Change Management Review

Item: Change Management at PepsiCo
Rating: 3.8
Author: Anonymous

at PepsiCo

Placement (10 Months+)

Manufacturing

Leicester

Review Submitted: May 2022

Overall Rating

3.8 /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 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

3/5 - Company Culture

3.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Communication across departments within supply chain and other functions to enable commercial projects to be launched successfully. Communication with suppliers to obtain quotes and support capital projects

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes - essentially given responsibility for a L6 role (placement students are L2). also given responsibility to manage projects in region of £30-50k and also working on a £2M project.

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?

Developed large amount of communication skills, organisation, teamwork. Also lots of knowledge about manufacturing, supply chain, all the supply chain functions but also in other departments e.g. R&D, sales etc.

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?

Good guidance from line manager through weekly support/coaching sessions. Lucky to have a good team around me. Could be better support from the supply chain function in general, rather than just your team.

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?

Very chill - not afraid to voice my opinions or go and speak to site leaders when required. Company culture could be better as not much social activity outside of work or general 'fun'

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

1/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

3/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

3/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Personally really enjoyed my role and the responsibility I was given. Lucky to have got a good role within a good team that exposed me to all areas of the business