Next 3 weeks, I tried to answer all the relevant "W" questions which popped up during the data analysis. I had my own share of field visits (neck to neck with Sales folks ) to understand the different businesses, distribution models and customer behaviour across geography. My project demanded me to understand the whole supply chain starting from procurement to logistics to planning. And lastly, I got a fair idea about sales practices, scheme distributions (Phasing in Sales parlance) and the month end phenomenon. By this time, I was able to establish gaps and inefficiencies in the processes, policies, and practices.
I spent next 2 weeks, brainstorming my ideas with senior leaders across the divisions starting from Logistics Managers to Business Excellence Head. Even had discussions with CAs to understand and solve auditing and accounting problems which were impacting day to day business. As the D-day (Final presentation) came closer, my heart started racing (gave me chills of B schools interviews ) as all the business heads across the divisions were to attend the final review of a Finance Intern who did a project related to Sales and Logistics. Yet it was the best and most cherished moment of the entire internship as it was filled with discussions, laughter, learning, business insights and of course feedback. Next two days, I worked on the feedback and the tasks given to me at the end of the presentation (Impressed by the process mapping and workflow design skills).
Congrats you have reached the last part of the article. I would do great injustice to my intern buddies from IIFT, IIMs, MDI, NM, etc if I don't acknowledge their efforts to keep me chilled during this hot summer. We all had a great time together, shared our campus stories and B school journey. As I had a cross-functional project, I gave and received a lot of gyaan from my fellow interns. To conclude, the internship experience at AkzoNobel was quite fulfilling and gave me a new perspective on Finance.
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