Product Technologist Review
by Unilever
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
4.5
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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
I am a product developer for Unilever. Varies day-to-day, about 60% lab based (making up samples, spending time in the pilot plant), and then 40% in the office (product life-cycle management, emails, meetings, paperwork). Meetings include one-to-ones with managers, catch-ups with people on projects, learnings from other projects with wider team, team updates etc.
Skills
- Structuring a 9-5 day, waking up and winding down. - Technical knowledge about the specific product. - Email etiquette - Creating good first impressions - Clear, concise communications - Data collation and analysis - Confidence improved - Conducting sensory analysis - Ingredient assessment - Training has been second to none. I doubt there are many people outside of my team with a greater knowledge of the product. Within my first two weeks, I had an introduction to the managers/experts.
Responsibilities
There is plenty of opportunities for ownership - for example, in my projects, I’m usually responsible for the actual product development, where the project lead/manager is communicating with stakeholders and giving precise details for improvement.
Support & Guidance
Completely depends person to person. Some colleagues are superb and checking in, and Unilever generally has a very strong teamwork environment. The pressures and high stresses that come with FMCG means that sometimes, people don’t have time for you, and despite asking for help, you don’t always receive it. I expect this is common in other large companies.
Culture
Generally very good. Unilever is a great place to work, there are on site societies, clubs, and plenty of weekend meet-ups/nights out, which caters for sober people as well!
Your Impressions
I have really enjoyed my time. I get to work on an instantly recognisable brand that I have loved for so many years, so to ‘own’ my own formulations and know that consumers will buy them is really satisfying. I’ve met so many great people, both professionally and personally, because there is an inclusive environment
Yes
I can’t really give advice to this due to the nature of my hiring.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Research
East Midlands
May 2024
