Sales Operations Executive Review

Item: Sales Operations Executive at Volkswagen Group UK
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Volkswagen Group UK

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales

Milton Keynes

Review Submitted: June 2025

Overall Rating

4.6 /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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - 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.

Manipulating and uploading data to a retailer facing portal , understanding and reporting on quarterly KPIs to. Supporting function for Sales development and Sales operations. Creating and maintaining a workspace group of Power Bi reports that are used and regularly updated for Area Sales Managers.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Increased responsibility as the year has continued. Responsible for managing the data inputs into a retailer system with 100 retailers. Monthly review meetings with Area Sales Managers to discuss underperformance and future improvements. Ability to present national results in Convert , developments in Customer meetings and retailer performance to Heads of Business's. Manage the Network Sales Power Bi workspace with 8 separate reports, being maintained weekly.

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?

Time management improved by organising tasks, Weekly 1-2-1 to understand how to affectively prioritise. Presentation and public speaking skills , given responsibility to talk in big retailer meetings. Excel and Power bi skills , learning how to affectively display data to analyse trends

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?

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

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

Lots of support if seeked out. Different people were good at mentioning opportunities that were available and getting in contact with the correct people. Everyone in my team was eager for me to expand my knowledge.