Undergraduate Product Developer Review
by The Co-op
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.3
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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 The Co-op
- 7. Would you recommend The Co-op to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Co-op
Overview
I work on the categories cake, bread, savoury grocery, sweet grocery and free from for Co-op looking after the Co-op own brand products in these categories ranges. I am responsible for everything that happens to these products from concept of new products to launch and improvement of existing products. This covers tasting products, working with buyers technical managers and project managers, working with suppliers, looking at trends, benchmarking against the market, quality improvements, packaging and artwork
Skills
I have developed my confidence, teamwork skills and leadership skills
Responsibilities
Yes, I have been given lots of responsibility which is great and makes me feel like I am gaining experience as a proper product developer. I have been given my own project of developing the Christmas range for the Cake Category and have been given my own category to look after the day to day off (sweet grocery).
Support & Guidance
I have received a great amount of support and guidance. My line manager is really supportive and always available to help if I need her but the whole product development team have been really supportive and kind and I would feel comfortable approaching any of them. My first week of placement was a handover week with the previous placement student and that was great to help me settle into the role without feeling overwhelmed
Culture
Everyone at Co-op is lovely, really friendly and the atmosphere is great. The only slight negative is that there is only really 1 day a week where the majority of the team are in the office because of hybrid working
Your Impressions
I have loved my placement. It's been a great experience
Yes
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Product Design
North West
May 2023
