Supply Chain Placement Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

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

    • Working on engineering projects. Freedom in choice of projects you do. A lot of resources to gain soft skills

    Skills

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

    • Communication and project management

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

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • I was given ownership of a project and I was free to do any projects I would like to do.

  • 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?

    • Multiple sources of guidance were available. Monthly sessions for supply chain IP where all the different IPs share their experiences and are offered support.

  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Culture

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

    • It was a great balance of work especially due to the 60/40 hybrid working model.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

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

    • 5/5
  • 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 my placement it exceeded my expectations. I was hesitant to do a placement but Unilever offered me a great experience

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever

    • The discovery centre can sound scary but its very fun once you understand your purpose

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

Yorkshire and Humberside

May 2023

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