Commercial Sales Placement Student Review

by Forvia

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Logging and tracking incoming POs. Reporting price changes internally and on SAP. Commercial support throughout RFQ/business aqusition process, leading certain aspects (e.g. tooling). Commercial lead and customer-contact on build-quotes (one-off orders).

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Interpersonal skills, autonomy/independent thinking, excel proficiency, how to work in professional environment.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • 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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Initially no, as the first months are learning-focussed and bringing you up to a level where responsibility can be gained. Then I was given responsibilty over a selection of projects (mainly small). I was then given responsibilty over larger parts of the acquisition process. I did however feel that I could have handled more responsibility.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Lots of support from my team within the office. Any questions would be answered and thoroughly explained by people with much higher levels of experience.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Office was quieter due to covid-restrictions and working-from-home, however when it is busy then the working atmosphere is lovely. Could be very quiet sometimes though. Company culture is very friendly and positive.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed the placement a lot, overall. My team and the other students/graduate made the working experience enjoyable, while the learning opportunities and growth developed throughout the year made it a rewarding one.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvia

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Forvia to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Forvia

    • Regarding those in CBU (not based in plant), I'd advise coming here with a positive and friendly attitude - to match the company culture. When here, be open-minded and keen to work on whatever gets thrown at you, as this will lead to more opportunities.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales

West Midlands

August 2022

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