A place to grow and achieve career goals - VP of Procurement Acosta Group Employee Review

4.0
Feb 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The organization is large enough and diverse enough across its offerings that Acosta provides employees the opportunity to experience and cross functionally. Acosta leverages the 8 ways of working as its guiding principles, of which one is being talent obsessed and it resonates across the organization through the development of people. Being a nearly a 100 year old organization that has grown through acquisition which offers us the opportunity to drive change and transformation for the next 100 years. This is evident by the influx in new leadership at the SLT level to challenge the norms and reimagine the future at Acosta. These behaviors tie back to embrace change and progressive and disruptive behaviors which flow back to the 8 ways of working. As a sales and marketing company Acosta's success is driven by our clients. All activities we do are done looking at how they impact our clients and what value it will deliver back to them. Continuing to be client and customer focused by collaborate internally and with clients.

Cons

Being such a large organization with a number of business units one can get lost if you are not an advocate for yourself or fall under a strong leader. You also need to work to develop a clear career plan either yourself or with your manager and be lazer focused on it or you could find yourself doing the same thing 5 years into your career.

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5.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Like the people I work with

Cons

Hybrid work environment and should be remote

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Acosta Group Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. It’s great to hear that our teams are enjoying working in a collaborative and welcoming environment. Strong relationships with peers and with our partners are a cornerstone of our success, and we’re proud of the community our team has built together.
2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The remote work options are a genuine benefit and the work/life balance is reasonable, you are unlikely to be asked to grind evenings and weekends. There are also some genuinely amazing, talented and hardworking individuals scattered across the organization who make the day-to-day more bearable. Great place for those early in their careers looking to get broad exposure to the retail space.

Cons

If your company has been acquired by Acosta Group, consider your options carefully before deciding to stay. In my experience, the acquisition environment comes with significant challenges: - Compensation stagnation regardless of performance, while executive bonuses remain unaffected - Benefit packages that are costly to employees and provide limited real value - Little to no internal mobility or growth opportunity - Aging tools and infrastructure that limit what you can accomplish - Hiring practices that prioritize internal relationships over qualifications - Workload expectations that routinely exceed what a single role should carry without corresponding compensation - Management that is largely inaccessible and avoids direct communication with their teams I stayed longer than I should have hoping things would improve. They did not. If you are weighing whether to make the transition with your acquired company, my honest advice is to evaluate your options sooner rather than later.

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