PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) / Nur Nadhirah Tahar

24 weeks of industrial training at PETRONAS has equipped me with a lot know new knowledge and skills. I began my industrial training on 1st March 2023 until I 5th August 2023 at one of PETRONAS's subsidiaries known as PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG). PCG is Malaysia's primary integrated chemicals company, with core business operations in manufacturing, marketing, and selling a wide range of petrochemicals. Throughout the industrial training period, I gained immense knowledge in the logistics industry. I was assigned to the Supply and Distribution department, where I was responsible for daily administrative work, various tasks associated with financial performance, and monitoring exporting of products. Although my field of study is unrelated to the job scope, I gained a lot of new insight and exposure to different industry which has given me many valuable experiences and knowledge. Using SWOT analysis, I analyzed and identified PCG's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In order to have a better understanding of the company I identified the issues encountered by PCG, which is the impact of the market trend on PCG. PCG can take variety of initiatives to keep up its strengths and minimize the impacts of the circumstances that they experienced. For instance, PCG has to demonstrate outstanding business performance and may choose to consider extending its business operations into different markets. Furthermore, PCG has various opportunities such as a diverse product portfolio and strong prospects for investment. However, PCG is also vulnerable to external issues such as fluctuating of demand and supply, as well as geopolitical risk. This SWOT analysis revealed that an established company like PCG needs to evaluate its own potential and restrictions in order to thrive in the industry. In conclusion, at the end of the industrial training, I have a better understanding of the real working industry and was able to gain exposure to different industry, which certainly provided me with lots of new knowledge. In addition, I intend to pursue a Master's Degree in finance and aim to work for a large corporation in the financial industry in the future.