Customer Account Exec Review

by Unilever

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Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Managing the ASDA Skincare Account. Responsible for delivery of turnover, landing competitive promotional plans within budget and building a strong relationship with Retailers. I was also involved in the outreach programme and led the McCurrach Relationship for the ASDA team.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I learnt many skils, I did not understand Business and this really built my skills. I was Responsible for delivery of turnover, landing competitive promotional plans within budget and building a strong relationship with Retailers. All of these things I had no experience with before the role and grew the skills throughout.


  • 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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given alot of key skills as I was in charge of Managing the ASDA Skincare Account. Responsible for delivery of turnover, landing competitive promotional plans within budget and building a strong relationship with Retailers. All of these things were very high responsbility


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received okay support and guidance depending on who My manager was. Some managers gave little support, some gave lots of support, so it was a bit mixed throughout the year. Very little understanding of how low the salary was.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Company culture was very good, lots of fun times together, big emphasis on having fun, with good team building activities. However, in the day to day teams this was sometimes forgotten, especially with the external context of the cost of living crisis.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

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

  • 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 really enjoyed the placement. I was given lots of responsibility, I was given tasks, and was able to learn and grow as an individual. Managing the ASDA Skincare Account. Responsible for delivery of turnover, landing competitive promotional plans within budget and building a strong relationship with Retailers. Are all things that made it very enjoyable. and the Great atmosphere also helped.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • be yourself is the most important. Be honest about what you want to achieve and what you want to learn. Only apply if you like the company and want to get to know its purpose etc.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales

London

November 2022


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