Procurement Review

Item: Procurement at Centrica
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Centrica

Placement (10 Months+)

Procurement

Windsor

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Provided support on a range of different procurement activities including supplier relationship management, financial analysis of deals, running tenders and sitting in on negotiations with suppliers.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was giving lots of responsibility from the start of my placement on a range of different projects. I was speaking with external suppliers on a regular basis, engaging with senior stakeholders and given the chance to work on significant and impactful projects from day one that I could see where making a difference at Centrica.

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?

Working in procurement has helped develop my financial analysis skills through working on pricing models for renewals, my stakeholder management skills through having to work with both internal and external stakeholders and also my commercial awareness of the area within procurement that I was working in.

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?

5/5

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

4/5

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?

There is a great support structure in place to ensure that you receive ample support and guidance whether that be within the department that you are in for the duration of your placement or the wider emerging talent team.

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?

Throughout the company there is a commitment to helping support the UK's energy transition which gives a great purpose to the work that is being done.

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 my year at Centrica and fell it contributed heavily to both my professional and personal development which will both help me on my return to university and when it comes to apply for jobs in the future due to the wealth of experiences that this last year has given me.