Retail Operations Review

by L'Oreal

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • -Managing weekly, monthly retail reports -Regularly feedbacking on projects to wider business units -Building strategies for retailing, brick-and-mortar distribution, sampling, product allocations -Managing the communication and collaboration tools between functions -Supporting on brand engagement and marketing from a retail point of view -Building inspiring educational strategies for retail teams

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • -Confidence building -Presenting -Commercial and business acumen -Collaboration -Leadership and management

  • 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?

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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • -Full autonomy over budget management -Only account in the team to access purchasing processes -Leading business unit-wide projects from a retail POV

  • 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?

    • -Full support in personal development journey from my line manager, very people-focused -Learning opportunities in commercial and marketing with help and dedicated time offered from the wider team -Mentors in other divisions

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • -Very collaborative -Goal-oriented -Super creative and entrepreneurial -Seeing full-time employees and interns on eye level

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I loved the variety of the work i was doing, and my team and managers have been so helpful, patient and collaborative throughout. Everyone is super open to support and develop. I felt like I fit in the culture and he company's valued mostly aligned with my personal goals, values and initiatives.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at L'Oreal

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal

    • Be authentic and empathetic, these values will bring you a long way in applying for the right role, and further in your actual role. Show your best features, but also reveal your weaker areas, so you get put in a role that develops these.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management, Retail, Marketing, Sales

London

June 2022

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