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Supply Chain Industrial Placement Student Review

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Project Management

Liverpool

Review Submitted: June 2024

Overall Rating

4 /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
4.3/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
3.8/5 - Company Culture
3.5/5 - Overall Experience
2/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
My placement with Unilever was a fantastic learning, development, and networking period. There are too many opportunities to count where I could divulge myself in topics and projects that interested me, growing my professional network and learning from different individuals, both internally and externally.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Each role including my own, comes with the responsibility of delivering projects, tasks, and documents and these are used in the business according to particular needs.
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?
Use of PowerBI, SAP, PowerApps, Figma, and other tools.
Stakeholder management,
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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
4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
The support received was great. Being such a large company you might need to be more intentional when looking for particular information as people tend to have their own particular niches/ pockets of expertise.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
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?
Unilever is a great company to work for that is people-centered and is concerned about the purpose and how we are driving the world to a better place. The work culture is one where you can ask questions, and request guidance and honestly, people in the company are great.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed my placement it was an opportunity to take responsibility for my work that would be used within different departments and have real-life applications and consequences. My colleagues were great and made coming to work (though a new discipline I had to maintain) a joy.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
2/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Be curious, do not be afraid to ask questions, and do not be afraid to speak about your expectations and career goals, you would be surprised who is open willing, and who goes out of their way to help you.
Bring your best to work!
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