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Unilever

Customer Account Executive Review

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales

Leatherhead

Review Submitted: May 2023

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
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.8/5 - 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.
Tracking sales performance, developing relationships with your buyers, including presenting to them, entertaining them. developing a forecast for the year on your account, understanding the profit and loss of your business, working with your team on landing sales opportunities, organising events with your customer. Negotiating costs
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Huge responsibility for your own account. E.g I lead the relationship with a retailer and all the sales into it. I also manged one brand with a retailer which was my sole responsibility.
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?
Yes! So many new skills. Working with excel, financial skills, forecasting, negotiating, selling, data analysis, implementing strategy, presenting.
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?
support from my line manager was incredible, she would would always prioritise my needs and support me whenever I needed it. The wider team were also great and I developed a network of colleagues who I could go to for different advice.
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?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Atmosphere is great. Culture was wonderful. Everyone is a community. You don't feel like you are working for a huge corporation which was lovely.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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 loved it! It was very challenging at times but allowed me to develop so many skills which I will use in my career.
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! Show passion for the things you love and care about.
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