Procurement Review

Item: Procurement at Unilever
Rating: 3.1
Author: Anonymous

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Procurement

Liverpool

Review Submitted: June 2024

Overall Rating

3.1 /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!

2/5 - Overview of Role

3.5/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

2.3/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Supplier management
Contract management
Purchasing of materials
Ensuring ‘last mile’ - materials purchased get to our factories
Helping improve efficiency of portfolio

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

To an extent yes, trusted to work with suppliers and procure materials

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

2/5

Skills Development

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

Excel skills I had before yet these advanced massively during the year
Interesting with suppliers enhance professional skills and ability to digest and interpret huge amounts of data to make executive decisions
Collaboration and communication internally

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?

4/5

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

4/5

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

3/5

Support and Guidance

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

Line manager was very supportive however this fell very short with the future careers team and those responsible for all placement students. This has been brought to their attention by many students yet a change has not occurred