Commercial Intern Review

On a day to day basis, you are involved in the admin for the whole team, retail reporting and analysis, invoice checking, external retailer communications, internal stakeholder communications across various teams e.g. finance, marketing etc, and attending meetings. You can work on your own projects as you become more confident in your day to day abilities.

I was quite autonomous and as I progressed through the internship, this autonomy increased. I led several projects on my own, but of course you are always in touch with your line manager and overseen and advised by them.

Skills developed or polished are:
Excel - daily use of excel for most tasks
Presentation - involved in lots of presentations, internally and externally.
Communication - written on email and spoken, tailored to the recipient
Organisation - highly organised individual is able to be the most effective and efficient
Teamwork - working collaboratively within your own team and across all teams will help achieve goals
Analysis skills - these are developed as you analyse sales every week
Networking - building and maintaining relationships that are mutually beneficial
+ lots and lots of training courses available for all types of skills!

My team and manager was extremely extremely supportive. Couldn't have asked for a better team. I had a particularly difficult time in my personal life halfway through my internship and had to take a compassionate leave on short notice. The company and my team was incredibly kind and supportive to my needs.

This company is so incredible. They really care for the employees and reward them well. We have lots of social events that help you build relationships with colleagues in informal settings. They are also very open to ideas and I was able to implement and execute Cultural Commercial Dinners Monthly within my team where we embraced each other's cultures.

If i had to rate it out of 10, my rating would be 11. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and would highly recommend L'Oreal.

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