Product Management executive Review

by Samsung Electronics

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Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Helping manage the category from customer accounts, strategy (promotional plans and overall category strategy), marketing execution and supply chain (managing supply to match demand)


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Communication, teamwork, time management /organisation, forecasting, presenting


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Joint /full accountability for decision making in strategy and decisions on the category


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot of guidance and training at the start but was limited during the middle of the placement. Opportunities to do your own learning on their online learning platform if you choose


  • 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?
  • Korean company so it was very different to western cultures. Very fast paced and hard work and rewarding but sometimes achievements can be overlooked for the next task


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed working for Samsung. Whilst quite challenging at times and too much responsibility, it is very rewarding and I have learnt so much about my ability and what I am able to achieve. I’ve learnt a lot of skills and developed what I already had. I’ve learned to not only manage my workload but also manage up where appropriate


  • 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 Samsung Electronics
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Samsung Electronics to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics
  • Make sure you research what you’re into and bring original. Be able to work in fast paced environments and be able to communicate well


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

South East

July 2022


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