Partnerships & Ancillaries Placement Review

I was responsible for the day-to-day tracking of all of First Choice's ancillary products - this included reporting for each, tracking changes growth and anomalies, invoicing for each product, maintagining strong relationships with our partners. I also took on competitor analysis aswell as other projects focusing on ancillaries or in ways to help out my wider team.

Yes I felt that I had a lot of responsibility within the first month specifically owning the invoicing process, working with finance to come up with our targets.

Becoming proficiant in excel was a huge development as well as general data analitical skills. Commercial knowledge and an understanding of how to communicate with a range of different colleagues.

I had three different managers across the course of my placement so my support did fluctuate, however I had regular weekly catch ups throughout with the current managers, and my team. Alongside this we were provided with a buddy from month 2, and from month 7 a mentor for additional support as well as the placement team who were there since day 1 to assist.

There was a lot of changes across the wider business and in First Choice which I worked in so this could sometimes lead to a more difficult atmosphere, alongside this a lot of people work from home so it could be difficult to improve the general atmosphere. However I felt very included and the teams around me were always supportive and created an amazing culture. We had internal 'nucleis' in which I was a part of the DEI which provided a great place to come together with simlar people and push for further inclusion something I really believe in.

I really enjoyed my placement I learnt so much which was at times nerve wracking but the support I received made sure that it wasn't too much. Being a part of a role which is involved with so many teams thus so many roles and experiences was amazing plus the support from the overarching placement team organising social events bringing people together.

Yes