Manufacture 2030

For remote working, it was initially harder to distinguish between working and relaxing time,

but designing and keeping to a schedule helped with this. I ensured that I had regular breaks

where I would get up from my desk and get some fresh air. To relax and wind down I would

read or listen to music, and also go out and socialise with friends.

Lasting Impressions

Over the 10 weeks I have gained a strong

understanding of the complex workings of the

pharmaceutical industry, and this has been paired

with technical data analysis skills, as well as useful

training in how to look at data trends in a strategic

way in order to produce meaningful insights. I am

very pleased with the high level of value I have

gained from this experience, and this will enable me to progress my ambitions within the life

sciences and consulting industries. What I found particularly valuable were the weekly team

meetings in which I could learn what each member of the team was working on, and in which

one member would present their work each week, allowing me to gain a deeper insight into the

multitude of sectors of the life sciences industry.

I also relished the opportunity to meet people from the many different departments within

IQVIA, showing me the impressive range of different functionalities within the company. The

experience showed me I enjoyed both being involved in the life sciences industry, and the

actual technical data analysis work, and made me realise that I wanted to pursue a career in

consultancy. This also made me want to explore consulting across many other industries, to

learn about them in equal depth.

BA Geography, Final Year Undergraduate, a mixture of in-person and remote

working

Work Projects

I mainly took part in customer service over the phone and via email as part of the grocery

campaign. I was trained to use many programmes such as Salesforce and Power BI for example.

I was also given a company laptop and additional resources to use during my internship.

Daily Life

When going into the office I travelled from London to

Oxford where I started work at 9. I went into the office

once a month and worked between 9-12 and 1-5:30.

When I came into the office, the team I was in also

came in meaning we could work best as a team. Most

of my roles involved calling and emailing customers when they had an queries about the

Manufacture 2030 platform. I quickly learned that the company was more of an IT consultancy

rather than a sustainability consultancy. When working from home, I started from 9 and was

able to take regular breaks from my screen. I also had frequent meetings with my team over

video call to enable us to work best. For example, every morning I had a meeting at 9am with the Data Team, and a weekly catch-up/check-in with my line manager.

Lasting Impressions

I enjoyed the internship overall and it has played a key role in allowing me to undertake a

masters programme next year due to the financial help. This internship has given me an insight

into IT consultancy. I have realised that I would prefer to work in a larger organisation, rather

than a start-up which this organisation was. I also would like to be able to use my academic

knowledge in a job in the future. Whereas, during this internship I was not really given the

opportunity to do so.

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