Demand Planner Review
at Unilever
Placement (10 Months+)
Purchasing and Supply, Logistics and Operations, Business Operations
Leatherhead
Review Submitted: May 2023
Overall Rating
4.2 /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
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
Aim is to produce the most accurate forecast for your portfolio. Flagging risks, chasing key customer insight, analysing data to find drivers of bias and forecast accuracy. You would present or communicate changes to forecast and drivers. Work with brand and supply team to ensure forecast as accurate as possible to ensure service levels are as high as possible.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Initially no as expected as you are new to the company therefore still learning the ways of working within the business. There was plenty of opportunity to do things outside of your day to day responsibilities. For example you can signup to help out in charity events, outreach programs without a problem missing work. I also had opportunity to work on projects outside my normal work with new teams and new areas
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?
- presenting skills
- data analysis
-decision making
-team work
-business acumen
- data analysis
-decision making
-team work
-business acumen
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?
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Hand over was not great but people are easily approachable and line manager very good at pointing you in the right direction.
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?
Seemed to care about your well being a lot rather than have work and performance at the centre of your job. People have stayed within the company for many years showing they enjoy working there. Company would also organise socials and work events
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
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?
good as had plenty of opportunity to do things outside my role
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Be yourself don't worry what others think about you and what others have.
