Alcatel Lucent

Function: I soon finished an internship in management control in Strategic Industries Asia Pacific at Alcatel Lucent division. Strategic Industries is the division which is in charge of large projects, requiring a specific risk and plannificaiton approach. If telecom solutions are intended for Governments for equipping their forces of civil protection in the mining and energy industries, as well as transport infrastructure.

I am placed under the direct responsibility of the regional management controller and assist him in his daily work. It is therefore first of all ensure a regular monitoring of the projects in which the group is committed, check the reliability of financial information, the cash flow and the performance indicators. A second aspect deals with more specific tasks, requesting an investigation about a commercial flag or financial in particular.

Assessment: In this case it's stock of the month "Alcatel-Lucent", which is very positive.

Professionally, Alcatel Lucent allowed me to develop skills and a market vision that me will be used during my entry on the labour market. Entrusting a large autonomy to trainees, demonstrating thus trust that is granted, officials put us in a situation favourable to the challenge and empowerment.

Alcatel Lucent remains a very dynamic company where innovation remains standing despite the financial difficulties that the Group passes through.

He has been allowed to meet many professionals not only very skilled, but especially passionate by their trades and areas of expertise.

Skills obtained: Management control requires the acquisition of technical skills, management tools for example. I had the chance to develop an advanced understanding of excel but also databases and reporting software.

But the missions are not limited to the processing of data. To reflect the financial and market information as accurately as possible, it is essential to establish relations with all stakeholders at various hierarchical levels, the project manager to the regional sales manager. This internship allowed me to understand the Organization of the activities of a multinational but also human interactions which structure the whole.

Finally, in order to understand financial performance, I was led to develop a knowledge of sectors and key players on the market of telecommunications in Asia Pacific. This aspect will be useful in the pursuit of my professional project.

Strengths: The strong point of the company is its dynamism. Develop solutions Telecom requires a permanent adaptation and adaptability acute. Throughout my internship, I was very happy to work for one of the French companies that filed more patents in Europe. This permanent movement feels in the Group's management mode and technological innovations are brought to the attention of employees. I learned a lot about solutions and telecoms equipment.

The size of the company and trades that are represented are also an advantage for a young graduate. It is possible to evolve on a panel very large trades and specialization.

The Shanghai regional seat is a place in which discover Alcatel Lucent, collaborators are from around the world, which represents a huge wealth.

In conclusion, Alcatel Lucent allowed me advancing forming in the required techniques of financial control, and providing me with an overview of the global market for telecoms and related products. But ALU also proposed me a development framework human privileged in contact with cultures very different from lovers.