Procurement Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.1/5
  • Skills
    3.5
  • Responsibilities
    2.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    2.3
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Supplier management Contract management Purchasing of materials Ensuring ‘last mile’ - materials purchased get to our factories Helping improve efficiency of portfolio


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Excel skills I had before yet these advanced massively during the year Interesting with suppliers enhance professional skills and ability to digest and interpret huge amounts of data to make executive decisions Collaboration and communication internally


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • To an extent yes, trusted to work with suppliers and procure materials


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 2/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Line manager was very supportive however this fell very short with the future careers team and those responsible for all placement students. This has been brought to their attention by many students yet a change has not occurred


  • 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?
  • 2/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very relaxed culture, flexible with hours and hybrid working


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 2/5

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

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 1/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Enjoyed my placement, some areas I would have liked to developed but this was not feasible


  • 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 Unilever
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • Great company to work for relative to its size. Good internal opportunity of movement between roles.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Procurement

North West

June 2024


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