Commercial Sales Support Review
at Forvia
Placement (10 Months+)
Sales
Solihull, Shirley
Review Submitted: July 2025
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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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 global plant overdues and accruals
Providing quotations to customer and collaborating with global suppliers to ensure customer quality
Heavily involved in the invoicing and price updates for various car programs
Providing quotations to customer and collaborating with global suppliers to ensure customer quality
Heavily involved in the invoicing and price updates for various car programs
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
After about 6 months I was given more responsibility such as managing 3 global plant overdues and accruals. I was also given autonomy to make my own projects to improve business processes.
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 has definitely developed
Confidence when presenting
Problem solving
Confidence when presenting
Problem solving
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?
Everyone that I worked with was very supportive, friendly and patient
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?
Very supportive and friendly
Good banter between colleagues
Good banter between colleagues
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 really enjoyed it. It qas a very valuable and challenging experience and I think I have a good foundation of skills and experience to continue with my final year of university and for future career opportunities.
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 Forvia
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Forvia to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Forvia
Try to find a similarity between your personal hobbies, passions and skills with the companies values and mission. Also keep your cover letter short: 1 paragraph about why you want to work for the company, why you want to work in that specific role and why they should hire you
