Sales development executive Review

Item: Sales development executive at Volkswagen Group UK
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Volkswagen Group UK

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Operations, Sales

Milton Keynes

Review Submitted: June 2024

Overall Rating

4.9 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Responsible for providing regular retailer reporting to enhance engagement. Issuing ad-hoc communications to keep the network informed. Responsible for targeting and measuring key metrics to ensure optimal network performance. Supporting a field team each responsible for an area, they are the first line between our retailer network and head office.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Lots of responsibility and opportunity to provide input that affects major business decisions within the brand.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Developed Excel and Power BI skills/knowledge

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

2 week handover period with the previous undergraduate.
Training sessions
Power BI course
and the team were always happy to lend a hand.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

4/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

A very inclusive culture supporting people from all backgrounds and helping them to thrive within the workplace

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I greatly enjoyed my placement, it provided a great opportunity to develop and will help when I enter the professional world following the completion of my university degree.