Purchasing Placement Student Review
at Forvia
Placement (10 Months+)
Purchasing and Supply
Lichfield
Review Submitted: July 2024
Overall Rating
3.3 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
2.8/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Working in purchasing, you act as a support function to the plant, as you are trying to help reduce your overall spend. There are lots of ways that this can be done, through working on internal methods to save money or direct negotiation with suppliers. Day to day is very different, but you will be exposed to different software like SAP, Excel, IPPRO, PAP just to name a few.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given certain small scale projects to manage. The main objective was to reduce spend on a certain business process. For example looking at certain suppliers and reviewing how you can reduce the spend. These projects were very fun and successful which make you feel as though you have positively impacted the business
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
My excel skills have developed greatly. I have learnt how to use SAP which is very important. My communication skills have improved as you get good exposure of speaking to lots of different people
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
1/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
3/5
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?
At the beginning it was hard as I had no handover the previous student and only my manager to learn off but he was always very busy and couldn’t allocate time to help or train me. Once another colleague was hired I started to receive more guidance but more support in the first few months would’ve been appreciated
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Some people are very nice and generous with your time. However others can be a bit selfish with their time and not always looking out for new students who often don’t know what’s going on
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
2/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
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 enjoyed the placement because I was able to meet new people and gain good business experience. It’s also taught me good habits I can apply when I return to uni and I also have good experience and know what I’m looking for job wise once I graduate
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvia
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Forvia to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Forvia
Get involved as much as you can at the start when people don’t expect a lot of you as the further you get down the line you will have more skills and be able to make positive impacts for the company
