Logistics Excellence Lead Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.0

    Overview

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

    • • Lead and conducted in depth analysis of business performance versus business goals. • Helped to build and lead teams of problem-solvers and managers. • Developed a business strategy to reduce the number of trucks/shipments to Unilever customers by adapting the DMAIC principle. • Leading the project, working along with different streams/departments like finance, customer experience & logistics to bring a positive change in the environment & company savings. • Been allocated a savings budget of £2.2M for 2023 & importantly will span for next 2-3 years to achieve the end goal of zero emission. • Exposure to HMRC governance of & controls by working on the Brexit policy of ‘Refunds Goods Relief’. • Utilised my data analytics & IT skills to build a Microsoft Power BI dashboard to track performance & drive improvement for the current & also the consecutive year. Aided senior leadership during the executive decision-making process by generating daily reports to recommend corrective actions and improvements. • Strengthened project flow by reviewing process data, developing solutions, and monitoring implementation. • Efficiently solved key client business problems and challenges by framing problems, developing a vision, and building a road map to deliver.

    Skills

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

    • Cost Savings · Analytical Skills · Customs Regulations · SAP ERP · Customer Relationship Management (CRM) · Data Analytics · Microsoft Power BI · Leadership · 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?

    • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

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

    • Yes

  • 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?

    • Thorough Support & guidance from all managers.

  • 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?

    • Friendly

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Extremely

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 3/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever

    • 2/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?

    • Yes

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

    • I would advice to enjoy every process of working & learn as much as possible from the prospective projects.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Logistics and Operations

South East

June 2023

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