Assistant Marketing Controller Review
at L'Oreal
Placement (10 Months+)
Finance
Hammersmith
Review Submitted: June 2022
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
3.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Action and reduce webcycles as much as possible as well as running weekly reports, raise Candex orders for smaller suppliers, send Capex figures to corporate at month end, run GRN reports to make sure spend is comitted in the correct month, reconcile marketing trackers each month, train users on budget trackers and MyMarket usage, update month end landing files and run reports, run month end managemnt book.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes I was given a good amount of responsibility in the placement with important reports and being given tasks that I am solely resonsible for that have a large impact on the business as a whole.
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?
Excel skills have massively increased, confidence and team work working with a number of different individuals across the marketing teams. Learning much more about the finance industry as a whole - especially coming from a non-finance degree and background.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
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?
I recieved a fair amount of support but did the majority of my learning by doing the job and learning as I go. It was very overwhelming the amount of things to do and remember at first but within a month you feel much better.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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?
Culture and atmosphere is very friendly and super welcoming and fun. A very enjoyable place to work
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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 really enjoyed it and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I wish I had done even more to enjoy it further and build better bonds with the teams I work with but still very satisfied.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at L'Oreal
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
Early on don't panic that there appears to be a lot of complex stuff to do - you will learn fast doing things every day. Work hard to network loads and get to know as many people as possible as quickly as possible
