Retail Operations Review
at L'Oreal
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Management, Retail Manager, Marketing, Sales
London
Review Submitted: June 2022
Overall Rating
3.9 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
-Managing weekly, monthly retail reports
-Regularly feedbacking on projects to wider business units
-Building strategies for retailing, brick-and-mortar distribution, sampling, product allocations
-Managing the communication and collaboration tools between functions
-Supporting on brand engagement and marketing from a retail point of view
-Building inspiring educational strategies for retail teams
-Regularly feedbacking on projects to wider business units
-Building strategies for retailing, brick-and-mortar distribution, sampling, product allocations
-Managing the communication and collaboration tools between functions
-Supporting on brand engagement and marketing from a retail point of view
-Building inspiring educational strategies for retail teams
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
-Full autonomy over budget management
-Only account in the team to access purchasing processes
-Leading business unit-wide projects from a retail POV
-Only account in the team to access purchasing processes
-Leading business unit-wide projects from a retail POV
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?
-Confidence building
-Presenting
-Commercial and business acumen
-Collaboration
-Leadership and management
-Presenting
-Commercial and business acumen
-Collaboration
-Leadership and management
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?
4/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
-Full support in personal development journey from my line manager, very people-focused
-Learning opportunities in commercial and marketing with help and dedicated time offered from the wider team
-Mentors in other divisions
-Learning opportunities in commercial and marketing with help and dedicated time offered from the wider team
-Mentors in other divisions
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
-Very collaborative
-Goal-oriented
-Super creative and entrepreneurial
-Seeing full-time employees and interns on eye level
-Goal-oriented
-Super creative and entrepreneurial
-Seeing full-time employees and interns on eye level
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I loved the variety of the work i was doing, and my team and managers have been so helpful, patient and collaborative throughout. Everyone is super open to support and develop. I felt like I fit in the culture and he company's valued mostly aligned with my personal goals, values and initiatives.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at L'Oreal
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
Be authentic and empathetic, these values will bring you a long way in applying for the right role, and further in your actual role. Show your best features, but also reveal your weaker areas, so you get put in a role that develops these.
