Supply Chain Operations Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My day-to-day features a very broad variety of tasks. This includes invoices, slide decks, facilitating and summarising meetings. I'm also often in meetings with suppliers discussing actions.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • My inter-personal skills have massively grown during my time on placement. I feel a lot more confident in engaging with others in a professional environment. My time management has definitely improved as I learn to prioritise critical tasks to ensure I can meet and exceed the expectations set out for me.


  • 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?
  • Yes and no. I could provide input and felt valued in my team, however in terms of anything important externally I obviously had little input.


  • 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?
  • If I requested support I would receive it without a problem.


  • 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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The company culture is very good and friendly. There's definitely an emphasis on employees health and wellbeing.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed my placement as a whole. I feel like a lot of my work wasn't very tangible, hence I didn't feel as fulfilled as others with different roles in the organisation.


  • 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 GSK
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
  • Ask for help if you need it! Be confident in your assessment centers as everyone is in the same boat as you.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Operations

London

April 2023


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