Finance Pricing Placement Review

by Samsung Electronics

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Rating

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

    Overview

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

    • Set up all pricing for CE products (TVAV, DA/White goods and Display), in charge of overcharge inbox and weekly reporting (pricing file sent to all major stakeholders in the business)

    Skills

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

    • Developed Excel skills Improved presenting and communication Time management improved

  • 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?

    • 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 the go to point of call for all pricing related queries. I had the responsibility of running workshops to train new and existing colleague. I also organised and lead meetings with account/product managers

  • 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?

    • I had guidance from my line manager, but due to the small sized team (2 including myself) I had to adapt fast to the role

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Samsung is a very fast paced environment Every day is a bit different from the last and what you do directly impacts the business

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • Overall, I have enjoyed my experience. With any role there always ups and downs, but these experiences only make us stronger and provide us with the skills needed for the future

  • 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 Samsung Electronics

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

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics

    • Be confident and do your best

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Financial Management

London

June 2023

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