Customer Account Executive Review
at Unilever
Placement (10 Months+)
Sales
Kingston
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.4 /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
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
I am an account manager within the customer development team (sales). I work with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure that shared goals are met. This includes; customer meetings, negotiating joint business plans, working on both short and long-term projects to improve our presence in store, presenting at monthly business reviews, pitching new listings, organising promotional plans, managing the P&L, and planning financial forecasts.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot of responsibility, I was solely managing 2 accounts which gave me the opportunity to get involved in every aspect of account managing
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?
Yes: excel and IT skills, negotiation, presentation, networking, communication and problem solving
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?
4/5
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?
I received a lot of help and guidance from my manager and other members of my team, I was also appointed a buddy on the grad scheme to offer further support
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?
The culture is incredible, everyone is very friendly and happy to help and there are lots of clubs/groups that you can join for extra networking outside of your team
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?
4/5
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 loved my placement, I learnt a lot and significantly improved throughout my time at Unilever. I also met some amazing people and really enjoyed the social aspect!
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Be yourself, and be eager to learn! Nobody on placement has a huge amount of experience before they join but you learn a huge amount in a very small amount of time. Sign up to as many extra activities as you can and make the most of all the social opportunities.
