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in the spotlight

Interview with Masooma Naufal Zaidi, Vice President Hosiery Sales

Brief introduction of yourself.
I am a mother of two and the eldest of six sisters. I am a
learner who has embarked on a journey of experience and
knowledge. I have never been a conventional person and
somewhere inside me is a woman who challenges the
status quo, personally as well as professionally. In my
professional career, the odds were often against me and
the hurdles were immense. However, instead of
discouraging me, this further fueled me to aim higher and
raise the bar with my performance in the office space. I
knew what I had to achieve and not accomplishing it was
never an option. Academically, I am a food technologist
and a lawyer.
What are the fundamentals of your work style? balance. I believe that work balances life anyway and
provides you your own space to have a healthier persona,
I believe in being a situation leader with an adaptive
leadership style, focused on developing my teams which in turn keeps your relationships dainty.
professionally while establishing harmony to bring out the
best in my people. If you’re ambitious and you want to Do you recall any interesting incident that
succeed, it is going to be a tough ride as success never happened to you at Interloop?
comes easy. Grab every opportunity you can with the The innocence and simplicity of the people here in
knowledge that growth and comfort can simply not co-exist Faisalabad have touched my heart. Moving back to the
and that you have to trust the process. Do your part and residential area post corona, I remember my house help
leave the rest to the universe!
came back so excited and said to me jovially, "Madam ji,
you know Corona came to the office today and they killed
How interesting has been your journey with it". I was surprised and amused at the same time. Upon
Interloop? further inquiry, it revealed on me that she mistook the
infrared thermometers as Corona Killers and I did not have
I have been a part of Interloop for over a year now. My journey
here has been both thrilling and challenging. I am excited the heart to subdue her joy. This was quite an interesting
about the individual and professional growth of my teams, incident that will remain with me for a long time.
meanwhile pioneering best practices that can be
implemented across the organization as a value addition. What has been the most incredible moment of
Interloop is a good organization from a people, planet, and your life?
prosperity perspective and I am delighted to be a part of its
progression. I am blessed to have had plenty of incredibly memorable
moments in my life; one such was becoming a mother of
Which personality has inspired you the most in two marvellous kids. The creation of life in itself is a
your life? celebration and for a woman, I think motherhood is hands
down, an incredible blessing. Another wonderful moment
When I set my heart to becoming a food technologist, I had for me was the birth of my little pets.
the great luck of spending a lot of time in the company of
my father's best friend, Raza Kazim. He was always Where do you see the department in the next
encouraging and a great mentor. Among other things, he five years?
was of the view that unconventional disciplines actually
wire your brain to think in a certain manner. A person's I see my division, in the next five years, as a state-of-the-art,
education is an excellent opportunity to train the brain on independent, and freestanding sales wing of the entire
how to click and that is how I have been conditioned. group.

How do you manage your work-life balance? What advice would you like to give to your
The fun part of being at Interloop is that I live in the younger colleagues?
residential block on its’ premises so it is convenient for me Shortcuts are short-lived, and they are not successes but
to enjoy lunch with my husband and then resume work at hoodwinks. Give yourself into the grind with perseverance,
the office. I have a mature relationship with my family and as it is something that is going to polish you. You have to
we understand that it’s not the quantity of time, rather the understand that hard work actually gets the organizations
quality that matters. It gives me a lot of liberty and work-life to flourish. When the organization thrives, you succeed.

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