturing is very small, which affects prices of medicines available to local population.
If there is a need for more info, pls, ask and I will provide. Thanks a lot.
Plan to apply all M7 schools.
23 Sep 2015, 06:36
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Hi there!
Thanks for sharing your background! Congratulations on a great GMAT and an amazing undergraduate performance! Your work there is done!
Your work experience is solid. It sounds like you have a strong leadership role in your organization and have substantial accountability. I assume you have loads of leadership examples in your back pocket from this experience. What is your career progression like? Sounds like you have a few promotions under your belt which is a plus!
Military service is also a nice component of your story and takes care of your involvement. However, if there are other things you have done in your community or other initiatives you've led outside of work, certainly don't be shy to include them! Your international exposure, multilingual skill set, and general hobbies are interesting as well.
That brings us to your goals. I think overall, you have a strong profile, but if I had to pick on you in any area it would be the specificity of your goals. Working for a multinational pharma company is great, but what exactly do you want to do. Getting precise here is how you'll bring your entire story together and demonstrate why your MBA is essential at this stage of your career. Further, your long-term is better, however, it's still a bit generic. It needs more context and more rationale around it. The problem of expensive medication isn't a new one, nor is it an easy one to solve. So if that is indeed your passion and your long-term goal in your career, you'll need to think about how to make it more real instead of "pie in the sky" wishful thinking (because that is how an AdComm member could see it).
As for your target schools - you are rightfully ambitious with your target schools. While these are technically stretch schools, you should apply to as many as you think you can do (putting together a quality application is key). CBS has a great pharma management program and Kellogg also has a nice focus in healthcare.
Should you have any further questions or want to chat live, feel free to give us a shout! Sign up for a free consultation below. Hope this was helpful and best of luck on your preparation!
Thanks for sharing your background! Congratulations on a great GMAT and an amazing undergraduate performance! Your work there is done!
Your work experience is solid. It sounds like you have a strong leadership role in your organization and have substantial accountability. I assume you have loads of leadership examples in your back pocket from this experience. What is your career progression like? Sounds like you have a few promotions under your belt which is a plus!
Military service is also a nice component of your story and takes care of your involvement. However, if there are other things you have done in your community or other initiatives you've led outside of work, certainly don't be shy to include them! Your international exposure, multilingual skill set, and general hobbies are interesting as well.
That brings us to your goals. I think overall, you have a strong profile, but if I had to pick on you in any area it would be the specificity of your goals. Working for a multinational pharma company is great, but what exactly do you want to do. Getting precise here is how you'll bring your entire story together and demonstrate why your MBA is essential at this stage of your career. Further, your long-term is better, however, it's still a bit generic. It needs more context and more rationale around it. The problem of expensive medication isn't a new one, nor is it an easy one to solve. So if that is indeed your passion and your long-term goal in your career, you'll need to think about how to make it more real instead of "pie in the sky" wishful thinking (because that is how an AdComm member could see it).
As for your target schools - you are rightfully ambitious with your target schools. While these are technically stretch schools, you should apply to as many as you think you can do (putting together a quality application is key). CBS has a great pharma management program and Kellogg also has a nice focus in healthcare.
Should you have any further questions or want to chat live, feel free to give us a shout! Sign up for a free consultation below. Hope this was helpful and best of luck on your preparation!
Ergenekon
Joined: 19 Apr 2013
Last visit: 17 Jun 2019
Posts: 471
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 537
Concentration: Strategy, Healthcare
Schools: Sloan '18 (A)
GMAT 1: 730 Q48 V41
GPA: 4
23 Sep 2015, 07:01
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Thanks for your quick reply.
Sorry for not elaborating enough about goals. My long term goal is to help decrease medicine affordability in post-Soviet countries. Currently, on average only 10 percent of medicines are manufactured in these countries. As we know, being imported makes products much more expensive than if they were produced locally. By using my MBA, my background in pharma and my short term goal (gaining experience very likely in operations division of big pharmaceutical company) I intend to establish a company which will be able to manufacture needed medicines locally. Currently, countries are very interested in promoting local healthcare, but lack of expertise does not allow this to be a reality. I plan to fill this emptiness. Hope it is more clear now. Would appreciate any opinion.
I would also like to know the reason for those being stretch. Do you mean they are stretch for everybody, or just I have some weakness in my profile. As the biggest weakness in my profile I see the non-brand name of my company. I have had 3 promotions in my job.
Thanks a lot for your help. Evaluation was great.
Sorry for not elaborating enough about goals. My long term goal is to help decrease medicine affordability in post-Soviet countries. Currently, on average only 10 percent of medicines are manufactured in these countries. As we know, being imported makes products much more expensive than if they were produced locally. By using my MBA, my background in pharma and my short term goal (gaining experience very likely in operations division of big pharmaceutical company) I intend to establish a company which will be able to manufacture needed medicines locally. Currently, countries are very interested in promoting local healthcare, but lack of expertise does not allow this to be a reality. I plan to fill this emptiness. Hope it is more clear now. Would appreciate any opinion.
I would also like to know the reason for those being stretch. Do you mean they are stretch for everybody, or just I have some weakness in my profile. As the biggest weakness in my profile I see the non-brand name of my company. I have had 3 promotions in my job.
Thanks a lot for your help. Evaluation was great.
