Customer Account Executive Review

Item: Customer Account Executive at Unilever
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Consumer Products/FMCG

Leatherhead

Review Submitted: June 2022

Overall Rating

4.9 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

I create sales reports for the team, lead meetings with buyers to discuss future opportunities, work closely with supply chain to ensure our supply to customers remains high and our forecasts are being accounted for. I am also in charge of the financial parts of my area. I have to ensure we have enough accrued and everything is paid correctly

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given a lot of responsibility. I became the go to person in the department for help on internal transformation. I looked after the Marmite account for Tesco and I was in charge of all the financials for the foods portfolio on the Tesco account. I also negotiated new promotional activity for Tesco

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?

I have learnt and developed so many skills: negotiation, time management, Excel, understanding on P&Ls, as well as so many more. Something I learnt that I didn't think would be so valuable is just how to handle working in a corporate environment

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?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

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. My line manager and I had weekly catch up but he was always on hand if I needed him, as were the rest of my team. I was given a mentor and before I joined I had a buddy. There is a whole team dedicated to those on placement, apprentices and grads who are there to help us develop and also offer guidance and support

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?

The culture there is very kind. Everyone is very understanding that as a placement student I didn't know much when I first started. There are many different group to push diversity initiatives, they partner with local schools and charities and host many social events. They also actively discourage over working and offer summer hours when we can finish work at 3pm on a friday

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?

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 have loved my placement. I have loved the work I have been doing as I can see the impact it has, my team have been incredible and always there to help and that is true of the whole company culture. I never thought I'd get so much responsibility which has been great and if offered I would love to go back

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever

Be yourself and do your research. Find something you find particularly interesting about Unilever and know about why you find it interesting. They want to know about you and see you're interested. Don't worry about not being knowledgeable enough when you start as you will get so much training and everyone understands that you are a student and won't have all the understanding you need straight away

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