Commercial intern Review
by L'Oreal
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 L'Oreal
- 7. Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
Overview
1. Provide and plan building blocks for LUXE Independents squad. 2. Manage and Monitor Spending (run promotional activity authorisation, audit backups) 3. Link marketing and sales teams (retail communications, product availability report generation)
Skills
The three key skills I have developed have been stakeholder management, communication and commercial awareness. Being the key link between a brand and retailer requires a high level of managing expectations and communication. Gaining information from brands and staying in the loop built my communication skills. Learning the decision making behind promotional activities and sales strategies increased my commercial awareness about the key efforts in driving the P&L.
Responsibilities
Yes, for a 2 month stint, I was essentially the only commercial team member supporting the sales team with building blocks. This led to owning workstreams and a heightened level of reliance on my judgement.
Support & Guidance
I was fortunate to have a manager that taught me about the industry, and acted as a mentor in many ways. I always had support, but when I was the only dedicated team member, I did not have much guidance per se.
Culture
Helpful, fast and competitive. The brands and commercial teams almost felt disjointed, so this caused a certain level of communicative breakdowns. However, there is no doubt people would be willing to help when asked.
Your Impressions
The nature of the work allowed me to build my commercial awareness, so I gained a lot from this placement. The interns were fun to be around, so I enjoyed my time here.
Yes
Express your interest in the beauty market. Highlight decision making, communication, patience and entrepreneurship as personal qualities.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Marketing
London
July 2024
