Propositions Manager Review

PLEASE NOTE: This review was for a placement at Lloyds TSB prior to Lloyds TSB merging with HBOS to become Lloyds Banking Group. (The RateMyPlacement Team) I really enjoyed my placement, LTSB were great at noticing my own ambitions and gave me a great deal of responsibility to ensure that I challenged myself to the the full.

I generated a great working relationship with my work collegues and i believe we will continue to be in contact after my placement has finnished

I was given a great deal of guidance and support, i had weekly 1:1's with my line manager who offered me a great deal of coaching. I was also mentored by a proposition manager in weekly sessions who gave me a great understanding of my own strengths and development and guidance on how i could improve my marketing skills.

At the start of my placement my workload was small, however as i got into the job and gained a clear understanding of my role i was very busy and this is the way i like to work. During my placment i wanted to challenge my skills at managing different tasks and expectations from different people and my year at LTSB allowed me to do this

I was very impressed with the amount of responsibility LTSB bestowed on me, at the start of my year i had to prove my abilities but once these were noticed i was given the responsibiliy for developing a new proposition for one of our 3 key market segments to take to market.

The skills i have developed will help me in my final year as i will be able to apply marketing theory to real life working situations which i have been involved in and this will make it easier for me to understand in an academic situation. However, i feel the commercial skills i have developed on placement will be most benefical in securing the job i would like after university.

My working environment had it balance of dull and fun

My placement was almost structured in two halves the first half of the year was all about developing my knowledge of the LTSB business and the seccond half of the year has been all about getting the job done and achieving some great results for LTSB

The company invested a great deal in me, as previously mentioned i had weekly coaching from my line manager and mention. In addition to this i have attended external courses run by Imparta, to improve may marketing skills to 'mastery' level from proposition development and 'winning' level for customer insight

LTSB are keen for me to come back after university, however their is a great deal of uncertaintiy in the organisation due to our merger with HBOS

The social scence involved quaterly conferences which involved team building and dinner

I commuted from Bristol