Customer Account Executive Review
by Unilever
Rating
-
Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
- 7. Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Overview
- Sales tracking - Managing relationship with buyer - Profit and loss accounts - Sales forecasting - Product portfolio management
Skills
I have learnt negotiation skills and how to handle commercial conversations with buyers. I have enhanced my presentation skills significantly by presenting within my team but also through the Unilever Future Leaders League where I presented on stage in front of about 30 people. I have also improved my business acumen and understand more about the FMCG industry and how Unilever operates.
Responsibilities
I have been given huge amounts of responsibility - more than I had expected. The fact that I get to have commercial conversations with buyers at Tesco, on my own, with no supervision is a huge amount of responsibility that I would never have imagined.
Support & Guidance
I have had huge amounts of support and guidance from the future careers team at Unilever and also from my line manager and wider team. I would not be where I am today without their support. I love how supportive the culture is at Unilever.
Culture
The company culture is extremely supportive. I feel everyone wants me to be my best and encourages me to be the best version of myself. Everyone is so friendly and willing to help out. I also love the social aspects of the culture. We often have fun events both during and after the work day to get departments together, facilitate networking and have a good time with colleagues.
Your Impressions
I have really enjoyed my placement and would recommend a placement at Unilever to all students. There is such a wide variety of opportunities available within different functions and you get real business experience and lots of responsibility. There is such a large community of future career employees which means there are other students to support you and make friends with. I have made some lovely friends as a result of working at Unilever.
Yes
Do your research on the company. Compile a list of STAR examples where you have shown certain competencies. But most of all BE YOURSELF. Unilever will love to see your personality and what you are really like. Don't try and be someone that you are not just to impress, stick to your authentic self and this will be appreciated.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Consumer Products/FMCG
South East
May 2023
