Centrica

Provided support on a range of different procurement activities including supplier relationship management, financial analysis of deals, running tenders and sitting in on negotiations with suppliers.

I worked on 4 Data Science projects throughout my 13 month placement, each a few months long in size. During each of these projects I'd use tools such as Databricks (essentially an online IDE), Python and for some - Generate AI APIs. I'd have weekly stake...

I would begin the day liaising with my line manager of the agenda for today. I would then start personal work, whatever it may entail, such as working on my timesheeting project or helping my team towards month end. I would then have some calls/meetings t...

Procurement is extremely varied so the role for each procurement intern is different. My day-to-day role mainly involved contract management and shadowing a tender through which I then did a project that contributed to strategic insights.

Supporting my team with software development tasks. A lot of observing, but real opportunity to deliver products.

Conduct research into new and emerging forms of hydrogen production, including considering a range of factors such as practicality, compliance with regulation, commercial viability and electrical demand. This involved working with other interns from diffe...

I worked on Excel to detail the reports for the DTS team

My role was working as part of the Go To Market Commercial branch of British Gas, working on individual, and collaborative projects such as content creation, statistical analysis and competitor analysis. This role included visiting different offices (Prim...

I worked on a few different projects to help the business unit's better inform the rest of the business on their activity. This involved meetings with different people, using excel a lot and some market research.

Working as a digital marketing assistant, within the British Gas Energy team. Overall this role was mainly remote with a few days in our marketing and media agencies based in London. The main Centrica office was based in Windsor and as an intern cohort, w...

I would attend calls with my team and support with data analytics behind many of the projects they are delivering.

Role changed daily, but was mainly covered attending Indirect's team meetings, MBR's and QBR's, and calls to check in with suppliers and other parts of the company across the country. I also was tasked with drafting a contract for a contract renewal and w...

I worked on the end to end audit process, completing audit testing, stakeholder meetings and completing reports.

I was involved in the buying of goods and services for the fleet at Centrica. This involved meeting with suppliers, analyzing RFP responses and monitoring performance from current suppliers. Also drafting new contracts.

I worked as in Hive. My role was connecting Hive to other parts of Centrica such as British Gas Energy and British Gas services. My daily tasks were varied as I worked on many projects with different team members. Some of the highlights were leading train...

- attending meetings with product owners and SEO - coming up with new ideas for the web page - attending daily meetings and 121 with manager - set projects to work and complete over the internship - given various project and responsibilities designed...

I analyzed conversations that British Gas had with customers with the aim of improving them. I made reports, analyzed data and engaged in meetings. A key project I was involved in was related to integrating Generative AI chatbots into customer service.

I performed data tasks, created spreadsheets, visuals and algorithms to work out different sets of numbers.

I worked in Group Tax, ensuring the business remains compliant with HMRC guidelines. Using software, such as Excel, Power BI and SAP, I conducted data analysis to gain detailed information and identify discrepancies between systems. Researching and delive...

Working in cloud support services, using generative AI services and building chatbot for internal business operations. Presenting work to stakeholders. Working with other interns on external projects.